ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Many very generous – and patient – people helped in the research for the online exhibition and eBook , “ To Walk Under Palm Trees .” I have tried below to list them all without exception or omission .
First mention must go to my wife , Feuna ’ i , for her patience and support in the extended endeavour which this project became . It has taken up a few years of my spare time and she has seen it through with a level of good cheer and tolerance that has created a congenial workspace and helped lessen my guilt about the endless hours spent . I dedicate this book to her .
Families and individuals have been wonderful in meeting my troublesome requests to scan their precious photos and to record their always remarkable stories . Other people have helped pave the way for me to access difficult-to-reach collections , or to track down people with important knowledge , those who could reach way back in time and contribute to people identification , captioning and commentary . Others have shared of their own research time or their own records to make this eBook as thorough and as error-free as possible . Contributions of information , assistance or photos have come from individuals in many countries : New Zealand ( predominantly ), Australia , Samoa , America , Germany and Luxembourg .
My ‘ right hand man ’ on most of this journey has been Albrecht ‘ Albi ’ Stünzner , formerly of Samoa and more latterly of Auckland . Albi has worked hard on many parts of this endeavour , both photographic and caption research , and his friendship , unfailing support and wide circle of knowledgeable family members and friends who he drew into the project , have been important factors in moving it forward .
My heart-felt thanks go to the people here listed . Many of their contributions will not become apparent until the second eBook in this series is prepared , that dealing with the former German plantations of Samoa . My apologies if I have inadvertently overlooked a helper .
Albi Stünzner , Feuna ’ i Brunt , Joy Hughes , Agnes Sasse Heeney , Klaus Berking , the late Elfriede Meiritz Reid , Christine Liava ’ a , Philip Riethmaier , David Parr , Tui Kronfeld Parr , Max Grapengiesser , Rudy Spemann , Bill Spemann , Thora Taylor , Touzelle Edmonds , the late George McKay , Trude Stünzner Barford , Marina Stünzner Harbrow , Tertia Ryan , Oskar Stünzner , Klaus Stünzner , Horst Stünzner , Kurt Meyer , Kathleen Edmonds , Christine Hood , James Bade , Reinhard Wendt , Peter Schaumkell , Carl Bunge , Don Mee , Wolfgang Hermann , Eric Matthes , Ernie Gebauer , Paul Riethmaier , Mathias Freund , Leaupepe Frederick Frost , Franz Pfeil Jnr , Marlies Pfeil , Keith Giles , Aniva and John Ross , Suela Cook , Tausala Cook , Richard Cook , Norman and Johanne Wetzell , Gisela and Meinolf Gathmann , Rudolf , Benedikt and Cordula Bietzker , Lumepa Apelu , Owen Martin , Barbara Traumann , Anja Pohl , Ralf Pauls , Rebecca Neundorf , Florence Rasmussen Funck , Martin Funck , Alice Roberston , I ’ u Tuagalu , Moira Spemann , Elaine Spemann , Claude Lamesch , Sue Thorne , Christianne and Herwig Niggemann , Aniva and Wolfgang Lefmann , Peter Brunt , Leonie Brunt , Jackie Schaffhausen , Ulrich Mühlenbruch , Patricia O ’ Brien , Christel Traub Voigt , Gerhard Voigt , Gary Kamauoha , Birgit Scheps-Bretschneider , Hilke Thode-Arora , Jeanette Kokott , Kim
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