Today 24 April 2020 we would have been there with you. Reciting our karakia, singing our waiata and experiencing the landscape that has now become your home. I am so pouri that we are unable to walk the whenua you now rest within and meet the people who now take care of you but COVID 19 will not stop us next year koro. We will remember you and your sacrifice today and everyday. Haere harere haere atu ra koro.

nga mokopuna Enid Ratahi-Pryor

Moe mai ra e Willie,

Thank you for your service e koro, a brave man and a brave soldier.

I do not carry the same last name, however my mothers maiden name is Ratahi and I am very much affiliated with the whanau no Ngati awa, Whakatane.

Nga mihi e te whanau,

Awanuiarangi Morris

Kia ora Koro Willie ...You do not know me by name and we have not met face to face but we are connected through bloodlines as My Koro Tane i believe is your brother ....You are so handsome koro and you died at an early age the pain and heartache that my great grand mother Moerangi had to go through would have been unbearable!when i found this site and came across you my heart sank ...love you xxoo

E kore koe e warewaretia, Na Jaydus Te Rore (e 5 oku tau)