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Mai Te Kapoterangi (holding child) and Turei Karaka (with cigarette) farewell Tei Tihi (second from left) and Kumeroa Te Kapoterangi (third from left) as reinforcements for the Maori Battalion depart from Rotorua in January 1944.

Maori leaders offered men for both home defence and overseas service, and Maori requests for their own military unit followed, although not all wanted a Maori battalion.

Eruera Tirikatene (wearing a traditional feather cloak) walks in front of the Maori Battalion on its return from the Second World War.

A group of 28 (Maori) Battalion soldiers drive along a street in Sora, June 1944.

Women perform a waiata during the hui in Ruatoria to award the Victoria Cross to Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu, October 1943.

Members of the Maori Battalion who had fought in Greece perform a haka for the King of Greece at Helwan, Egypt in June 1941.

Image of Victoria Cross winner Te Moananui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu

Members of the 28th New Zealand (Maori) Battalion on the last stage of a journey between El Alamein and Tripoli, February 1943

The 28th (Maori) Battalion established a formidable reputation as one of New Zealand’s finest fighting forces.

Maori soldiers back in Egypt after the evacuation from Crete

Members of 28 (Maori) Battalion stand on Alexandria Wharf, immediately after arrival from Crete.