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… and reading. The family had respect for both Pākehā and Māori knowledge and Bill developed a sense of the strength of Māori traditions. He later used to show students his missing … arrival back in New Zealand of the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion in 1946 and provided the poroporoaki (farewell) to …
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… and Chinese, in which groups of specialists were trained. Māori diplomat Charles Bennett (Te Arawa) rose from the ranks to command 28 (Māori) Battalion during the Second World War, and then worked as a …
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Part of story: Foreign policy and diplomatic representation
… iwi, and to Rotorua’s global reputation as a place where Māori performance could be enjoyed. Her experiences signify … performance to New Zealand’s modern image, and how central Māori performers were in communicating it to the world. … Robert (Bom) Gillies, served in ‘B’ company of the Māori Battalion from 1943 to 1945. In 2019 he was made Cavaliere …
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… With charm, insight and wit she imparted the essentials of Māori tradition to the tourists she guided around the … difficulty with the regulation that forbade the speaking of Māori language by students, and her habit of reverting to … gather shellfish to send to the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion during the Second World War. In 1937 she was a …
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… High School. At these schools he was punished for speaking Māori and later came to resent having been forced to regard … his age. He left for service abroad with the second Māori Contingent, and after three years in Egypt and France with the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, he was promoted to sergeant. He was noted for his …
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… Perle Hera Rākapa Taiaroa, one of the first fully qualified Māori dental nurses. Born at Ōtākou, she also was of Ngāi … Women’s Association, president of the Pōneke branch of the Māori Women’s Welfare League, and vice president and … tried three times to enlist in the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion and was bitterly disappointed he was rejected on …
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… While his brothers fought overseas in the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion, he ran the family farm at Ōtākou. Once the war … affairs made him a valued member of the Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board, the Ōtākou Māori Committee, the Ōtākou …
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… and the Comets’ ‘Rock around the clock’. They recruited Māori country singer Johnny Cooper to record a local version … love of Neapolitan music was nurtured by veterans of the Māori Battalion’s campaign in Italy – he described himself as …
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Part of story: Popular music
… of piss.’ 3 The war also saw a full acceptance by both Māori and Pākehā of their joint identity as New Zealanders. This time Waikato Māori enlisted, and while the Māori Battalion was a separate unit, both peoples joined in a …
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Part of story: The New Zealanders
… was to welcome home the New Zealand Maori (Pioneer) Battalion, to honour those who did not return, and to …
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… John Te Herekiekie Grace was typical of a group of Māori leaders that emerged in the 1950s. They represented a … Crown and their support of the Anglican church and believed Māori could develop within the framework of existing … War. Ngata wanted him to be an officer in the 28th (Māori) Battalion, but Grace found that he would be unable to pass …
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… the customs, traditions and history of Ngāti Porou and the Māori people. He mastered the art of whakapapa, and could … cousin, Te Moananui-a-Kiwa (Moana) Ngārimu , served in 28 (Māori) Battalion. Reedy rose to the rank of captain but was …
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… 1915 and served for four years in the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion at Gallipoli and in France. He was badly gassed … he was asked to stand himself or nominate candidates in the Māori seats, but he declined. Toko stood for Western Māori, and newspapers began to dub him a Rātana candidate, …
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… following year. He fought with the 20th (Canterbury–Otago) Battalion in the Middle East and Italy, attaining the rank … attorney general, minister of justice and minister of Māori affairs; in 1963 he added island territories. His … abolishing the death penalty. In his administration of the Māori affairs portfolio, Hanan generally showed …
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… the marae, and consequently grew up a fluent speaker of Māori with a deep knowledge of marae protocol. He was raised as a Catholic. At a time when few Māori went on to high school, Matt Te Hau cycled seven miles … College, Matt enlisted in the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion in mid 1940. On 14 December, at Remuera, he …
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… allegedly to avoid an arranged marriage. He was taught Māori lore and received special instruction in Ngāti Hine … to stand for Parliament. He was elected to the Northern Māori seat in 1914 for the Reform Party. Hēnare supported … Hēnare , commanding officer of the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion in the Second World War and a noted post-war Māori …
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… Te Arawa ancestry. The family did not openly express their Māoritanga. Growing up in Hawke’s Bay was a happy and secure experience for John Scott. Like other Māori children he rode to Haumoana School on horseback. He … more public buildings of national importance. The Māori Battalion Memorial Centre in Palmerston North (1954–64) …
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… Māori Māori always regarded the kiwi as a special bird. They knew … feathers, now woven into flax cloaks, are still valued. Māori also ate kiwi, preserving them in the birds’ fat, and … had appeared on military badges since the South Canterbury Battalion first used it in 1900, and it was taken up by …
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Part of story: Kiwi
… parents to schools. Ball's most important contribution to Māori education was to reverse the policy of Europeanisation … had meant that almost the only indication they were for Māori was the presence of Māori pupils. He was responding to … relevant to Māori education. He commanded the Makara Battalion of the Home Guard from 1940 to 1942 and was a …
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… Zealand, in 1769–70, British explorer James Cook described Māori as ‘a Strong, rawboned, well made, Active People, … time Clever in all their excersizes’. Banks reported that Māori women were ‘rather smaller than Europaean women’. 2 At … Servicemen A study of the men of the Maori (Pioneer) Battalion who returned from the First World War revealed …
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Part of story: Body shape and dieting