Tumanako Pokai

Private Tumanako Pokai, who embarked with the 11th Reinforcements.

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Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust
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Ngā mihi nui ki a koe mō tō mana me whawhai kaha tūpuna tāne ?
Moe mai ra ?
Tētēkura: mō te tangata toa, i putake mai i te tētēkura i te ihu o te waka. Tētēkura (brave warrior): for the brave warrior and it originates from the term for the figurehead of a canoe.

Kia ora Koutou te whanau o Tumanako
My late cousin's mother was known to us as Sally Pokai and married my uncle Bill/Ruatikanga Wilson/Wirihana. They lived in the Ngati Porou settlement called Mataora near Waihi in Hauraki. My cousin's name was Duke so I presume Tumanako would have been his uncle.
Nikorima