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Biography: Hargest, James

Hargest discusses the Maori Battalion

Audio file

Hear James Hargest talk about the record of the Maori Battalion in the Second World War. He voices a number of opinions about New Zealand history and race relations which were commonly held at the time of this wartime recording. (3 min 40 sec)

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Sound Archives / Ngā Taonga Kōrero

Reference: D574

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J. A. B. Crawford. 'Hargest, James', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1998. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/speech/84/hargest-discusses-the-maori-battalion (accessed 4 June 2026).