Te Puea sends greetings to the Maori Battalion during a radio broadcast.
Transcript
MC: Princess Te Puea will now send greetings to the members of the Maori Battalion.
Te Puea: Nga uri o nga tangata o runga i nga waka - i a Te Arawa, i a Mataatua, i a Horouta, i a Takitimu, i a Kurahaupo, i a Aotea, Tokomaru, Tainui, Ngatokimatawhaorua – tena koutou. Tena koutou e noho mai nei te aroaro o to tatou kingi. Te aroaro o te pakanga. Kei te mihi atu kia koutou i to koutou maia. Te whanau - tena koutou e mihi mai nei ki ahau, e mihi mai nei kia Koroki, e mihi mai nei kia Waikato. Noho mai te aroaro o to tatou kingi. Ma te atua koutou, tupuna koutou e manaaki, e whakahoki mai ki Niu Tireni nei. Tena koutou katoa.
Sound file from Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision, ref: 41351. Any re-use of this audio is a breach of copyright.
Image: Princess Te Kirihaehae Te Puea Herangi. Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 2. Ref: PAColl-5584-58. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23249698
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