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Kōrero: Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars

Ngā Māori pupuhi pū repo ki Whitinamu

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Māori artillerymen in Vietnam

E whakaahuatia ana i konei ko ngā hōia Māori pupuhi pūrepo ki te pakanga o Whitinamu. I tū ngā taua o Aotearoa ki Vietnam mai i te tau 1965 ki te tau 1972. Ko te matua o te ope taua i tikina mai i te taua pūrepo, ngā kamupene mau pū e rua, me te SAS. I roto i ngā tekau tau mai i 1950 me 1960 i tino piki ake te ōrau o ngāi Māori i roto i ngā ope hōia o Aotearoa. Hei tohu tēnei mō te āhuatanga o aua wā, i eke ai ki tōna hautoru o ngā hōia o Aotearoa i haere ki Whitinamu, he Māori.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Archives New Zealand - Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga

Reference: AAMK W3495 23 23j

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Monty Soutar, Ngā pakanga ki tāwāhi – Māori and overseas wars – Overseas service after 1945, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/36701/nga-maori-pupuhi-pu-repo-ki-whitinamu (accessed 25 June 2026).

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