Whetuki Kopua
I whānau mai i te 1893 - I mate atu i te 4 Aug 1917
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/643 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
- PrivatePublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- Whetuki AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Kopua AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/643 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Pono
- Church of EnglandPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 1893 Public Source
- Rā i whānau mai ai
- By Death aged - birth year = 1896Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Research
- 1893Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
- By Death aged - birth year = 1896
- Wāhi Whānau
- Tokomaru BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
- son of the Late Rata & Kirirua KOPUA of Tokomaru BayPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record & Research
- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Kahukura, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Nihe Kopua (brother), Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 18 Sep 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- Egyptian, Egyptian E F & Western EuropeanPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- 2nd NZ Maori Pioneer ContingentPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 16/643 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- 1915-1917Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- 1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 507239Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
- Narrow Neck CampPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Research
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- 12 June 1915 at KahukuraPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military Record
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
- 22yrsPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military Record
- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
- LabourerPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Military record
Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 18 Sep 1915-26 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 29 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Private AWMM 2nd Maori Contingent AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Pioneer Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Whetuki Kopua was the son of the late Rata and Kirirua Kopua. Native of Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand.
Next of Kin: Mr W. Kopua, Hautanoa, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM - Whetuki's brother was Nehe (or Nihi) Kopua of Tokomaru Bay
Whetuki Kopua’s medals were sent to:
Mr W Kopua (EB) of Hautanoa, Tokomaru Bay
Whetuki Kopua was a Labourer, living at Kahukura (Tikitiki)Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Research - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14452, 12 November 1917, Page 7
IN A TIGHT CORNER.
HOW LIEUT. KAIPARA. AND HIS COMRADES FELL.
Corporal Walter Heany, of the N.Z. Pioneers, writing to his mother, Mrs. Donald Gordon, of Gisborne, gives the first details that have been received respecting the death of Lieut A.P Kaipara and a number of other East Coast members of the Pioneers. The writer explains that the battalion went out wiring a stronghold that the New Zealanders had taken from the Germans. Fritz had made things very warm for them since, Corporal Heany remarks. The Pioneers got to within 100 yards of where they had to erect the entanglements, when Fritz opened up on them. The boys halted for it awhile, and then moved through shell fire to their sector. Shells were thrown all around them, and machine gun fire was turned on, this being about 1.3O a.m. The writer, details the circumstances under which Bill Morris, of Gisborne (wounded), was carried out to, the dressing station. On the way back they were up to their waists in mud, and Fritz concentrated fire on them, thus delaying them a good deal. The shells were bashing in the trenches and ploughing through the mud in the shell fire was a trying experience. Patience, however, got them through safely, though they were all fairly exhausted. Lieut. Kaipara rushed along and requested them 'to go back for Ehau, another Gisbornite who was wounded in the leg. As there was no one else he and his mate went back again with Kaipara. They were fairly beaten, and shells were falling worse than ever. Kaipara kept urging them to hurry, but they were so done up they could hardly for dear life lift their legs out of the boggy ground. Frequently they had to put the stretcher down, and then shells would burst near them, the concussion knocking them over in the mud. Eventually his mate dragged himself back to get fresh men, and he could hear Ehau calling "Come on, Heany" but he was completely knocked up. It was then that Kaipara dropped, shot through the head by a piece of shell. The writer went on to say that he had simply to lie down in the mud with the pathetic words still ringing in his ears and cursing himself for being unable to carry on. Subsequently he managed to drag himself out and to get fresh men to carry the wounded out. Two nights later they went out again to dig a trench and about midnight Fritz poured shells into them again. One shell came into the trench and killed Viv Ruru and another chap who had just joined up, besides wounding Trotter and Maharangi Pohatu. Heany was placed in charge to carry Trotter down to the dressing station, where he learned than Kaa, the Ngati Porou officer was killed, also Winiana and Dick Hale (corporal of the section). The party was carrying out one of the fellows (killed), when a shell landed right in the middle of them. With an officer, the writer went back and found their bodies, which were brought in and laid to rest. All were Gisborne and Coast boys. Donald Cameron was killed the same night as Kaipara. The casualties during the two nights were Killed, Lieutenants P Kaa, Kaipara, Cameron, and MacNeil, Corporal Hale, Privates V. Ruru, Kopua, Winiana.
wounded: -Lieutenant J Ehau, Privates R. Trotter. W. Morris, Manuel, M. Pohatu, and P KingiPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 20 July 2015 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14452, 12 November 1917, Page 7
- Whetuki Kopua was the son of the late Rata and Kirirua Kopua. Native of Tokomaru Bay, Gisborne, New Zealand.
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 4 Aug 1917 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
- La Basse-Ville (Warneton)Public - Dominique GJM - Researcher - 1 November 2025 - given the date and circumstances Dominique GJM Cooreman, La Basse-Ville 1917: NZ Voices from Flanders Fields, 2016 p 298; p 365
- Te momo matenga
- Killed in Action AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
- Messines Ridge British Cemetery, BelgiumPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - http://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/whetuki-kopua
- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Tokomaru Bay War Memorial
Gisborne's War MemorialPublic - Lorraine M - Researcher - 11 January 2016 - Research - Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
- St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18058137
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130662.html
Further Reference - 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738007/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738007
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 - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 400 - 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.
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