Hohepa Taylor

Ingoa whānau
Taylor
Ingoa tuatahi
Hohepa

World War 2

Tau Rangatū
817568
Tūnga
Private
Wāhi noho
905 Ellison Road, Hastings, New Zealand
Whanaunga tino tata i te wā o te kuhunga
Mrs H. Taylor (wife), 905 Ellison Road, Hastings, New Zealand

Takupu (2)

Hohepa Taylor is my mothers brother Henare Kani

Ko te Whanganui ā Tara te Maunga Ko Waingongoro te Awa Ko Wāimarama te marae Ko Taupunga te whare Ko Ngāti Kurukuru te hapū Ko Ngāti Kahungunu te iwi Ko Takitimu te waka Ko Tiakitai te tangata Te Rongomau changed his name to Hohepa A.K.A Joe Taylor to enlist in the army. He had been declined a number of times, not passing the medical and was well known in Māori circles (a direct descendant of the chief Tiakitai) , hence a name change which did the job in the end. He married Haumihia Te Whaiti, from Pirinoa, Ngāti Hinewaka. After the war they gave birth to four girls Rāmai Anne Tiakitai, Mārama Tuakana Tiakitai (my mother), Raukura Tiakitai and Te Rongomau Tiakitai. They also had a whāngai son Robert Taylor. Te Rongomau was one of one of 13 who enlisted in the 28th Māori Battalion, from Waimārama. He has many mokopuna who are proud of his service to King and Country. Nō rēira, e te Hākoro, takoto mai i te takotohanga a ō matua, a ō tīpuna. Koutou kua pakanga ki rawāhi, koutou te ope taua o Tū-Mata-Uenga, moe mai i roto i Te Ariki. E kore mātou e warewaretia ki a koutou.