Who were these men? They were fierce warriors in a desperate struggle in a far away land fighting to free a world at war!
@debrawalker4642
5 жыл бұрын
I didn't realize it was 3 out of 4 that died from the Maori Battalion. Grateful that my father Jim Walker and my dad who raised me Luddy Milner, came home.❤
@paulilina7192
4 жыл бұрын
They are heroes❤
@qpishjunior4772
2 жыл бұрын
It wasn't 3 out of 4 that died. It was 3 out of 4 that were casualties, which doesn't necessarily mean they died
@someoneoutthere6259
4 жыл бұрын
My Grand Dad is third next to Rangi Henderson - Pte Te Moana Katae. He and Te Kooti were pictured together many times.
@chels5791
4 жыл бұрын
My Great Grandfather was there ❤️ RIP pops ❤️
@joengatoro500
5 жыл бұрын
Same Boy, when I found out this was koro Kooti it brought back memories of him, nan and pegleg at the homestead at Marangairoa.
@patwaddington
6 жыл бұрын
"Give me the Maori Battalion and I will conquer the world." - Erwin Rommel
@patwaddington
4 жыл бұрын
OMAR I’m not Erwin Rommel mate....
@lockey3305
4 жыл бұрын
Haha yeyah
@badtiger7471
4 жыл бұрын
OMAR we don’t need honour.. We have MANA
@maurioraaroha9490
3 жыл бұрын
@OMAR Name me one country in the entire world, whose people have not been used as fodder for the Imperialism agenda? And where are you from Omar?
@nate8622
3 жыл бұрын
@R3ALITY CH3CK hahaha shut yo muppet ass up you silly racist😂😂😂
@apomtaylor8054
4 жыл бұрын
i've heard the full interview. why did they cut out the part where he says a lot of maori tribes lost their land while their warriors were away fighting in the war? This meant many had to move to the cities. My iwi Ruakawa suffered this problem and many became depressed as they moved into the cities because they couldn't adapt to this new way of life.
@taraishot100
Жыл бұрын
Yeah bro Pakeha again stealing land like thieves in the night our grandfathers sacrifices and this is how the NZ government repay their efforts.. why we haven’t had another civil war is surprising to me
@joekean6309
6 жыл бұрын
te kooti is a special name I read something back on when the british were fighting for nz and a chief named te kooti was an amazing warrior
@caneanukunuku3907
6 жыл бұрын
Joe Kean kia ora. my cousin te kooti is named after this man. and the man on this video is our uncle boy... my nan in napier is the daughter to papa te kooti reihana. our bones go back home to the East coast.
@brycepardoe658
4 жыл бұрын
Greatest infantry unit to come out of Aotearoa. They fought so Māori could become full citizens and gain the same rights and privileges as Māori. This should be enough to piss anyone off. 3/4 of our toa had to die for us to become citizens in our own land.
@rodneyroberts4417
4 жыл бұрын
Kia Ora my Koro was in Maori Battalion C Company 2nd Lt..K..N.Te Hekepi..& fought on Monte Cassino..my koros version was it was not the Maoris war & the government at that time didn’t want Maori fighting a White mans War..The Maori were only alowed to work as Medic AIDS & Red Cross Ambulance drivers..During the War..our Maori Medic AIDS we’re seeing too many Pakeha getting wounded on the front line and maimed..that pisssed our Maori people off becos they said Pakeha don’t know how to fight..and a big plea went out to the first Maori Politician Sir Apirana Ngata to form The Battalions & fight along side the Pakeha..Which eventuated and became reality..I can go on & on becos was fortunate too hear it verbally from my beautiful Koro..who was part of the Maori Heroes Who Took Monte Cassino..LOVE THE MAORI BATTALION..BESTEST WARRIOR TOA IN THE WORLD AKE AKE KIA KAHA E.!!Hii..
@seanodwyer8691
3 жыл бұрын
Bryce- there were alot off part maoris in Australia Military and other units
@brycepardoe658
3 жыл бұрын
@@rodneyroberts4417 Kia Ora. Your koro was an amazing warrior. I'm basing this off of what I've read. To my knowledge the proposal was first made by Apirana Ngata. Individual Māori cared about "their pakeha" getting killed and such. However the overall politics of the war they didn't care for. By and large as a movement this was to ensure the economic future of our people. Individual Māori battalion members no doubt had their own motivations. You're right about the government being hesitant to allow Māori to fight. They viewed us as cowards. This is because traditional Māori notions of what it means to be a warrior is completely different to the European notion of what it means to be a warrior. Many white men still attach military prowess to their own identity. But yes the glorious Māori battalion. Greatest infantry unit Aotearoa has ever produced.
