Maori cultural names

Whānau is often translated as 'family'

Matamua is the first child in a family

Tuakana = younger sibling

Whaea = mother

Matua = father

by caleb

Father Francis Vernon Douglas

Father Francis Vernon Douglas
Francis Vernon Douglas was born at Johnsonville in Wellington, New Zealand on 22 May 1910. He went to Johnsonville Primary School and the Marist Brothers school in Thorndon. He was very good at sports while at school, doing particularly well at rugby, cricket, handball and boxing. After leaving school he worked for a year in the Post Office during which time he felt called to become a priest and so set off for Mosgiel to study for the priesthood. He spent his first years after ordination at St Joseph's Parish in New Plymouth where he spent a good deal of time with the young people, encouraging them in their sport and games. In 1937 he joined the Columban Fathers because he was interested in becoming a
missionary. In May 1938 he set sail for the Philippines and arrived in his new parish of Pililla in July. He put great energy into building the faith of the people. He began with the young people saying “They're the future of the church here and they also seem the best way to reach other people”. He organised recreational activities for them and also set about repairing the dilapidated church building. Late in 1941 the Japanese army invaded the Philippines and the country became involved in the Second World War. Fr Douglas had plenty of time to leave but he chose to stay with his people to support them through this terrifying time. He said, “They have nowhere to go, nor do l”. He was often taken away by the Japanese soldiers to be interrogated for hours because he was a priest and a foreigner and they thought he was a spy against them. They thought he heard the confessions of the Philippine guerrillas who were fighting against the Japanese. After guerrilla raids in 1943 Fr Douglas was arrested by the soldiers, beaten and tied to a pillar in the church and left there for three days. He was also given the water torture, which meant a large funnel was put into his mouth, down which the soldiers poured water until he became horribly bloated. A wooden slab was put across his middle and the soldiers jumped up and down on him. This torture was meant to make him reveal the guerrilla's whereabouts, but whether or not he knew where they were, Fr Douglas remained silent. The soldiers did allow him to make his confession to a local Filipino priest who reported, “His face was bloody, one eye was blackened and swollen and his arms were covered with infected cuts and sores." Fr Douglas was last seen being dragged from the church onto a military truck and surrounded by soldiers with fixed bayonets. When the truck returned Fr Francis Douglas was missing. His body was never found, but it is believed that he was put to death on 10 July 1943. He was 33.
Adapted from an article written by the Columban Fathers provided by Francis Douglas Memorial College, New Plymouth
by caleb

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Anzac

The men running around me mud splashing all over me the  commander 

Shouting Screaming Swearing commanding at us i.m freezing i say the men say idc im out i Scream a man through a magazine thanks I said       an explosion landed near me I got flung across the mud my gun exploded

I ran and ran and ran a guy shoot my leg I crawled slowly men  

 running after me demanding me to stop and then I blacked out

The next minute It went blurry. All I can see and hear is running screaming and the people around me chatting and caring me into this box thing again I blacked out i screamed AHHH!!!!! I woke up in a Trench commander said

get up boy or I'm gonna smack ya!!!!!!!!!! I jump when he said that i ran 

I grabbed a gun a guy ran up to me and I shot him he was an enemy

are you a group is gun and I ran and ran and I ran to the other guys base I shot two people and then the sirens went off so I ran away and I went into our trenches the commander said boy how old are you you're really good at it I'm gonna give you a magazine and then a missile came flying at me I died….

BY Caleb

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