Personal details
Full Name:
- Te Rangi Hīroa
Lifetime:
- 1877?–1 Dec 1951
Biography
Peter Buck
Biography of doctor, politician and anthropologist Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa)
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Māori and the First World War
Māori reactions to serving in the First World War largely reflected iwi experiences of British actions in the 19th century.
- Page 2 - White man's war?Imperial policy initially doubted the wisdom of 'native' troops fighting a 'white man's
Māori units of the NZEF
More than 2000 Maori served in the Māori Contingent and Pioneer Battalion during the First World War
- Page 2 - Maori Contingent at GallipoliThe first Maori Contingent sailed from Wellington aboard the SS Warrimoo in February 1915. The contingent served on the Gallipoli
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Main image: Hēnāre Kōhere
More than 2500 Māori and Pacific Islanders served overseas with the NZEF during the First World War and 336 never returned. One of these casualties was Second Lieutenant Hēnare Mōkena Kōhere, a highly respected officer of the Ngāti Porou tribe, who died of wounds on 16 September 1916.
