Sergeant George Nepia was one of 27 personnel repatriated from Malaysia and Singapore and today family escorted his remains back to Rangitukia.
Tūtohu Repatriation. Ngā hua 1 - 6 o te 6 mō
Ngā hua 1 - 6 o 6
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Repatriated personnel receive warm welcome home from families
He huinga taumaha i te taunga rererangi i Tāmaki i te hokinga mai o ngā tūpāpaku e rua tekau mā whitu o te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa he kotahi hoki te tamaiti ki te wā kāinga. Katoa i mate atu i Mareia, i Tairana, i Vietnam hoki i muri i te tau tahi mano, e iwa rau, e rima tekau mā rima.
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EXCLUSIVE: Family devastated NZDF unable to repatriate brother’s remains
He whānau e noho taumaha hārukiruki tonu ana i te mōhio, karekau ngā kōiwi o tō rātou matua i roto i te hokinga mai o ngā tūpāpaku rau i Mareia, i Singapore hoki ā tērā wiki. Ko William Anthony Devescovi tētahi o ngā hoia rererangi e toru i mate i te pakanga o Mareia, ā katoa rātou i tanumia ki te rua kotahi. Ko te mate, he uaua te hahu me te whakahoki mai i a ia, ko tōna kotahi.
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Whānau accompanied repatriation 'can't be done'- Ron Mark
Kei te tautoko te Kaiarahi Takirua Kākariki a Marama Davidson i te karanga a Paul Thomas, ika ā whiro, kia tū ia hei kanohi mo ngā whanau ika ā whiro i te hahutanga i Mareia a ngā marama tata nei. Engari ko tā te Minita Kaupapa Waonga e kore e taea.
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Kua tūhono anō ki ngā kōiwi a ō rātau tīpuna
Tokowhitu ngā tūpuna kua whakahokia ki a Ngāti Manu, nā ngā mahi wetewete a Te Whare Taonga o Whanganui i hauhake i ngā tātai whakapapa ki Ōpua.
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Kua hoki mai ngā kōiwi Moriori, Māori hoki ki Aotearoa nei
He kōiwi o ngā tīpuna Māori, Moriori hoki kua whakahokia mai ki Aotearoa nei me te taunaki a te taone nui o Bremen i Germany. E ai ki te koromatua o Bremen, he takahi tangata te pupuri tonu i aua kōiwi, ka mutu, he whakapāha ki te Māori te mahi. He tira nō te whare pupuri taonga o Te Papa Tongarewa i haere ki Germany ki te tiki i aua tīpuna kia whakahokia mai ki te kainga.
