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Unclaimed 28 (Maori) Battalion medals identified
The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) is encouraging whānau of soldiers and officers of the 28 (Maori) Battalion to apply for medals their relatives might be eligible for.
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Maori Battalion medals in the hands of whānau
The families of four Hawke’s Bay Maori Battalion soldiers who fought in World War II have been given their original World War II medals – 75 years after they returned home.
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Unclaimed 28 (Maori) Battalion medals kaupapa comes to an end
The 28 (Maori) Battalion unclaimed medals kaupapa has come to a close with the final ceremony taking place in Hastings at Pakipaki’s Houngarea Marae, on Saturday.
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‘Recognising mana’ at Waitangi Maori Battalion medals ceremony
Presenting medals to the whānau of Māori Battalion soldiers who fought in World War II is a chance to recognise the mana they brought to themselves and New Zealand, says Chief of Army Major General John Boswell.
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Great Barrier Island soldier to parade 28 (Maori) Battalion Banner at Cassino commemorations
Parading the 28 (Maori) Battalion Banner at commemorations marking 80 years since the Battles of Cassino holds a lot of mana for New Zealand Army soldier Private Taedyn Edmonds-Griffiths.
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Haera ra, Tā Bom. A fitting farewell to the final soldier of 28 (Maori) Battalion.
E te papa, kua hoki koe ki ō tīpuna. E kore koe e wareware i ngā ngākau o Ngāti Tūmatauenga, e kore hoki e ngaro i te hītori o te hoia o Aotearoa. Moe mai rā.
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NZDF honours last Māori Battalion warrior
Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, the last remaining member of the 28 (Maori) Battalion, passed away in Rotorua yesterday, aged 99.
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Moving ceremony commemorates Maori Pah site at Gallipoli
Emotions ran high during a solemn rededication and remembrance ceremony held on the Gallipoli Peninsula at the place where NZ Maori Contingent made its camp before the assault on the heights of Chunuk Bair during World War I.
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Māori battalion medals presented to whānau in Burnham ceremony
The whānau of 10 soldiers of the Māori Battalion who fought in World War II have received their ancestors’ medals at a ceremony held at Burnham Military Camp near Christchurch.
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More Māori Battalion families receive World War II service medals
The whānau of 24 Māori Battalion soldiers who fought in World War II have received their medals at a ceremony in Upper Hutt.