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Heketau Tiamana, Galatás, Crete

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German paratroopers landing at Galatás, Crete

I te huakitanga o te riri ki Ūropi i te tau 1939, ka tukua anōtia e Aotearoa ōna hōia ki te taha o ngā hōia o Ingarangi whawhai ai, ki Ūropi, ki te raki o Āwherika me ngā whenua i ngā tahatika o te moana o te Mediterranean. I te taunga o te taua Tiamana ki Kiriti, i reira ngā hōia o Aotearoa. He whakaahua tēnei nā Peter McIntyre, o ngā heketau Tiamana e tau ana ki tētahi wāhi e tata ana ki tētahi hōhipera i Galatos, i te 20 o Mei, 1941. I mate etahi hōia o Aotearoa, ko ētahi i puta, ko ētahi i mauheretia. I te hingatanga o Hingapoa i ngā taua Hapanihi, i Ūropi ngā hōia o Aotearoa e whawhai ana. Nō konei ka tīmata te māharahara o te iwi kāinga. Ko te titiro a te iwi, ko Amerika kē te whakaruruhau mō Aotearoa, kāpā a Ingarangi.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAAC 989 301

by Peter McIntyre

Permission of Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga must be obtained before any re-use of this material.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

John Wilson, History – Liberal to Labour, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/1475/heketau-tiamana-galatas-crete (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā John Wilson, i tāngia i te 3 March 2009, updated 1 April 2020.