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… fourth child of Tāmihana Huata, the first vicar of Wairoa Māori pastorate, who had succeeded the missionary James … candidate against Apirana Ngata and others in the Eastern Māori electorate at the 1922 general election. When Rātana … Wī Huata was chaplain to the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion in Italy, and was awarded the Military Cross for …
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… a crowd of 60,000 spectators. New Zealand won 40–nil. The Māori (Pioneer) Battalion also fielded a strong rugby team, defeating the … in South Africa. Two players, Parekura Tureia, who was Māori, and Nathaniel Arthur ‘Ranji’ Wilson, a former All …
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Part of story: Military and sport
… until after the Second World War. C Company of 28 (Māori) Battalion, which drew its recruits from the region, was …
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Part of story: East Coast region
… Cook Islanders and Niueans reinforced the Maori (Pioneer) Battalion during the First World War, serving with British …
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Part of story: Pacific Islands and New Zealand
… These concerns were allayed when it became known that Māori soldiers were part of New Zealand’s force. Since then, … until 2012, At different times New Zealand contributed a battalion group (more than 500 soldiers), helicopters and …
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Part of story: Armed forces
… established in the district since 1838. She received her Māori and religious education from Heremia, and showed an … Native Minister James Carroll , she went to St Joseph’s Māori Girls’ College in Napier for secondary education. … Tai Tokerau leader. She welcomed home members of the Māori Battalion at Te Kotahitanga marae at Kaikohe in February …
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… excelled at boxing and rugby. He was fluent in English and Māori. After leaving school Pine Taiapa farmed family land … in 1922 and 1923; in these years he was a forward in the Māori All Black team which toured Australia. Despite his … 1940 Pine Taiapa enlisted in the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion. He fought in the North African campaign as a …
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… man, he reflected his Celtic rather more than his Māori ancestry. Charles Richard was the third born, on 26 … the same commanding demeanour, but favoured his mother's Māori looks. Following the opening up of the King Country to … Davis became chairman of the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion Association and devoted much of his time to it, …
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… in middle age. In the shifting relations between English, Māori and Pasifika traditions in his work, Campbell expanded … and worked to expand and improve the Journal ’s coverage of Māori and Pacific subjects. He worked as senior editor at … the death of his brother Stuart while serving in the Māori Battalion in Italy during the Second World War; Gallipoli …
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… a few Kiribati men, along with some Niueans, served in the Māori Pioneer Battalion. But most Kiribati people have arrived since the … in Tuvalu’. 1 French Polynesia The Polynesian ancestors of Māori settled New Zealand, so it is unsurprising that the …
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Part of story: South Pacific peoples
… main component was an infantry division, with an additional battalion to be manned by Māori. This force was created through voluntary enlistment. …
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Part of story: Second World War
… Guard as group signals officer and then in the Hamilton Battalion. After the war he invited a returning wartime …
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… officers on leave or returned from the 28th New Zealand (Māori) Battalion. He died in Thames on 3 September 1956, survived … had died in 1950. Eruini Taipari is buried at the Tōtara Māori cemetery at Thames, near his father and grandfather. …
Type: Biography
… elders as a suitable husband for her. He spoke little Māori and was regarded as a Pākehā by some in the Raukōkore … Ōhinemutu in 1917. In an exchange that became famous among Māori, he told her to sit down and forbade her from … the returning soldiers of the New Zealand Māori (Pioneer) Battalion, Mihi gave the rentals of some of her properties, …
Type: Biography
… practical tasks and terminology such as troops, patrols and battalions illustrate their patriotic and militaristic … working with young people. Ara means 'path' in Māori and 'taiohi' means young person. Ara Taiohi is a …
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Part of story: Youth organisations
… and first marriage Marie joined the Teachers’ College Māori club and Wellington’s Ngāti Poneke Young Māori Club, learned te reo, and began a lifelong commitment … died and Pat left to serve overseas with the 28 (Maori) Battalion. Marie was 22 and already caring for her mother, …
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… was posted to the 14th (South Otago) Company of the Otago Battalion. He contracted dysentery at Gallipoli and was … in Rotorua, he became friendly with Gerald Matthews, a Māori linguist, and began a collection of books on Māori customs, legends and history. While convalescing at …
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… For some years George O'Rorke was an officer in the 1st Battalion of the Auckland Regiment of Militia, and was … history and astronomy. A natural linguist, he learnt Māori to assist him in his public duties, and was able to …
Type: Biography
… of this land on behalf of Charters on 8 June 1867 from its Māori owners for £950, and Edward and Thomas became tenant … several years Coates enjoyed a relationship with a local Māori woman, by whom he is said to have had a daughter and a … in command of the 15th (North Auckland) Company of the 1st Battalion of the Auckland Infantry Regiment. Love of empire …
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… policing, and was now appointed adjutant in the Wellington battalion of militia. This continued, but on half-pay, when …
Type: Biography