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The New Zealand Wars provided another reason for immigration, especially into Auckland province. Some former British soldiers settled there after their discharge, while others were brought in as military settlers to secure Auckland’s southern flank. This memorial erected at Pōkeno in 1902 commemorates soldiers who were thought to be buried nearby.
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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
by Jock Phillips
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