< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Namiro Last name MAUORE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60657 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as N/A Date of birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Raiatea, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of death 03/08/1943 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19430241 Next of kin Ngametua Mauore (wife), Rarotonga Headstone/grave location Nikao Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11319595 Additional information Military headstone unveiled April 24 2021 Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s Maiti Last name RAU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 60746 3rd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Maiti a Tauta Maiti a Tauta Taeakekore Date of birth 25 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 19/08/1961 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19610044 Next of kin Kopu Rau (wife), Tauta (aka Tauta Taeakekore) (father) and Poupare (aka Poupouvare) (mother) Headstone/grave location Unknown Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19573795 Additional information N/A Images and documents Image credits and references N/A Further links N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TAUARUA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1223 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Tauarua TEPURETU Taua TEPURETU Rua Taua TEPURETU Date of birth 1892 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 15/02/1958 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19580071 Headstone/grave location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Rangi Tepuretu, Rarotonga Additional information Date of death: 15/02/1958 (as per Cook Islands death register) 17/02/1958 (as per military headstone) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24469396 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name URI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19340 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Uri TAOI Date of birth 1887 Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 31/03/1951 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number Unknown Headstone/grave location Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Taoivaini (mother), Rarotonga, Cook Islands Additional information N/A Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10236456 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TIPOKI Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1221 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Vaevaeonga TIPOKI Tipoki VAEVAEONGA Date of birth 1891 Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 21/12/1949 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19490098 Headstone/grave location Unknown Next of kin Vaevaeonga (father), Oneroa, Mangaia. Vaa (mother) Additional information N/A Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE13522110 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name INGA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1184 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Inga NGAU Date of birth 21/08/1895 Place of birth Mangaia, Cook Islands Date of death 12/12/1918 Place of death Cairo, Egypt Death registration number NZBDM_1918/51901 Headstone/grave location Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Next of kin Ngau, Avarua, Rarotonga Additional information N/A Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE10231917 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/inga Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Lance Corporal First name/s N/A Last name SOLOMONA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1196 New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion, Rarotongan Company Also known as Peter SOLOMONA Petie/Peter POKIPOKI Solomona POKIPOKI Date of birth 21/01/1892 Place of birth Manihiki, Cook Islands Date of death 03/04/1917 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1917/2007 (name registered is Peter Solomon) Headstone/grave location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of kin Poki Poki, (Teinaki Pokipoki), feeding (adoptive) father, Manihiki, Cook Islands Additional information Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga records his name as “S Pokipoki” Commonwealth War Graves Commissions commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/643076/peter-solomona/ "Son of Poki Poki, of Manihiki, Cook Islands, Cook Islands. Served on the Western Front, 1916". Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18594865 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/643076/peter-solomona/ Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name UA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84536 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Ua TERONGO Date of birth 20 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 29/08/1971 Place of death Possibly Mauke, Cook Islands Death registration number Unknown Headstone/grave location Unknown Next of kin Rae Mauke, Cook Islands (sister), Terongo (father), Teupoko (mother) Additional information Not listed on Atiu cenotaph April 2019 Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21357774 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name MAHOA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1212 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Mahoa NAHI Maoa NAHI Date of birth 1895 Place of birth Bora Bora, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of death 03/02/1956 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19560003 Headstone/grave location Takuvaine Valley, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Piharao or Nehei (father), Parapara, Rarotonga, Teatuanui (mother), Urikore (wife) Additional information Date of death: 03/02/1956 (as per Cook Islands death register) 03/03/1956 (as per military headstone) Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21442001 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name MATAIO Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1187 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Metua MATAIO Mataio METUA Paitai METUA Mataio PATAI Date of birth 1890 Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 22/12/1945 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number Unknown Headstone/grave location Tupapa, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Next of kin Paitai (father), Avarua, Rarotonga Additional information N/A Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11440059 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name UPOKOKEU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 19341 