Story: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars

More links and websites

• 28th Maori Battalion

  The official 28th (Māori) Battalion website.

• Maori units of the NZEF

  Information on Māori in the First World War, from NZ History.

• Maori War Effort Organisation 1942–1945

  NZ History on the Māori War Effort Organisation.

• New Zealand and the Vietnam War

  This government site allows users to contribute stories and photos of the Vietnam War.

• Overview – New Zealand forces in Asia 1948–72

  NZ History on New Zealand involvement in Asian conflicts.

• South African War 1899–1902

  NZ History’s entry on New Zealand and the South African War.

More suggestions and sources

• Dwight, Mike. Walter Callaway: a Māori warrior of the Boer War. Thames: M. Dwight, 2010.
• Gardiner, Wira. Te mura o te ahi: the story of the Maori Battalion. Auckland: Reed, 1992.
• McGibbon, Ian. New Zealand’s Vietnam War: a history of combat, commitment and controversy. Auckland: Exisle, 2010.
• McGibbon, Ian, ed. The Oxford companion to New Zealand military history. Auckland: Oxford University Press, 2000.
• Pugsley, Christopher. Te Hokowhitu a Tu: the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War. Auckland: Reed, 1995.
• Soutar, Monty. Ngā tama toa: The price of citizenship: C Company 28 (Māori) Battalion 1939–1945. Auckland: David Bateman, 2008.