Acknowledgements

The Kāpiti US Marines Trust acknowledges the people of Ngāti Haumia, whose tupuna lie in the nearby urupā, as residents of Wainui Pā and custodians of the land.

This project of Kāpiti US Marines Trust was made possible by the skills and generosity of these people and organisations:

The site

Greater Wellington Regional Council

Ngāti Haumia

Text

Kāpiti US Marines Trust

Ngāti Haumia

Images

Betty Porter

Leslie Varcoe

National Library of New Zealand/Evening Post Collection

Staff Sgt Norm Hatch, U.S. Marine Corps, Combat Cameraman

Steve La Hood

Design

Anne Johnston Graphic Design

PAOS

Printing

DAC Group Ltd, Tītahi Bay

Construction

Steel palisade: Riverbank Engineering, Ōtaki

Foundation and landscaping: Greater Wellington Regional Council

Certification: Baseline Consulting Engineers Ltd, Levin

Funding

The Paekākāriki Services Charitable Trust

The Embassy of the United States

The Lottery Grants Board

Research

National Library of New Zealand

Archives New Zealand

Ngāti Haumia

Norm Hatch Collection (KUSMT and Ngā Taonga)

Text

The interview with Jean Andrews appeared in War Stories our Mothers Never Told Us, by Gaylene Preston and Judith Fyfe. Leslie Varcoe, John Porter, and Maurice Perry shared their memories with Kāpiti US Marines Trust. Geoff Roberts’s memoirs were collected by Kāpiti Historical Society.