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Kapiti US Marines Trust is raising funds.
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Contact: Sue Harris Phone: 0274385143 Email: suzanne.harris@xtra.co.nz
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20% from every Membership sold contributes to supporting Kapiti US Marines Trust Hut Project
Marines Hut Restoration Project
Help us finish restoring this great little WWII US Marines Hut
The MenzShed Kapiti has already put hundreds of volunteer hours into restoring and rebuilding this 1942 four-man Marines Hut so the Trust can turn it into a unique little museum that tells the story of the how over 15,000 US Marines were housed in Kapiti during WWII.
With the help of generous sponsorship building is now complete, and the hut has been taken from the MenzShed depot in Waikanae to its new home next to the US Marines Memorial in Queen Elizabeth Park. We now need to raise another $35,000 for the interior fit-out so the public can learn about the three Kapiti Marines camps were built by Kiwis in just six weeks.
Looking through a viewing window people will be able to see a diorama showing how the Marines lived in the building. Looking through a side window they’ll be able to operate an exterior switch to see a series of five short videos showing how and why the camps were built.
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Acknowledgements
The Marines Hut Restoration Project was managed and developed by the Kapiti US Marines Trust and made possible by the skills and generosity of these people and organisations:
The building
Grant Cunliffe and Sarah Brown
The site
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Kapiti Coast District Council Funding
Embassy of the United States
Fletcher Construction
Fletcher Drainage
Humes Concrete
Fletcher Reinforcing
PlaceMakers Kapiti
Expressway Alliance (M2PP)
Pelorus Trust
Wellington Community Trust
Ambassador William P. McCormick
and Gail McCormick
Research
Fletcher Archives
National Library of New Zealand
Archives New Zealand
Construction
Cochran and Murray, conservation architects
Menzshed Kapiti
Greater Wellington Regional Council
Placemakers Kapiti
Glassfit Ltd.
Stratford Electrical
Landworks Solutions
Design and furnishing
Boffa Miskell
Story Inc.
Anne Johnston Graphic Design
DAC Group Ltd.
Chris Dent
Paekakariki Station Museum
Shona Jaunas
Andy Woods
Project Manager – Anthony Dreaver
