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… School. After leaving school he worked in road gangs and on Māori farm development schemes and assisted his uncle, … a keen trout fisherman. Manahi joined the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion shortly after the outbreak of the Second World …
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… marae at Mōtatau. His father’s election as MP for Northern Māori in 1914 changed the family’s lifestyle markedly. … as receiving a Pākehā education, he had to be trained in Māori whakapapa and tikanga, in order to fully serve his … Enrolling as a private in the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion, Hēnare quickly attained a commission in August …
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… Karetū, the Second World War was the golden age of the Māori action song, particularly the work of Tuini Ngāwai of … composer of genius. All her songs were written to encourage Māori pride, not least during the patriotic fervour of the … mai’, written after a church service for the Māori Battalion, and ‘E te Hokowhitu-a-Tū’, a lament for Victoria …
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Part of story: Waiata hōu – contemporary Māori songs
… Camp in October 1939, and joined the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion. He rose to sergeant and saw action in Greece, … to Bluff and becoming involved in the affairs of the local Māori community he had transferred to the Southern Māori …
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… so; now, I eat it with a relish. So much for hunger.’ 1 Māori traditionally used a few species of red and green … Karengo was an important supplement to the winter diet of Māori because of its high nutritional value – up to 30% … in fat. Dried karengo was sent to members of the Māori Battalion in the Middle East during the Second World War. …
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Part of story: Seaweed
… to work as a farm hand. In May 1942 he enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Hauraki Regiment. At Papakura, on 12 July 1943, … children. Mōnita served in Egypt with the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion. After Mōnita’s return in October 1944 the … and was captain in 1946–47. From 1946 to 1949 he was a Māori All Black, touring Fiji in 1948 and Australia in 1949. …
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… line all of Kippenberger’s close friends in the Canterbury Battalion were killed or wounded. After the division was withdrawn from the Somme, Kippenberger was made a battalion sniper. On 10 November 1916 he was wounded in the … was made a lieutenant colonel and given command of the 1st Battalion of the Canterbury Regiment. In September 1939, …
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… on 1 May 1940 with the 2nd Echelon as a private in the 22nd Battalion. After serving in England, he went with the … spur of the moment during one synod volunteered to join the Māori mission. In 1959 he was placed in the Wainui-a-rua … in Pūtiki, Whanganui. Good nature and bluntness won him Māori friends despite his ignorance of the language. In May …
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… and his cousin Terei Ngātai were selected as members of the Māori section of the New Zealand contingent which attended … and on 11 March was attached to the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, which embarked for France three days later. In … Ngāti Porou. A waiata tangi composed by Ngata for the Māori soldiers of the Pioneer Battalion refers to the East …
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… Zealand in March 1953 Poananga was appointed adjutant, 1st Battalion, Hauraki Regiment, based in Tauranga and shortly … the rank of major, he assumed command of B Company, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Regiment, based at Taiping, Perak … the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was given command of 1st Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, and returned …
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… element of New Zealand society, not least race relations. Māori and Pākehā had been brought together in unprecedented … greater familiarity – and respect. The performance of the Māori Battalion was widely acclaimed. A Māori migration to the …
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Part of story: Second World War
… known to his hapū and iwi as Te Nika and in the wider Māori world as Te Rangihau, was born at Kūhā, south of … and served overseas with B Company of the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion, returning home with the battalion after the end …
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… of the Treaty of Waitangi and managed to win all four Māori seats. In 1924 Rātana planned to present to King George V a petition signed by 45,000 Māori (two-thirds of the Māori population) regarding … This group arose out of the formation of the 28th (Māori) Battalion. It had proved difficult to recruit Māori soldiers …
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Part of story: Kotahitanga – unity movements
… family of Rangitāne chiefs who were among the first Māori in Hawke’s Bay to convert to Christianity. He was … team, and he also boxed as a lightweight. He spoke Māori as his first language, but was fluent in English. Ruru … Middle East as a private with the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion. He was hospitalised several times and eventually …
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… In the early 2000s it was estimated that 130,000 people with Māori ancestry were living away from New Zealand. Although … 8,000, USA 1,000 and Canada 1,000). England Even before Māori became known for their athletic prowess on the rugby … fought in France as part of the New Zealand (Māori) Pioneer Battalion. A memorial to the Māori war dead – an Italian …
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Part of story: Māori overseas
… had been legitimised by racial theory continued. For whom? Māori had their own opinion of European ideas about them, … Be wary of its beguiling Be strong. The anti-capitalist Māori One common stereotype was of the Māori as unable to … in 19th-century wars and the achievements of 28 (Maori) Battalion in the Second World War reinforced this …
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Part of story: European ideas about Māori
… were removed from the team. Also in 1919, members of the Māori (Pioneer) Battalion formed their own rugby team and toured England, … the resurgence of rugby in the provinces following the war. Māori versus South Africa In the 1920s the clash of race and …
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Part of story: Māori rugby – whutupaoro
… formed from accumulated reinforcements in Egypt. The Māori contingent was incorporated in the division’s Pioneer Battalion (which in 1917 became an all-Māori unit – the Māori (Pioneer) Battalion). These changes …
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Part of story: First World War
… covered vast back-country areas. He identified closely with Māori, becoming adept at their language and earning their … 'Hoani'. In 1918 he was invited to join the Presbyterian Māori mission, and he moved to Maungapōhatu in the Urewera … Fund Board in 1943 and the Ngārimu VC and 28th (Māori) Battalion Memorial Scholarship Fund Board in 1948, and was …
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… until autumn he helped cultivate the crops with other local Māori on their farm at Te Ao Mārama, about three miles … Pipiriki each day by canoe. He became fully fluent in both Māori and English. Around 1910 he became a deck hand on the … as a private and served with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion in Egypt, then in France from 1916 to 1919. In …
Type: Biography