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… community supported the concept of equality of sacrifice. Māori were not drafted (leaving recruitment for the Māori battalion in the hands of the Maori War Effort …
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Part of story: Second World War
… component, which was reinforced by 270 troops from the 28th Māori Battalion. He arrived in Japan with the Italy draft of … provide employment and support processing industries. Māori affairs In 1969 MacIntyre succeeded the late Ralph …
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… War Carroll took an active part in recruitment for the Māori Contingent. Although initially turned down for active … in 1919. In the same year, he played in the Pioneer (Māori) Battalion rugby team. On 4 March 1922, in Wairoa, …
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… But their marriage was childless and, in accordance with Māori custom, a near relative, Rina, came into the household … Ngārongo. Throughout his life Peter Henry Buck regarded his Māori and Pākehā ancestry as equally important. His Māori … Māori troops were reorganised into the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion and sent to France; they were employed building …
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… to Reremoana because of its reputation for educating Māori leaders and its close relationship with Hukarere. … in a shearing gang, catering for about 40 people, mostly Māori, some of whom had their wives and children with them. … been called in to help with the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion in 1917, and on his return home became the …
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… Hall, Ruatoria, in memory of the 28th New Zealand (Maori) Battalion. Slowly, she rebuilt her collection of Maori …
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… Te Aute College Students' Association and later the Young Māori Party. He married Rauhina, about whom little has been … of the Church Army of the Anglican Church, and for the Māori Soldiers' Fund of the Eastern Māori Patriotic … the East Coast members of the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, and to raise money for the Māori Soldiers' Fund. …
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… Tauranga at rugby, and in 1908 he and Albert formed a Māori team to tour Australia. They were accompanied by a … codes immediately. Both brothers toured Australia in an all-Māori rugby league team in 1909, and in 1910, the formation … serving as a lieutenant in the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion. …
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… the Moutoa sluice gates and floodway between 1959 and 1962. Māori in Manawatū The number of Māori increased from the 1920s. But even in 1961 Māori … through the Maori War Effort Organisation. The 28 (Maori) Battalion assembled and trained at the Palmerston North …
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Part of story: Manawatū and Horowhenua region
… the King Edward’s Horse and, once commissioned, the 11th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers, serving as a signal …
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… his wife, Whakakī Hiki of Tūhoe. His father was the first Māori from Whakatāne to win a scholarship to St Stephen’s … in January 1940 and served with the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion in Britain and Egypt. Sent home medically unfit, …
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… and the young man went on to achieve many firsts for Māori above the snowline. Pahikore and other family members … First World War, in October 1914, Pahikore enlisted in the Māori Contingent. While serving in France with the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion he found time to pursue his interest in …
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… élite, who were educated in New Zealand. Fijians pose as Māori The Fijian government rejected Indo-Fijian volunteer … fears. Some Indo-Fijians subsequently enlisted in the 28th (Māori) Battalion in New Zealand using false names. Post-war Fijian …
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Part of story: Fijians
… of crayfish. From the sea to the forest In the traditional Māori economy, tribes would exchange coastal and inland … a demonstration of the host’s manaakitanga. Veterans of the Māori Battalion in the Second World War have spoken of the welcome …
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Part of story: Mātaitai – shellfish gathering
… also known as Mereana, worked assiduously to protect Māori customs and traditions but was also active in the … College, Gisborne, where he was on the committee of the Māori newspaper Te Kōpara. He obtained his licentiate in … gifted to the Crown. When the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion entered camp in 1940, Pānapa was its first …
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… lieutenant colonel on 5 September 1843, while commanding a battalion of his regiment on Malta. Cameron made his name … reviving'. Cameron was keen 'to have a brush' with the Māori, but ironically he arrived at the conclusion of the … Browne was planning an invasion of Waikato to crush the Māori King movement and, at a meeting of the New Zealand …
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… at Wesley College, Three Kings, Auckland, and Manunui Māori Boys' Agricultural College at Taumarunui. He served on … attaining the rank of staff sergeant in the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion. He was awarded the Military Medal for rescuing a …
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… Hutton. From 1916 to 1918 he served in France with the 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment. He was wounded in …
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… which carried goods between Tauranga and Auckland. He spoke Māori fluently, and was a licensed court interpreter. … His father, Tame Haereroa Parata, was MHR for Southern Māori and had affiliations with Ngāti Huirapa hapū of Ngāi … funds for the Māori soldiers of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, and in 1917 was a member of the executive …
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… the end of 1881 Hēni Materoa Carroll (who became known to Māori as Hēni Kara) and her husband returned to Gisborne, … chose not to go to Wellington when Carroll won the Eastern Māori parliamentary seat in 1887. She was, however, always … support for the Māori soldiers of the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion (later known as Te Hokowhitu a Tū). Her major work …
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