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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Katene Nicholas
Posted at 07.16AM - 18.03.2010
Is there someone who knows where I could find footage of the maori battalion in action? Preferably WW2?