memory
Nukai Peniamina Memorial
A low coral-stone memorial remembers a Niuean traveller and teacher.
The story behind the place
Nukai Peniamina travelled to Samoa and trained there before returning to Niue in 1846. Tāoga Niue records his place in the island’s Christian history, while Niue Tourism’s island guide identifies his grave north of Alofi. The memorial has a low tiered stone surround, two rough standing stones and a dark round-topped headstone. It is a quiet place to consider how ideas and people moved between Pacific islands, and how Niuean communities remember those journeys.
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Read more from the sources
- Tāoga Niue — Heritage Assets and Peniamina’s historytaoganiue.nu
- Niue Tourism — Island Arrivals Guide,September2017, mirrored copywww.ourpacific.co.nz
