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043 - VC Celebrations - Ruatoria 1943

Date: 1943

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0238

Description: File - 43 Contains letters, plans and notes from meetings regarding the Ngarimu VC Investiture celebrations at Ruatoria Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript, plans

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040 - Papers re Maori in the Second World War

Date: 1942

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-6919-0234

Description: File 40 - Contains correspondence regarding the Maori war effort, the Waipiro Consolodation scheme and historical references to the Ruatoria district Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss, typescript

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World War, 1939-1945. New Zealand. Units. 28 Battalion (Maori)

Date: [ca 1940-1945]

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PAColl-4161-01-151

Description: Includes some multiple copies; most are captioned. Includes list for series of numbered photographs `Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas' - 3 sets. Return of the Maori Battalion from overseas - Reception on Aotea Quay: men preparing meat and chicken for hangi and women preparing food at Porirua Pa; Battalion en route from Pipitea wharf to Aotea Quay; old Maori woman (Ngawaina of Ngati Toa) smoking `The Pipe of Peace'; Battalion at the gates of the marae; haka (Ngati Tuwharetoa) in support of chiefs address; Kia Ora to the Committee. Return of the Maori Battalion - The `Dominion' approaching Pipitea Wharf; disembarkation; Rev M Bennett; pipes and bands of the 1st Wellington Battalion; quayside welcome (Maori MPs T P Paikea, Hon E T Tirikatene, Hon R R Mawhete, T Omana, & M Ratana); welcome haka Ngati Tuwharetoa; Rangi Te Hana & Turei Papanui (Ngati Tuwharetoa haka party); Hinga with women of the Ratana Party in the dining hall welcome; official guest table; Hepi Te Heuheu addressing the Battalion; Ngati Poneke Club members.. Series of photos of visit to Rotorua and Ohinemutu; members of Maori Battalion having a snack on the Tewfick station prior to embarking; series of photos taken 23 May 1940 on day of departure; sing-song after disembarking in England, 21 Jun 1940; three soldiers with A-tank gun; soldier with captured German Tommy gun near Gazala, ca 1942; two bren-gun carriers manned by members of Maori Battalion in England; sightseeing in London. Quantity: 144 b&w original photographic print(s).

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World War 2 Maori reinforcements about to depart from a railway station in Rototua, wit...

Date: January 1944

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-00828-F

Description: World War 2 Maori reinforcements about to depart from a railway station in Rotorua, January, 1944. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Family correspondence to Apirana Ngata

Date: 1902-1944

From: Ngata, Apirana Turupa (Sir), 1874-1950 : Further papers

Reference: MS-Papers-7575-001

Description: Contains letters from family members regarding family affairs Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Mss

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Members of the Maori Battalion returning home after World War 2, Wellington Harbour

Date: 23 January 1946

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001635-F

Description: Members of the Maori Battalion returning home on the troopship Dominion Monarch after World War Two, Wellington Harbour, 23 January 1946. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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World War II Maori reinforcements leaving Rotorua

Date: 11 January 1944

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000829-F

Description: World War II Maori reinforcements leaving Rotorua in January 1944. From left: Turei Karaka (with cigarette), Tei Tihi, Mrs Kumeroa Te Kapoterangi, Mai Te Kapoterangi (holding child). Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Original caption reads: "Harder still for the farewell between husband and family." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Soldiers of the Maori Battalion at the opening of the new meeting house Tamatekapua at ...

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000245-F

Description: Soldiers of the Maori Battalion at the opening of the new meeting house Tamatekapua at Ohinemutu, Rotorua district, in 1943. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Other - Pascoe's heading from the Photographic Archive Pascoe backfile for the set of photographs at 1/4-000225 to 00257 reads: "National Maori Ceremonies at Rotorua" Caption - Pascoe's caption at backfile reads: "They line up in front of the meeting house" Source of descriptive information - File print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Celulosic negative, 5.5 x 5.5 cm

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Maori soldiers leaving Rotorua for overseas service during World War II

Date: 11 January 1944

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000826-F

Description: Maori soldiers leaving Rotorua for overseas service during World War II. Photographed by John Dobree Pascoe in January 1944. Original caption reads: "At the local railway station Maori soldiers and their relations fill the platform. Note on back of file print reads: Maori reinforcements leave Rotorua, Jan 1944 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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World War 2 Maori reinforcements about to leave Rotorua railway station

Date: 11 January 1944

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000828-F

Description: World War 2 Maori reinforcements about to leave Rotorua railway station, January, 1944. A man and a woman hold hands in the foreground. Photograph taken by John Dobree Pascoe. Original caption reads: "It is not easy to say goodbye to friends." Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Maori group from Taranaki performing a waiata for the returning members of the Maori Ba...

Date: [23 January 1946]

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001656-F

Description: Maori group from Taranaki performing a waita for the returning members of the Maori Battalion, Aotea Quay, 23 January, 1946, photographed by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Maori guard and prisoner at the Japanese prisoner of war camp near Featherston

Date: 1943

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000790-F

Description: Maori guard and prisoner at the Japanese prisoner of war camp near Featherston. Photograph taken in 1943 by John Dobree Pascoe. The guard has been identified by a family member as Hape Williams. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

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Troopship, Dominion Monarch, bringing members of the Maori Battalion home after World W...

Date: 23 January 1946

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-001633-F

Description: The troopship, Dominion Monarch, bringing members of the Maori Battalion home after World War 2, Wellington Harbour, 23 January 1946. Photograph taken by John Pascoe. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Second Maori Battalion in training - Photograph taken by an unknown photographer

Date: 1939-1945

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PA1-q-292-09-462

Description: Original caption reads: "A fighting patrol moves forward". Photograph of the 2nd Maori Battalion under training in New Zealand, taken between 1939 and 1945 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 10.9 x 16.5 cm mounted on album page

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Maori reinforcements leaving Rotorua during World War 2

Date: 1944

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000827-F

Description: Maori reinforcements leaving for World War 2, boarding a train at a railway station in Rotorua. Photograph taken by John Pascoe in 1944. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film negative

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Maori reinforcements leaving Rotorua by train

Date: January 1944

From: Pascoe, John Dobree, 1908-1972 :Photographic albums, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/4-000832-F

Description: Maori reinforcements leave Rotorua by train, photographed in January 1944, by John Dobree Pascoe. Original caption reads: "The train moves out."

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Second Maori Battalion at Ruatoria for the posthumous award of the Victoria Cross to Te...

Date: October 1943

From: New Zealand. Department of Internal Affairs. War History Branch :Photographs relating to World War 1914-1918, World War 1939-1945, occupation of Japan, Korean War, and Malayan Emergency

Reference: PA1-q-292-23-505

Description: Members of the Maori Battalion on parade in Ruatoria, at the hui for the posthumous award of the Victoria Cross to Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu. Photograph taken October 1943 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Gelatin silver print 11.1 x 16.3 cm mounted on album page

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