My Parents Before The War

Doc Wi Repa's parents: Major Reginald Tututaonga Wi Repa (Nō Wharekahika) and Mary Rangiwhanui Dewes (Nō Waipiro Bay). His dad went off to war in 1941 with the C company 28th Māori Battalion, and his mother, like many women during that time, took over the running of the farm. His dad returned in…