Hurae Hetaraka

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Hurae AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Hetaraka AWMM

Nama Hōia

WWI 16/325 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Pono

Church of England

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Whānautanga mai

17 Jun 1894 Public Source

Rā i whānau mai ai

17 Jun 1894

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Wāhi Whānau

Mangonui, Northland

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Tuhinga mō te whānautanga

Son of Timoti and Wanakia Hetaraka, of Whatuwhiwhi, Mangonui

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Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM Peria, Mangonui, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Timoti Hetaraka (father), Peria, Mangonui, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Kauhanga riri

Egyptian

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Te Ope o Tū / te peka

• Army AWMM
• 1st NZ Maori Contingent
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Nama Hōia

WWI 16/325 AWMM

Urunga ki te ope taua

1914-1915

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Mētara me ngā Tohu

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• 1914-1915 Star
  British War Medal
  Victory Medal
  Plaque & Scroll # 505859
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Te urunga

• WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
• 12 Oct 1914 at Avondale
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Pakeke i te whakaurunga

20yrs

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Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka

Farm Labourer

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Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Private AWMM A Company AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Died of disease AWMM
• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  On 15 August 1915, he was placed on the dangerously ill list at Mudros. He died there from dysentery on 16 August 1915, aged 21. AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Maori Contingent AWMM

Son of Timoti and Wanakia Hetaraka of Whatuwhiwhi, Mangonui

Next of Kin: Mr F. Hetaraka, Whatuwhiwhi, Wanganui (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1))

In 2026, descendant Lorraine Hetaraka commissioned the taonga Te Haerenga A Te Toa, carved by Gareth Barlow, to honour the military service and sacrifice of the Hetaraka whānau across multiple conflicts. Hurae Hetaraka is among the ancestors commemorated through this taonga. AWMM

Matenga

16 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  20 AWMM

Wāhi Mate

Greece

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Te momo matenga

Died of Disease AWMM

Urupā

East Mudros Military Cemetery, Lemnos, Greece AWMM II. F. 91. AWMM

Pānui Matenga

MAORI CONTINGENT. Hetaraka, Hurae, 16/325 Private: reported dangerously ill, August 15th.
Died of dysentery, August 16th : HURAE HETARAICA (Timoti Hetaraka, Peria, Manganui; father)

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 11 May 2024 - HOSPITAL REPORTS - NZ TIMES, VOLUME XL, ISSUE 9129, 23 AUGUST 1915, PAGE 7 & TAIHAPE DAILY TIMES, VOLUME 7, ISSUE 290, 11 SEPTEMBER 1915, PAGE 4

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R16794826
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/626223/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/626223
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference
• Veterans' Affairs. (2026, June 29). Honouring a whānau's military history.
  https://www.veteransaffairs.mil.nz/news-events/articles/honouring-a-whanaus-military-history/
  Further Reference
• Private Hetaraka, New Zealand Māori Contingent. Dangerously ill. New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, 7 October 1915, p.18. Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections SDR-19151007-18-33.
  https://kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/collection/photos/id/379151
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 326
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.