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Te Kōrero mō te 28

  • About the 28th
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O Rātou Kōrero

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

  • E hika e!! Tūturu he whakairiiritanga i roto i te ahi ki runga i ngā whenua aweko o te Metatareina. Kotahi anake te hua o te wawaonga o Kariki me Kariti e ngā Hoa Whenua  ki ngā tuki o Tiamani, tērā ko te mate. Ka mutu he toimaha te parekura, engari i roto i ngā āpiti māhinahina i Maleme me te Huarahi 42nd, e hika mā ka whānau mai te kōrero pūrakau o te Ope Taua Māori.  

    He Aituā Kariki

    I te mutunga o Poutū-te-Rangi 1941, ko te Ope Taua Māori - he wahanga o te Ope Hōia Tuarima o te Matua o Aotearoa - i tukuna ki te wawao i te raki o Kariki ki tētahi whakaekenga ohorere o Tiamani. I haere mai te hoariri mā Yugoslavia me Bulgaria. I te tīmatanga o taua tuki i tere whakaeke kaokaotia ngā hōia o ngā Hoa Whenua me Kariki. Uru ana ko te Ope Taua Māori ki te whawhai ki Olympus Pass i te 15 o taua marama. Tokowhā i mate. 

    Kātahi ka patiko ngā Hoa Whenua hei wawao i te Aho o Thermopylae. Engari i te 21 April i whakatau te Whakahaere o Ingarangi kia whakarere i a Kariki. Ko te nuinga o Māori mā i whakatahia mai i Atena ki Kariti i runga i te Glengyle i te 24th. Waihongia e rātou tekau ngā tāngata i mate, 81 ngā tāngata i mauherengia.  

    Te Kakari mō Kiriti

    I haere mai rātou mai i te rangi  - i te 20 o Haratua 1941 te tini manomano o ngā Hōia Heketau o Tiamani  me ngā Hōia Rerehau i tapakō ki runga i a Kariti. Koia tēnā tētahi o ngā tomo ā-rangi nei tuatahi o te ao. Rua rangi whai muri o tēnā, i tae mai anō ētahi ope tānga o te hoariri. Koia tonu te wā ka whaiwāhi atu te Ope Taua Māori kia whakamātau kia whakariro anō te mana whakahaere o te taunga rererangi o Maleme mō rātou. I konihi rātou i roto i te pō. Ka mutu, pai ana tā rātou whakamahi i te matarere. Engari ahakoa tēnā, i mate rātou kia hoki whakamuri i mua i te te urunga mai o te rā. 33 o ngā hoariri i mate.

    '42nd Street'

    Ahakoa ngā parekura o ngā kaiwhakaeke o Tiamani, i tino whaimana rātou i runga ake i te rangi. Nā tērā i te anga noa ngā Hoa Whenua ki ngā tautaunga e kore e taea. Tae rawa ki te 27 o Haratua 1941 ko ngā mōrehu o te Ope Hōia Haere Raro Tuarima o Aotearoa kua patiko rātou ki tētahi makatea e kīa nei ko 42nd Street, pātata ana ki a Suda Bay. I te wā e whakameto ana te hoariri, nā te Ope Taua Māori i ārahi tētahi amo matarere māhinahina. Momote ana te rarahu o tētahi ope whakaeke maunga tino toa rangatira rawa o Tiamani. E ai ki ngā kōrero, nā te Ope Maōri nei me tōna kotahi i patu kia 80 o ngā hoariri, e whā anake o ngāi Māori i mate.   

    Te Hinganga me te Whakatahinga

    I hinga ngā Hoa Whenua i roto i te kakari mō Kariti, engari nā ngā mahi ki 42nd Street me ētahi atu whakatautopenga mumu i āwhina ngā Hoa Whenua kia whakatahi mā ngā pae maunga torehape o Kariti tae mai ki te tai tonga. Mai i reira i hōnea rātou ki Ihipa. Tae rawa ki te 31 May 1941 neke atu i te 16,000 o ngā tāngata nō Aotearoa, Ahitereiria, Ingarangi me Kariki, kua whakatahingia. Engari 12,000 anō i mate i mauheretia rānei. Ka mutu, o rātou, 71 ngā Māori i mauheretia, 74 hoki i mate.     

    Mō ngā Hoa Whenua, ko ngā whakahau i roto i a Kariki me Kariti he maikiroa. He takarepa te whakatakoto kaupapa, kāore hoki i tautokona mai i ngā rererangi. Ka mutu, he maha hoki ngā wā he āhua koretake te hautūtanga. Mō ngā whakaeke Māori rātou ko ngā Pākeha, he whakatutakinga taikaha ki ngā momo kawe ā riri hou. Engari i tū pakari rātou i runga i te ngākau whakatoatoa, te ngākau māia hoki, ā, i whakaaturia ō rātou pūkenga rahi hoki.

O Rātou Kōrero

  • Compassionate Leave

    George Marsden recalls leave in Cairo and elsewhere, and reflects on the impact the war had on two Māori families - the Marsdens and the Fishers - from the same small Northland community.
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  • The Māori Chaplains

    Throughout the war the 28th Māori Battalion had its own Māori Chaplains. Padre Wi Hūata remembers his time with the men of the Battalion.
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  • 'Te Rau Aroha' - The Mobile Canteen

    The experiences of YMCA Officers Charlie Bennet and Norm Perry. Their mobile canteen, funded by Māori schoolchildren back home, supported the 28th Battalion in North Africa and Italy.
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  • Reminiscences of a Brigade Major

    Denis Blundell, Brigade Major, recalls his experiences with the 28th Māori Battalion in North Africa and italy.
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  • A "Q.M." Looks Back

    W.H. (Bill) Prescott recalls his duties as Quarter Master for the 28th Māori Battalion in Italy, 1943-45.
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