Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Nga tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945
Other Name
Price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Maori) Battalion 1939-1945 (Alternate title)
Nga Tamatoa--Alternate Title (Alternate title)
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
David Bateman
Place
Date
2008
Physical Description
447 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 30 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781869535933
Language
English
Te Reo Māori
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Acknowledgments -- Foreword / Sir Henare K. Ngata -- He Takoha: introduction -- 1. Horouta whanaunga : Martial traditions -- 2. Te Ope Hoia Maori : Equality of sacrifice -- 3. Whakatipua he ingoa mo tatou : Palmerston North -- 4. Po Atarau : Somewhere in England -- 5. Te Wa Kainga : The home front -- 6. Te Pae o Te Riri : The ancient heroes hide their heads -- 7. Wiriwiri kau ana : Crete, coming of age -- 8. Nga Rongo Kino : War hits home -- 9. Te Urutanga mai o te wehi : Second Libyan campaign -- 10. Mafeesh Faloush : Cairo, Syria, Minqar Qaim -- 11. Anei te mura o te ahi! : The Alamein line -- 12. Moana, e! Manahi, e! : Point 209 and Takrouna -- 13. Tenei nga kura nei! = Victoria Cross investiture -- 14. Ma enei e whakatutuki te mahi ki uta : To Italy -- 15. Maro tonu nga kanohi : The Battle of Cassino -- Buona notte mio amore : Final push, Northern Italy -- 17. Tomo mai e tama ma! : Priceless heritage, undying legacy -- Tairawhiti men of 28 (Maori) Battalion -- Appendices: I. SIr A.T. Ngata's letter to Judge Carr, 27 March 1946 ; II. Maori in the Second World War / Sir A.T. Ngata's essay on the Maori war effort, 1943 ; III. Major Kingi Areta Keiha et al., letter to Ngata, 18 February 1943 -- endnotes -- photographic credits -- index.
Public Access Text
[Keywords: World War Two; Second World War]
Published with "the support of the Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust and the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage"--Title page verso. Map on endpapers. Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Notes
Monty Soutar (Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa) led a team of researchers in the 1990s to interview more than 100 Maori veterans and widows about their experiences in the Second World War. He is the director of the Tairawhiti Museum.
Collection Type
Reading Room
Pou Maumahara
General Collection
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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