My koro's name is Private Karauria Claude Onekawa. Koro was born 3 of jan 1921 and passad on the 4 of sep 1990. He is buried in the Veterans section of the newstead cemetery in Hamilton.
He is the reason we go to the Anzac parade each year.
I made this poppy for my koro
Thank you for looking at my blog. I hope you enjoy my blog post and enjoy your Anzac day. Please comment follow and have a nice night/day and happy Anzac day to you.
Fantastic Mickey... I'm so proud that we can all remember them . And the great service they all did for there countries.. otherwise we could not see your blog and the world could of been a lot different. Least we forget
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your koro's story on ANZAC morning Mikaylah. It was so nice to hear all about his wonderful work and contribution. It is so important for these stories to not get lost and an important part of our whakapapa. Ngā mihi.
ReplyDeleteKia ora Mikaylah, thanks for sharing about your koro, I really enjoyed it. And a big thank you for contributing to the Anzac Service, it was awesome and I have shared the recording! Please keep blogging during Alert level 3.
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Kia ora Mikaylah.Thank you for sharing your koro's story.It's important that we all share what knowledge we know,about our war veterans,to keep their memories alive.
ReplyDeleteOn Anzac Day,I got up early and stood at the gate with my family.We lit 3 candles and listened to The Last Post on the phone.
Have a great week and I look forward to checking out your blog again soon.Keep safe and thank you.
Hello Mikaylah.I really enjoyed seeing your smiling face on Google Hangout this morning.
ReplyDeleteI just thought I would check your blog to see if there was any new work.
I hope you have a great week,take care and keep safe.All the best.
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ReplyDeleteHi Mikaylah Thank you for sharing your story about your Koro. The men and woman that went to war must have been very brave. They sacrifices so much for us. Thank you also for your beautiful waiatas every morning at Karakia, you have so much talent. Nga Mihi
ReplyDeleteTēnā koe Mikaylah, I tēnei wā o te Lockdown, kua tū rangatira koe hei kaiārahi mō te akomanga, ā, mō te kura katoa. Ka hari te wairua o tō koro ki te kite i a koe e tū rangatira i tō ao māori! Moe mārie e te tipuna.
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