tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post6219580532696452169..comments2024-03-28T00:13:03.960-07:00Comments on Babasiga: Does anyone know of Eroni Vaceucau?Peceli and Wendy's Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-50560254501616367522009-11-01T16:51:53.476-08:002009-11-01T16:51:53.476-08:00Hey there Mr.Clarke!
It's very nice of you to ...Hey there Mr.Clarke!<br />It's very nice of you to drop in and confirm my story :) Am really delighted to know you acknowledged it!<br />Thank you very much for this piece, I shall show it to Ratu Eroni's daughter who I know would be delighted to catch up with you:)<br />As you well know, Ratu Eroni didn't have a son, but a daughter.. who gave her son the name, Aaron :)<br />Please let me know, here's my contact: ramatau@gmail.com, and Adi's contact: scribe2u@gmail.com<br /><br />Best Regards!<br />WatsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704768680855535899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-25079620643395885192009-11-01T16:39:07.056-08:002009-11-01T16:39:07.056-08:00Hello,
I know it's been awhile since the 40th...Hello, <br />I know it's been awhile since the 40th Year Commemorating the Wahine Disaster. But I feel that I still need to write this to honour Ratu Eroni Vakacegu. <br />My name is Eroni Clarke, I have represented NZ on a number of occasions and played for Auckland most of my rugby life. I come from a well represented sporting family, which part of why I write too. I was named after this great man because of a great friendship my father formed with him. My father was priviledged to have won a scholarship to study in NZ during the 60's. He schooled in Wanganui Boys College where he met Eroni Vakacegu. They connected as they had so much in common. My father would tell me that Eroni played in the midfield as well and was one of the stars for the First XV and dad played open side or no. 8. So strong was their friendship that they made a pact that their first born sons they would name after the other. My father soon after returning to Samoa married, began his family & honoured his pact with his fijian friend. I have always wanted to meet Eroni, and have tried to find him on a couple of occasions. One to let him know my father kept his side of their pact and to meet someone that made such an impact on him... and to let him know I've tried to represent us "Eroni" well in life. <br />I was touched one morning when my father rang me and said if I had read the NZ Herald and said no, and when I looked, there he was Ratu Eroni pictured with Kate Watson having rescued her from rough seas. It was my first proper look at Eroni. I felt honoured & humbled to say the least. <br />To see and read the stories of the type of man Ratu Eroni was makes me feel proud. I know Eroni didn't have a son, but wonderful daughter Adi who is so much like her father, I would be blessed to meet one day. <br />So Thank you Ratu Eroni, I have never met you but with accounts of you from my Father, Kate Watson & many others I feel like I know you. Rest well. Eroni ClarkeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-87337595946787107232008-04-10T14:17:00.000-07:002008-04-10T14:17:00.000-07:00Thank you Watson K for your contribution to this t...Thank you Watson K for your contribution to this topic. Ratu Eroni certainly acted in a chiefly manner, helping people, taking action. It would be nice to find his daughter Ditui. Seems like she may have been in Labasa when we were living at Nukutatava and Vatuadova!<BR/>w.Peceli and Wendy's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01165668047817341837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-39126416386496629942008-04-10T00:34:00.000-07:002008-04-10T00:34:00.000-07:00If I may add, Kate Watson isn't the first person f...If I may add, Kate Watson isn't the first person from beyond the shores of Fiji to have come and search for him with noble intentions:-) Remember the great rugby centre for the All Blacks, Eroni Clark..? His father named his son after this same hero... and yep, you guessed it, for the great person he was! Clarke came to our shores a few years ago to find his yaca... A true Fijian hero... you can find out from Eroni Clark himself...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704768680855535899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21733836.post-72492210036022042992008-04-10T00:29:00.000-07:002008-04-10T00:29:00.000-07:00Hi, I know Ratu Eroni Vakacegu. I don't know him p...Hi, I know Ratu Eroni Vakacegu. I don't know him personally, but my uncles were raised up with him. They tell me that he is the man they praise him to be, others first, self last. He is survived by his only child and daughter, Adi Tui... commonly known as DiTui who I might add was raised in Labasa. <BR/>You're right, his good deed did go unoticed, but in the lives of the people that got to know him, he was a very noble and humble man, which earned him the respect of many men. NZ's Court of Inquiry has singled him out with an award of heroeism, Fiji should too. In fact, this trait of selflessness and noble character has rubbed off onto his daughter. She has earned the respect of many with her mannerisms and alas... noble and humble charater.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704768680855535899noreply@blogger.com