Lest We Forget the 500 Cook Islands Soldiers
- Description:
- Aue! Ko te ngaropoina uake ia tatou rima anere vaeau toa Kuki Airani. This video highlights the Cook Islands’ contribution of recruiting five hundred men from 1914 to 1918, who left Rarotonga to serve for King and Country in the Great War.
- Location:
- Cook Islands
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- The Coconet TV
- Content partner:
- The Coconet TV
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- Online
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Great to see my Papa
By Metua-Ani | Arorangi, Rarotonga Cook Islands | 12 Jul 2023
while watching this video about the 500 cook islander soldiers. i saw a couple pictures in the exhibition of my papa wearing his dads war medals. papa Tepoave Araitia. it made me very proud that he could be featured in this clip, and happy that i knew someone in the video. in another clip beside papa Tepoave i also saw a picture of my nanas brother, Papa Mark Marsters. i am 14 years of age, and writing from my home in Arorangi, Rarotonga.
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