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:
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Ngāti Haumia
Kāpiti US Marines Trust
Ngāti Haumia
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
Anne Johnston Graphic Design
PAOS
DAC Group Ltd, Tītahi Bay
Steel palisade: Riverbank Engineering, Ōtaki
Foundation and landscaping: Greater Wellington Regional Council
Certification: Baseline Consulting Engineers Ltd, Levin
The Paekākāriki Services Charitable Trust
The Embassy of the United States
The Lottery Grants Board
National Library of New Zealand
Archives New Zealand
Ngāti Haumia
Norm Hatch Collection (KUSMT and Ngā Taonga)
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.
Marinesnz.com is the website of The Kāpiti US Marines Trust and part of a major project to collect, preserve and promote World War II US Armed Forces history from 1942-1944 in the Kāpiti district, north of the capital city Wellington, New Zealand. While our focus is the history surrounding Camps Russell, MacKay and Paekākāriki’ we also have an interest in Marines camps in other parts of the Wellington region and in the social history and friendships between Kiwis and Americans during this brief but all-important encounter.
KUSMT 1 Grange Park Avenue Raumati South, Paraparaumu 5032 New Zealand
Email: info@marinesnz.com