Title: Te Hokowhitu a Tu
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.
Subjects: History of new zealand, World War, 1914-1918, Campaigns, Great Britain. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps, Great Britain, New zealand, army, History, Maori Participation, Regimental histories, Kōrero nehe, Pakanga, Tūmatauenga, New Zealand. Army. Pioneer Battalion