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Kōrero: Māori–Pākehā relations

Pioneer Battalion, First World War

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Pioneer Battalion, First World War

A relaxed group of young Māori soldiers prepares to leave New Zealand about 1916, as reinforcements for the Pioneer Battalion. Other Māori had earlier served on Gallipoli as a Māori Contingent. This was later reformed into a Pioneer Battalion which dug trenches and made roads on the Western Front. In 1917 the battalion became an all-Māori unit.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: 1/2-011079-F

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.

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Mark Derby, Māori–Pākehā relations – Military conflicts, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28569/pioneer-battalion-first-world-war (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Mark Derby, i tāngia i te 22 March 2011.