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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 .

  • Tokomaha ngā Māori i tū ki te whakautu i te karanga kia whawhai i te timatanga o te Pakanga Tuarua  i te marama o Mahuru 1939. I te marama o Whiringa-ā-Nuku, whai mai ana i te karanga o Tā Āpirana Ngata (me ētahi atu Mema Pāremata Maori) kia whakatūngia he ope taua Māori, i whakaae mai te Kāwanatanga kia whakatūngia te Ope Taua Maori 28. 

    He rerekē te 28 ki te Ope Taua Māori Manene o te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao i whakarato i te Aro o te Uru. Ko te nuinga o te mahi mō Māori mā i te Pakanga Tuatahi he keri awarua, he mahi tautoko rānei. Kāore rātou i tino rongo i te mura o te ahi.

    Engari anō te 28. Ko tā rātou mahi he tū ki te mura o te ahi hei ope hōia haere raro. He tūao rātou katoa, ā, he tāpiritanga ki ngā ope hōia haere raro e iwa o Aotearoa e whakakaohia kēhia ana mō te Matua Tuarua o Aotearoa.      

    I whakaritea te ope i runga anō i te whakapapa ā-iwi nei (tirohia te mapi). Engari i te timatanga nā ngā hōia Pākehā kē i whakakī ngā tūnga hautū, me te aha ka pouri rawa te Māori. Ko tōna nei kaiārahi tuatahi ko Meiha George Dittmer. Ko ētahi o ngā āpiha me ngā NCOs i timata te mahi whakaharatau i Trentham i te marama o Whiringa-ā-Rangi, ā, i whakarauika tuatahi mai te Ope Taua ki Papaioea i te 26 Kohitātea 1940.   

    Te Tere atu ki te Pakanga

    I te rangi tuarua o Haratua 1940, whai muri i te toru marama e whakaharatau ana, ko te tinana matua o te Ope Taua Māori, he 681 nei ngā tāngata, i tere atu i Te Whanganui ā Tara, i runga i te kaipuke tino hāneanea rongonui ko te Aquitania, koia kei te heri i te Taumata Tuarua o te Matua Tuarua o Aotearoa. I tutaki ia ki ētahi atu kaipuke hōia ki ngā whanga o Ahitereiria, kātahi ka tere atu ki Ihipa. I reira kē te Taumata Tuatahi o Aotearoa, kua whakatūngia kētia te puni. Engari i te 15 o Haratua, e whā ngā rangi i muri i te wehenga atu o Fremantle, i kauparea kētia ngā kaipuke kia haere ki Awherika ki te Tonga kē. I pēnei ai nā te mea e ai ki ngā kōrero, tata tonu a Itari ka whakapuakina te pakanga ki ngā Hoa Whenua, ā, tēnā pea ka aukatia te Moana Whero.

    Cape Town

    I tōna taenga atu ki Cape Town i te 26 Haratua 1940 ka kimi tauranga te Aquitania ki tētahi puni ope taua moana e pātata ana ki taua wāhi. Tere tonu te tuku i ngā hōia Pākehā kia wehe atu i te kaipuke tirotiro haere ai. Engari anō ngā Māori, nā ngā kaupapa here whakatāuke ā iwi o Awherika ki te Tonga, i mate rātou kia noho ki runga i te kaipuke mō ngā rangi e wha . Nā wai rā ka tino hōhā a ngāi Māori. Kātahi ka heria rātou ki tētahi kai waenganui rā nā te Koromatua o Cape Town i whakarite. I tukuna ki a rātou heke iho i te kotahi haora kia tirotiro haere ki roto i te taone. I whakatūpatohia hoki rātou kia tika ngā whanonga. Heoi anō, ahakoa tēnā mahi a te Pākehā i kaha manaakihia rātou e ngā tāngata whenua o reira. 

    Te Wawao i a Ingarangi

    I wehe atu te rōpū i a Awherika ki te Tonga i te 31 Haratua 1940. E ahu ana ināianei ki Ingarangi. Whai mai i te whakatahinga o Dunkirk me te hinganga o Wīwī, i te tū tahanga a Ingarangi ki mua i te aroaro o Tiamani me ōna whakaaro tūturu kia whakaeke ki runga i te one o Ingarangi.  Whai muri i te taenga atu ki Gourock, Kotimana, i te 16 Pipiri, i horaina te Ope Taua Māori ki te tonga o Ingarangi. I reira ka whakapaua tōna wā e whakaharatau ana me te whakatika waonga i ngā rangi whakahirahira o te Kakari o Ingarangi. Ko te matāika i tūpono i tētahi pō o Mahuru 1940. Tērā ko tētahi karere i mate i tētahi aituā i runga i te huarahi i waenganui pō.

    Ki te Rāwhiti Waenga

    Whai muri i te ono mārama ki Ingarangi, ka wehe atu te Taumata Tuarua ki te Rāwhiti Waenga. I tere anō rātou ki te taha o Awherika, ā, i tae atu ki Ihipa i te Tuatoru o Poutū-te-Rangi 1941. I te Puni o Helwan i whakakahangia te Ope Taua nei e ngā ope tānga Māori 300 nei ngā tāngata mai Aotearoa. Kua neke atu i te tau kotahi mai i te kuhunga atu a Māori mā ki tētahi puni hōia. Ka mutu, tūturu kaikā katoa ana rātou kia nguha ki mua i te mura o te ahi. Tāria te wā ka tae mai te tūpono mō rātou ki Kiriiki.

O Rātou Kōrero

  • Harry Mackey, Carefree Shepherd to O.C., C Coy

    Harry Mackey recalls his lengthy service with the 28th Māori Battalion, fighting in Greece, Crete, North Africa and Italy.
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  • Crete

    The 28th Māori Battalion take part in the epic but ultimately unsuccessful battle to save the island of Crete from German occupation. Includes an account of the famous bayonet charge at 42nd Street.
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  • The Last of the Colonels

    The last Commanding Officer of the 28th Māori Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel James Hēnare, recalls his service with the Battalion in North Africa and Italy and the return home in 1946.
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  • 39159 Private Charles Shelford

    Rangi Logan and Harry Lambert recount the deeds and escapades of Charlie Shelford, one of the Māori Battalion's best-known characters.
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  • Lt-Col Tiwi Love, MID

    Rangi Logan describes Lieutenant-Colonel Tiwi Love's 'bull'-like manner and escapades with D Company.
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