The search is on for the families of those soldiers of A Company of the 28th Maori Battalion who were killed and went missing in action. The exercise is part of a research project aimed at reviving the memories and information of the sons who failed to return home.
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Northland man plays last post for neighbourhood remembrance
Despite the limitations of lockdown, the people of Northland found ways to honour and remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice in war.
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'Remember those who gave their blood for God, King and for Country'
The veteran president of the Te Arawa RSA League stood alone due to the main commemoration being cancelled in Rotorua this morning. Te Kei o Te Waka Merito told reporter Kereama Wright regardless of where we stand the important thing is to remember those who gave their blood for God, King and for Country.
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PM stands outside Premier House to honour fallen
This morning many New Zealanders stood at the driveways of their homes to honour our fallen soldiers, and so too did Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her partner Clarke Gayford from outside Premier House.
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'It's difficult to explain the mamae of the heart'- Taina Ngarimu
A relation of the first Māori recipient of the Victoria Cross, who encouraged his people of Te Tairāwhiti to meet at their letterbox and do their own private karakia, was saddened that there was no dawn parade this year. Despite the situation we are in, Taina Ngarimu says our fallen must still be remembered.
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Whānau encouraged to say private karakia at letterbox to remember- 4.30pm Newsbreak
A relation of the first Māori recipient of the Victoria Cross has encouraged his people of Te Tairāwhiti to meet at their letterbox and do their own private karakia, saddened that there was no dawn parade this year.
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Marae uses Zoom to help Ruatoki community commemorate fallen
Te Rewarewa Marae located at the base of the Urewera Valley has used video communications app Zoom to help the hundreds of people in the small rural Ruatoki community, who would gather at Tūmatauenga Memorial Hall yearly, to commemorate those who served and died in both world wars. Those unable to use Zoom gathered in their own bubbles for their own commemorations.
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Good time to remember NZDF personnel deployed overseas
With around 15,000 New Zealand Defence Force personnel currently serving, spare a thought for some 70 personnel currently deployed overseas who are unable to come home because of the Covid-19 crisis.
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Undying love for Te Poho o Rawiri Pā on ANZAC
A prominent Tūranganui a Kiwa marae, designed to commemorate its various war campaigns, is preparing to deliver 16,000 kai parcels to 58 marae across the region.
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Whītiki!
WHITIKI is a documentary that will tell the stories of three Māori Pioneers through the eyes of their descendants who are of a similar age to their tīpuna when they went off to battle in WWI. This documentary includes exclusive footage of the two core wānanga held to teach the 100 men the necessary military skills to embody the vision of key facilitators such as Dr Monty Soutar.
