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NewsMāori Battalion families receive war medals at Upper Hutt ceremony
Photo / Supplied The whānau of 24 Māori Battalion soldiers who fought in World War II have received their medals at a ceremony at Whirinaki Whare Taonga in Upper Hutt on Saturday.
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‘We’ve been downtrodden for a long time’- Māori Battalion's last survivor
Sir Robert Gillies was dubbed with a sword today, becoming a knight and, while it's a cause of celebrations for Māori, for Sir Robert, it merely reinforces his goal of seeking justice for the 28th
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Crown apology to Māori Battalion ‘a matter for the Waitangi Tribunal’
The last surviving member of the Māori Battalion, Tā Bom Gillies, believes an apology to the Māori Battalion is required for the way the returned servicemen were treated on their return from war.
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Te Ao with Moana, Series 4 Episode 8
A special interview with Sir Robert 'Bom' Gillies, the last living member of the 28th Māori Battalion.
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500 Māori Battalion medals still with NZDF
The lawyer who has been on a years long mission to reunite whānau with their missing WWII medals is renewing his call for descendants of the 28th Māori Battalion to apply to receive their ancestors' unclaimed war medals.
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Thousands commemorate ANZACs in services across motu
Thousands have gathered across Aotearoa to commemorate ANZAC day with the Governor-General Dame Cindy Kiro (Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Kahu, Ngāti Hine) paying tribute to the more than 250,000 New Zealanders who have served overseas, and highlighting concerns about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Search for whānau of 500 Māori Battalion soldiers who never received war medals
David Stone, Te Ao Tapatahi, 2020. Source / File
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Iwi mourn the death of Sir Wira Gardiner
Sir Wira Gardiner has died after a long illness. He was 78.
