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Ernest the leper

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Ernest the Leper is the story of a Tongan man simply known as Ernest, who led the leper colony at Makogai in the Fiji islands. Ernest was a self taught carpenter, engineer and organised a workshop, cinema, wharf and many other projects at the station. He became an unofficial spokesman and did a great deal to raise the profile of the station. Much of this story was learnt from letters written to...
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Fiji
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Sound
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RNZ Collection
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