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Taihoa marae, near Wairoa, has a fine set of war memorial gates. The two main pillars have plaques inscribed in English and Māori respectively:
FOR KING AND / COUNTRY / IN MEMORY OF / THE MAORI SOLDIERS / OF THIS DISTRICT / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR THE CAUSE OF / FREEDOM / AND HUMANITY /1914-1918 / 1939-1945.
MOTE KINGI METE / EMEPAEA / HE TOHU / WHAKAMAHARATANGA / MO NGA HOIA MAORI / O TE WAIROA / I MATE / KI TE PAE / O TE PAKANGA / 1914-1918 / 1939 - 1945.
The other pillars bear the names of various theatres of war: Gallipoli, Flanders, France, Italy, Greece, Crete and North Africa.
Credit
Bruce Ringer, 2015