This hut restoration was initiated and managed by the Kāpiti US Marines Trust. It was only made possible through the skills and generosity of these people and organisations:
Grant Cunliffe and Sarah Brown
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Kāpiti Coast District Council
United States Embassy
Fletcher Construction
Fletcher Reinforcing
Humes
PlaceMakers Kāpiti
MacKays to Peka Peka Alliance
Pelorus Trust
Wellington Community Trust
Ambassador William P McCormick & Gail McCormick
Fletcher Archives
National Library of New Zealand
Archives New Zealand
Cochran and Murray Conservation Architects
MenzShed Kāpiti
PlaceMakers Kāpiti
Glassfit
Stratford Electrical
Landwork Solutions
John Clutterbuck Roofing
Boffa Miskell
Story Inc.
Anne Johnston Graphic Design
DAC Group
Chris Dent
Paekākāriki Station Museum
Shona Jaunas
Andy Woods
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.
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