Story: Niueans

Niuean soldiers in Auckland, 1916

Niuean soldiers in Auckland, 1916

These young Niuean men, hosted by Nurse Hobbs at an Auckland Trained Nurses Club function, had never worn shoes before. Their feet were well adapted to traversing their rocky home isle, but not used to parade ground marching.

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Auckland City Libraries – Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, Sir George Grey Special Collections
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Carl Walrond, 'Niueans - Migration', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/714/niuean-soldiers-in-auckland-1916 (accessed 30 March 2024)

Story by Carl Walrond, published 8 Feb 2005, updated 25 Mar 2015