Te Hokowhitu a Tu: The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War
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Te Hokowhitu a Tu: The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War – by Christopher Pugsley
Maori soldiers signing up for the First World War representing a formidable fighting force – Te Hokowhitu a Tu, or the Seventy twice-told warriors of the war god, Tumatauenga. Paternalistic concern kept the Maori Pioneer Battalion back from the front lines as support troops, but their war efforts won them rights as full citizens of their homelands.
Drawing on rare archival material and previously unpublished diaries and letters, Te Hokowhitu a Tu is the authoritative account of Maori and Pacific Islanders in the First World War, and balances the wider story of the Pioneer Battalion’s exploits with a portrait of daily life for soldiers who laboured not only against the enemy but also racism behind their own lines.
Format: This book is a paperback.
Language: This book is written in English.
Published: January 1995.
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About the Author:
Christopher Pugsley was born in Cardiff, Wales and migrated to Greymouth, New Zealand with his parents in 1952. He has a doctorate from the University of Waikato. Christopher is a New Zealand military historian. From 1966 he worked for the New Zealand Army, retiring in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1988.
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