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28 Māori Battalion Reunion. [Gisborne 1964].

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Year
1964
Reference
42050
Media type
Audio
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Rights Information
Year
1964
Reference
42050
Media type
Audio
Item unavailable online
Categories
Interviews (Sound recordings)
Māori radio programs
Nonfiction radio programs
Oral histories
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Special events radio coverage
Duration
00:28:00
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Dittmer, George, 1893-1979, Speaker/Kaikōrero, New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd. Battalion, 28
Bennett, Charles Moihi Te Arawaka (b.1913, d.1998), Speaker/Kaikōrero, New Zealand. Army. Expeditionary Force, 2nd. Battalion, 28

Brigadier Dittmer, the first Commanding Officer of the 28 Māori Battalion responds to the pōwhiri
by Te Tairawhiti to former members of the Battalion. He mentions Sir A.T. Ngata and Arnold (Harana) Reedy, he also mentions Gisborne's Mayor, Harry Barker, and the Bishop of Aotearoa, Rt Rev Wiremu Panapa.

Sir Charles Bennett, a former Battalion Commanding Officer speaks in both Māori and English. He speaks about "the feelings of kinship which will never disappear." Quotes Field Marshall Rommel's comment that "the Māori Battalion was the best fighting unit".

He also speaks about Lt. Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa Ngarimu and the Victoria Cross Award.