Hui Aroha was the name of the large scale event held in Gisborne on April 8th 1919 to welcome back men who had served in the Pioneer Battalion during the First World War. The East cost almost doubled in population with over twenty five thousand pounds raised to assist the soldiers and their families, that's around three million dollars today. To mark one hundred years since Hui Aroha, a re-enactment of the soliders return was held earlier this month. Te Ahi Kaa was there and presents coverage from the day.