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Kōrero: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars

He kapunga oneone ki te whakamaumaharatanga hōia ki Whanganui, 1925

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Placing soil at the Māori war memorial, Whanganui, 1925

E maka ana a Hope Gibbons i te kapunga one mai i te māra pakanga ki Belgium, hei whakamaharatanga ki ngā hōia Māori i mate ki te Pakanga Tuatahi. Ko te rangi tēnei o Anzac i te 25 o ngā rā o Āperira i te tau 1925. Kei ia pou te ingoa o ngā wāhi i pakanga ai te Māori, ka mutu he kapunga one mai i ērā whenua kei ngā take o ia pou. Tōpū, e 336 ngā mate, e 700 ngā taotū. He tokomaha tonu rātou ka mate i te hokinga ki te wā kāinga, nā ngā taotū, nā ngā tahumaero hoki o te pakanga te take.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Tesla Studios Collection (PAColl-3046)

Reference: 1/1-017366-G

by Frank J. Denton

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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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

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/photograph/36687/he-kapunga-oneone-ki-te-whakamaumaharatanga-hoia-ki-whanganui-1925 (accessed 25 June 2026).

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