This post war newsreel features footage of Maori Battalion solders returning from WWII onboard the ship Dominion Monarch, into Wellington Harbour. The soldiers are greeted with a huge powhiri and ensuing hakari at Porirua marae where the kaimoana and pia flow freely. The reel then follows the regional celebrations of men returning home in Kuku and Ngaruiawahia. The narrator soberly recalls the casualty rate of the Maori Battalion (five men in seven). This footage features in the documentary, Maori Battalion - March to Victory
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Included in the Anzac Day Collection.
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ngaruawahia, dominion monarch, nfu, new zealand national film unit, pipitea, porirua, kuku, sir walter nash, world war 2, war, māori battalion
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