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Kōrero: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars

He kāri Tipirere, 1915

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Tipirere postcard, 1915

He kāri pōhi tēnei e mau ana i ngā kupu mō Tiperere', te whakamāoritanga o te waiata 'It’s a long way to Tipperary'. I tohaina ngā kāri nei ki ngā mema o te Taua Māori o te Kāwanatanga i rangatū ki ngā tiriti o Pōneke i te marama o Hepetema i te tau 1915 i mua tonu i te haerenga ki te pakanga. He mea whakaputa ngā kāri pōhi e te Pūtahi Rāhui ā-motu ki Pōneke, ā, he mea tītaritari e Kānara Tame Poata, he ika ā-whiro nō ngā pakanga whenua o te tekau tau mai i 1860. Nā te rangatira o Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki nā Wī Pere te ingoa o te ope taua i tapa, ko Te Hokowhitu-a-Tūmatauenga, arā, he ingoa nō tua ukiuki mai mō te ope taua.  

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Eph-B-POSTCARD-Vol-12-003-btm

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Monty Soutar, Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars – Māori contingent in the First World War, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/36681/he-kari-tipirere-1915 (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Monty Soutar, i tāngia i te 5 June 2012, updated 1 May 2016.