Maori Grammar
p. 91 · Read in the full issue
Br Cook Islander
A LIFETIME of study by Tuaivi Mose of Aitutaki has resulted in the publication, by the South Pacific Commission, of 124 page Maori Grammar believed to be the only one written by a Maori of the Cook Islands.
Tuaivi Mose has led a colourful life since he was born at Tautu, on Aitutaki in 1893. First he went to New Zealand to speak and write English. Then during World War I, Tuaivi served in Egypt, Gallipoli and
France with the New Zealand forces.
Seriously wounded during the Mes sines offensive, he spent seven months in hospital at Walton-on-Thames, England. He returned to the Cook Islands in 1921 and was appointed interpreter to the Aitutaki Island Council.
From 1922 to 1932 Tuaivi taught at Araura School where he himself had studied as a boy. He was official interpreter to the Cook Islands Legis lative Council from 1947 to 1953 and then was appointed Aitutaki rep resentative on the Council. He re tired in 1956 and now lives in his birthplace, Tautu.