Skip to main content
Dictionary of New Zealand Biography logo

Haurongo: Massey, William Ferguson

The Pioneer (Māori) Battalion performs a haka, France, 1918

Image
The Māori (Pioneer) Battalion performs a haka, France, 1918

When Prime Minister William Ferguson Massey (right) and his deputy Joseph George Ward (second from right) visited New Zealand troops in France in 1918 they were greeted by a haka from the Māori (Pioneer) Battalion.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-013283; G

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Barry Gustafson. 'Massey, William Ferguson', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1993, whakahou November 2013. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/2057/the-maori-pioneer-battalion-performs-a-haka-france-1918 (accessed 4 June 2026).