Chaplain Uea was age 40, the oldest of the 150 Niuean men who, keen to help ‘the Kingdom of King George’, joined the New Zealand Māori Contingent. Uea was a natural leader. He was their Sergeant Major and something of a father figure to the Niuean men. Importantly, he was one of the few who could speak English.
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Information about Chaplain Uea is on display in Pou Maumahara, Level 2. The Niuean Bible, included in the case, "Ko e Tohi Tapu: Ko e Maveheaga Tuai mo e Maveheaga Fou" (1966) is kindly on loan from Taha Fasi.