2nd Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Poea UPOKOKEU Upokokeu POEA Date of birth 1896 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 29/03/1960 Place of death Atiu, Cook Islands Death registration number ATIU19600006 Headstone/grave location Teenui, Atiu, Cook Islands Next of kin Ngaetu (wife), Atiu, Cook Islands Additional information Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at RSA Rarotonga records name as “U POEA” Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “UPOKOKEU” Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21358670 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TAKAROKA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1198 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Takaroka OPINI Opini TAKAROKA Takaroka AUPINI Date of birth 10/08/1893 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 26/12/1964 Place of death Auckland, New Zealand Death registration number NZ1965/23859 Headstone/grave location Waikumete Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of kin Takaroka (father), Matavera, Rarotonga (deceased); Vaine Parekore (sister), Ngatangiia, Rarotonga Additional information N/A Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE14607865 https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19443781 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TUPU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1197 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as There are two gravesites for this soldier, one in Rarotonga and one in New Zealand: Tom TUPU (Rarotonga grave) Tetupu-O-Rongo RAKI aka Tupu RAKI/Raki TUPU (New Zealand grave) Date of birth 1893 Place of birth Aitutaki, Cook Islands Date of death 27/12/1919 (Rarotonga grave) 08/09/1974 (New Zealand grave) Place of death ​ Death registration number Unknown (Rarotonga) NZ1974/38568 (New Zealand) Headstone/grave location 1) Behind Kavera Meeting Hall, Arorangi, Rarotonga, Cook Islands 2) Papatoetoe Cemetery, Auckland, New Zealand Next of kin Ani (mother), Arutanga, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Additional information There are two headstone memorials/plaques showing the same service number for this soldier. The name on the granite military headstone in Rarotonga has been defaced. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21348776 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TEINA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1225 1st Rarotongan Contingent Also known as D TEINA D TEIVA Date of birth 1891 Place of birth Tahiti, Society Islands (French Polynesia) Date of death 22/08/1918 Place of death Rarotonga, Cook Islands Death registration number RARO19180111 Headstone/grave location Undelivered military headstone in the name of “D TEINA” is located at the RSA Cemetery, Nikao, Rarotonga Next of kin Father was from Niue, Ina (mother), Aorangi, Rarotonga Additional information Date of death: 22/08/1918 (as per Cook Islands death register) 12/08/1918 (as per military headstone). Name is not on the Cook Islands Roll of Honour board at the RSA Rarotonga. Discharged 05/11/1915 medically unfit. Did not serve overseas Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE9925261 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TAAU Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 84579 4th Rarotongan Contingent Also known as Taau TEUA Date of birth 27 years of age on enlistment Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 28/05/1933 Place of death Aitutaki, Cook Islands Death registration number AITU19330667 Headstone/grave location Amuri, Aitutaki, Cook Islands Next of kin Teua (father), Vai (mother) Additional information In other documents we have located, his wife is named as Ake Tui Elia. Burial location cleared for agricultural purposes in 1974. In December 2022, descendants unveiled a military headstone at the location. Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE18644088 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TARINGA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1199 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as Taringa MATEAENGA Date of birth 1895 Place of birth Atiu, Cook Islands Date of death 15/08/1916 Place of death France Death registration number NZ1918/60937 (post war death registration) Headstone/grave location Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France Next of kin Mateaenga (father), Atiu Additional information Listed on the Atiu cenotaph as “TARINGA MATEAENGA” Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/204118/taringa/ Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE19446005 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references N/A Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name TUTAVAKE Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1220 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Rarotongan Company Also known as Tutavake RAA Date of birth 09/08/1895 Place of birth Rarotonga, Cook Islands Date of death 15/10/1918 Place of death Israel/Palestine Death registration number NZ1918/56635 (post war NZ death registration) Headstone/grave location Gaza War Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza) Next of kin Raa Vaine (mother), Avarua, Rarotonga Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/651542/tutavake/ Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE12511530 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references Headstone image source: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C16046 (photo Alan and Hazel Kerr 2007) - No known copyright restrictions Portrait of Private Tutavake Raa (right) and an unidentified soldier - No known copyright restrictions Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/651542/tutavake/ Previous Next

< Back Final rank: Private First name/s N/A Last name VAVIA Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps 16/1203 New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion Also known as Vavia WILLIAMS Date of birth 09/08/1895 Place of birth Mauke, Cook Islands Date of death 1/10/1916 Place of death France Death registration number NZ1918/60090 Headstone/grave location Flatiron Copse Cemetery, Mametz, France Next of kin Williams (father), Makatea, Mauke, Cook Islands Additional information Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/557256/vavia/ Archives New Zealand online service record https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21648631 Images and documents Further links N/A Image credits and references Headstone image source: https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/vavia Commemorative certificate courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission: https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/557256/vavia/ Previous Next