Te Hokowhitu a Tu
Subtitle: The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War
Publisher: Oratia Media
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 152
ISBN-13: 9781877514777
Subjects: New zealand, army; World war, 1914-1918
Description: The New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion was formed as a Maori unit on 1 September 1917. Its forerunners were the Maori contingents, the first of which, Te Hokowhitu a Tu ... sailed from New Zealand in February 1915 and the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, which was formed as a unit of the New Zealand Division almost exactly one year later.