Puna rauemi

Oro

<p>Captain <a href="/node/230">Fred Baker</a> and 2nd Lieutenant <a href="/node/2869">Ricky (Riki) Smith</a> speak on behalf of D Company, followed by Turi Waaka, Peti Nohinohi, Hori Pōmana, Hoani Hāpeta and Smith singing the chorus of <em>Wonderful mother of mine</em>.</p>

<p>Track twelve from <em>Ake, Ake Kia Kaha E! Songs of the 28 (Māori) Battalion</em></p>
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<p>Major <a href="/node/2573">Wi Pewhairangi Reedy</a> sends greetings to Ngāti Porou together with a special message to Sir Āpirana Ngata hoping that the coming Christmas (1943) will be the last one the Battalion spends overseas before returning home. The tribal song <em>Ngati Porou e</em> follows. C Company men then perform a tribal haka led by Major Reedy.</p>

<p>Track ten from <em>Ake, Ake Kia Kaha E! Songs of the 28 (Māori) Battalion</em></p>
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<p>Members of B Company sing <em>Te rēo pōwhiri</em> (The voice of greetings) to the tune of <em>You are my sunshine</em>, composed by Jimmie Davis, and <em>Te Arawa e</em>, a song about tribal identity.</p>

<p>Track nine from <em>Ake, Ake Kia Kaha E! Songs of the 28 (Māori) Battalion</em></p>
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<p>Captain <a href="/node/3687">Matarēhua (Monty) Wikiriwhi</a> (Te Arawa) of 'B' Company speaks on behalf of his men. Two songs follow: <em>Te Arawa</em>, about the arrival of the tribal waka at Maketu (based on the Ngāti Porou song <em>Paikea</em>), and <em>Haere ra ngā hoia e </em>(Farewell you soldiers).</p>

<p>Track eight from <em>Ake, Ake Kia Kaha E! Songs of the 28 (Māori) Battalion</em></p>
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<p>From an interview between Tautini Glover (<a href="/node/1279" title="See his record">Tautini Moana Karawa</a>, 802006) and Megan Hutching.  </p><p>Tini Glover describes the attitude of Māori soldiers and the meaning of the phrase 'the price of citizenship'. </p>

<div class="field-items"><div class="field-item odd"><p>Tautini (Tini) Glover , Te Aitanga a Hauiti, born 1923, interviewed by Megan Hutching, 16 August 2003, for the <em>Second World War oral history project - Italy</em></p>

<p>From the collections of the Alexander
Turnbull Library Oral History and Sound collection, OHInt-0748-02.   All rights reserved. Permission of the <a href="http://www.mch.govt.nz/">Ministry for Culture and Heritage</a>
must be obtained before any re-use of this sound file </p><p>Image: Tautini Glover.</p></div></div>

<p>Padre Wiremu Te Tau Hūata (Ngāti Kahungunu, Waikato) makes introductory comments in Māori about the Battalion and then introduces the Battalion's Commander, Lieutenant-Colonel Monty Fairbrother, who makes a situation report. The himene <em>Au, e Ihu</em> (O Lord look down upon me) is followed by the blessing. Recorded in Taranto, Italy, November 1943.</p>

<p>Track one from <em>Ake, Ake Kia Kaha E! Songs of the 28 (Māori) Battalion</em></p>
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