Rarotongan Leader in War Work
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War Work
NOW seeking a war job in Wellington, NZ, is Mrs. Takau Rio Love, Para mount Chieftainess (or Makea Nui Ariki), of Rarotonga, and lately returned after 14 months in that territory. She is the widow of gallant Lieut.-Colonel E. T.
W. Love, who, before he was killed in action in Libya, commanded the famous Maori Battalion of the NZEF in the Middle East.
Since her arrival in Wellington she has organised a party of Rarotongan girls, who are giving concerts at various mili tary camps. Programmes include songs, chants and dances, some of which have been composed by Mrs. Love herself.
Visiting American servicemen are par ticularly enthusiastic about these concerts.
Mrs. Love, Ariki Nui, of Rarotonga, with the young High Chief of Samoa, Malietoa Tamu.
The photograph was taken in Apia in 1940.