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Te Kōrero mō te 28

  • About the 28th
  • Call to Arms
  • Kariki me Kariti
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O Rātou Kōrero

178 nga korero Ope Taua orite kua tapirihia ki raro o te wharangi .

  • Rite tonu te kī a te hōia ko te motuhenga o te pakanga ko te hia kē nei marama o te hoha, e whakamararatia nei e ētahi takitaro poto o te wiwini. Ko te nuinga o te wā o te hōia ka whakapaua e whakaharatau ana kei muri i ngā raina, e 'tukituki ana i te tapawhā' (arā te mahi auau hōia), me te whakahaere i ngā tūmahi maha noa o te āhua noho ā-puni nei. Ko te hākinakina me te whakangahau hei whakawai i ngā hōia, ā, ko ngā wā hararei hei whakarite mea angitu mō te mahi ā Rēhia me te tirotiro haere. Ka mutu, ko ngā tāne o te Ope Taua Māori, i tino harakoa rātou i ēnei mea angitu!!     

    Hākinakina

    Ko te hākinakina tētahi take pai rawa hei whakapakari tonu i ngā hōia, hei whakawai hoki i a rātou, me te whakapaipai hoki te ngākau whakapuke. Ko ētahi hōia Māori i tino hira rātou ki ngā whakataetae hōia, tae noa ki te kauhoe, hoe, mekemeke, tauronarona, hake, whutupōro hoki. I a rātou i Ingarangi i te tau 1940 i pōwhiringia tētahi tīma kia tākaro ki  te tīma XV Tuatahi o Wēra ki Cardiff. I hinga rātou 12 - 3. I Tripoli i te tau 1943 i wini te Ope Taua Māori i te taumāhekeheke whutupōro tarariki mō Matua Aotearoa. I wini rātou ki te tīma Divisional Signals 8 - 6 i te tākaro whakamutunga. 

    Whakangahau

    Ko te whakangahau me te waiata hoki ētahi whakawai hira mai i ngā pēhi kino o te pakanga. Ko te Pāti Konohete Kiwi i whakarite whakaaturanga me ngā pū pikitia nekeneke i whakaatu i ngā pikitia ngākaunuitia ana e te katoa, me ngā pūrongo o te wā. Ko ngā pāti konohete ake o te Ope Taua Māori he rite tonu tō rātou whakangahau i ngā Māori me ērā atu o ngā hōia ki ngā waiata me ngā haka. I whai ngā hōia o te Ope 28 ki ngā taputapu waiata pērā me ngā rakuraku, ukulele, mandolin hoki. Ko ngā piano accordion hoki, ko te tikanga ka hamungia mai i ngā toa me ngā whare i makerehia - i tino kaingākautia tēnei taonga puoro i te wā o te whakahau ki Itari.   

    Te Pāhuatanga

    Ko te pāhuatanga ka mahi whānuitia e ngā hōia katoa. Ko te Māori, pērā i ngā hōia Pākeha hoki o Aotearoa, i rongonui rātou mō o rātou pūkenga toro i te pārae mō ngā kararehe, kai, waina, me ērā atu o ngā taonga hoko. Ko ngā pū Luger, kāmera, matawā me ētahi atu mea i tangohia mai i ngā hōia Tiamana. I ngākautia ēnei mea hei taonga manatunga, ā, rite tonu te hoko atu ki ō rātou hōia hoa whenua me ngā tangata whenua o reira.    

    Te Rau Aroha

    I whiwhi te Ope Taua Māori i tōna ake wāhikai nekeneke. Ko tōna ingoa ko Te Rau Aroha. I ahu mai te pūtea i ngā mahi kohi pūtea a ngā tamariki kura. Nā ngā āpiha oranga YMCA a Charlie YM Bennet (ehara i a Rūtene-Kānara Charles Bennett) ā, whai muri o tēnā ko Norman Perry. I whaiwhai te wāhikai nekeneke nei i ngā hōia ahakoa haere ki hea. Tuku ai i ngā huarākau, keke, hikareti, tiakareti me ngā pūrongo o nāia tata nei. Tae mai ana te Kirihimete, tukuna ai ngā whakareka rawe. I harakoa te Ope Taua Māori ki ngā Tītī, kaimoana me ētahi atu horotai i tukuna mai i te haukāinga.    

    Te Wā Hararei

    Nā te wā hararei i whaiwāhi ngā hōia kia noho hei kaiwhakatāpoi, ā, kia hōpara i ngā iwi tūārangi o Uropi me te Rāwhiti Waenga. Mō te nuinga o ngā tamatāne mai i te puihi o Te Raki, te Tairāwhiti me ērā atu wāhi, ko tēnei te mea angitu o te oranga kia toro atu ki ngā wāhi pēnei i a Rānana, Roma, Pompeii me ngā koeko tapawhā. Ko ētahi atu i pirangi kē kia whakawhanaunga i te taha o ngā hoa. Engari nā te inu waipiro, te petipeti me ētahi atu whāinga, he maha ngā wā i raru ai ētahi o ngā hōia i ngā pirihimana hōia. 

    I Itari i whaiwāhi ngā hōia Māori kia paheko ki ngā taupori o taua wāhi. I pēnei ake i te wā o te whitu marama i noho te Ope Taua ki reira i muri o te mutunga o te pakanga. Engari kāore i taea te pērā i te koraha tihetihe o Awherika ki te Raki.

    I tere mau i ngā Māori te reo o Itari, me ngā waiata Itariana pērā i Buona Notte Mio Amore i tangata whenua ki runga i te rārangi waiata o te Ope. I tino manaakihia ngā Māori e ngā tāngata pārae o Itari.  I whiria ētahi hononga i waenga i a rātou me ngā wāhine o reira. Heke ana ngā roimata i te wehenga atu o te Ope i Hakihea 1945. 

O Rātou Kōrero

  • L/Corporal Hardiman evacuates a wounded soldier

    Extract from 'A Brief History of the Maori Battalion 1939-1946'
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  • The Diary of Corporal/Captain Wordley

    Corporal/Captain W.D.P. Wordley's record of his experiences in the 28th Māori Battalion from his enlistment in November 1939 until December 1941. 
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  • Moana and the Mountain, 'Pt. 209'

    Bill Ruru remembers Moana Ngārimu, with whom he fought at 'Point 209' in Tunisia, helped bury and whose grave he later visited.
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  • Impressions - Pilgrimage Cruise of the 28th

    Rev. Canon W.T. Hūata's account of the pilgrimage that took 600 men, women and children to visit former war zones throughout Europe and North Africa.
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  • Pilgrimage 1977

    Māori Battalion veterans return to their former war zones to give those buried in war graves a traditional tangi so that they may rest in peace.
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