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Hear Charles Bennett addressing a 1964 reunion of the Maori Battalion. He discusses the proud war record of the battalion, and race relations in New Zealand. He asks why Maori should be treated as second-rate citizens, when they were first-rate soldiers. (5 min 27 sec)
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Sound Archives / Ngā Taonga Kōrero
Reference: T384
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