28th Māori Battalion, Part 2 of 3. 1977-06-24

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1977
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49137
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Year
1977
Reference
49137
Media type
Audio

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Categories
Interviews (Sound recordings)
Nonfiction radio programs
Oral histories
Radio programs
Sound recordings
Special events radio coverage
Duration
00:20:50
Broadcast Date
24 Jun 1977
Taonga Māori Collection
Yes
Credits
RNZ Collection
Ngata, Whai, Speaker/Kaikōrero
Te Kawa, Maraea, Speaker/Kaikōrero

2(3) He haere tonutanga tēnei o ngā kōrero a Maraea Te Kawa mō tā rātou haerenga ki tāwāhi hei maumaharatanga ki ngā hōia. Kei Ihipa rātou, ā, ka kōrero a Maraea mō te konohete kei te heke mai mō ngā kamupene. Ka whakamārama mai ia i ngā waiata ka waiatatia e Kamupene C. Ka kōrero mō Hoani Kaa, kātahi anō ia ka mate ka tuku poroporoaki rātou ki a ia. Waiata: Te tū moke te tuohu moke. Ka kōrero a Maraea mō Mykonos he moutere nō ngā Kiriki (Greeks), ka kōrero hoki mō Tamati Ngawati. Kātahi rātou ka peke atu ki te moutere o te pūrerehua i Main, ā, ka kōrero mō te wehewehenga o taua whenua. Ka mutu i Main ka haere rātou ki Alexandria kātahi ki Cairo, ka kōrero mō ngā mahi i aua wāhi. Ka tae rātou ki El Alamein, ka whakamārama mai ia 1056 ngā hōia e takoto ana ki reira, 700 ngā hōia e takoto ana heoi kāore e mōhiotia ana ko wai rātou. Kātahi rātou ka tae atu ki Athens ki te urupā whakamutunga o Phaloren, ka huaina ngā ingoa o Tahata, Percy Gray Smith rātou ko Poutu ngā hōia kāore i whakaingoatia. Ka whakahaere a Wi Huata i tētahi karakia mā rātou i te kōhatu o te 'unknown soldier'. Hei mutunga, ka kōrero a Maraea mō te wehenga o te tāone o Athens, kātahi ka rere ki Singapore.

An episode continuing the 28th Māori Battalion's trip to Italy, Greece and North Africa in 1977 to visit war graves and the sites of battles accompanied by Maraea Te Kawa.