@brycepardoe658
3 жыл бұрын
@@seanodwyer8691 interesting. I didn't know that.
@tipikaa3018
3 жыл бұрын
They need to make a movie about this, i reckon taika to direct 💯🇳🇿
@giglionero5961
5 жыл бұрын
In italy they come in empoli (florence), in my city
@peace-now
4 жыл бұрын
My uncle had drinking problems after the war too. My mother told me that he had battle shock from his days in Crete. I know Maori was badly treated in those days. We all owe a lot to Maori.
@diaspiwari5120
6 жыл бұрын
Mark Bill white is my grandfather's brother.. My grandfather was fighting in itali at the time..This Haka was performed for the prince of Egypt...
@caneanukunuku3907
6 жыл бұрын
Dias Piwari my nans father is te kooti reihana...she is now 82 in napier... and the man talking about papa te kooti is my uncle boy pakeha, a son to my nan in napier... i will aways be beeming with pride everytime papa's photo shows up... its a photo that will always hold a moment in time...
@MIck-M
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that these guys would be so devastating in hand to hand combat, but then (at range) many of those great (and scary) capabilities were not brought to bare. Their honour, bravery and spirit were no less regardless.
@mikioistrohlin3532
3 жыл бұрын
That story is so deep. For a few reasons. It's a really good example of how wars effects so many cultures around the world. The Hawaiian peoples the Maori the Aboriginal tribes of Australia even. If you look back. Before the Native people of America's dealings with wars. All native cultures are effected by war. And I love how they've preserved those mens contribution to not just the war effort. But there part played as the good and the righteous. Against tyranny and evil oppression. Like my father and his father before him. Like my son who gave his life for a belief. A code. And a sense of honor. Idky I choose this soap box to tell my story and hope I'm not bein preachy? But I for one am so happy for our armed forces and those of our fellow brethren who continue fight the good fight.
@otumoetaipat
4 жыл бұрын
Shocking to hear of the mortality rates of the legendary Maori battalion. Hard to argue that racism would have been a factor. That war destroyed my grandads mind, and he did his best to destroy our family. The effects are still felt
@seanodwyer8691
3 жыл бұрын
they were just in the wrong place at the wrong time
@qpishjunior4772
2 жыл бұрын
Nothing to do with racism. The 28th often volunteer to hold lines and charge enemy lines. They were a spearhead unit, spearhead units always have the highest casualties
@seanodwyer4322
Жыл бұрын
@@qpishjunior4772 Germen- samoans were sectretly on germen side and happy when kiwis liquidated.
@martinsiala5453
3 жыл бұрын
Lest We Forget.
@teacherpetersenglishplayground
3 жыл бұрын
imagine being there for that haka, itd put an all blacks haka to shame, respect
@tanacz5505
4 жыл бұрын
Me nuna served in the Boer the Maori pioneer battalion in the first and the 28th Maori Battalion in the 2nd. And Was the only survivor of his company. On arrival home all his land had been confiscated and sold as farms by the then NZ goverment. He was cautioned if he ever went on his land he would be charged and sent to prison.
@caneanukunuku3907
6 жыл бұрын
KIA ORA PAPA TE KOOTI!!! KIA ORA UNCLE BOY! KIA ORA TO ALL! EAST COAST! EAST COAST!
@andyanderson5326
4 жыл бұрын
Lest we forget
@shanecrawford7673
5 жыл бұрын
Maori battalion March too victory air ake ake Kia Kaha E hi
@geobellmalinis7768
Жыл бұрын
is that the rocks father in there
@Garruk_80
2 ай бұрын
1941 the Maori batalllion defended greece in the battle of crete to all who lost family in greece during the war british australian new zeland or maori a thank you would be far too small "the whole earth is the tomb of great men" - Thucydides a greek
@jaydenpharaoh5028
4 жыл бұрын
My respects to my Tipuna.
@peekeyeseek
4 жыл бұрын
The Potato Factory brought me here.
@mickdunn8423
3 жыл бұрын
HAHA! When the Maoris and Poles finally prevailed against the Germans at Monte Casino after a very long, hard fought battle, the German SS people who were there, complained to the Red Cross about the 'brutal and inhuman' tactics used by the Maoris in their fight against them!) Apparently, after the Maoris had terrified the hell out of the German defenders with their fierce war cries and appearance...emphasised with some bayonetting & clubbing with rifle butts, followed them discussing how the were going to 'cook up' a couple of their most 'tasty' looking captives....with rolling eyes and protruding tongues!!!
@northernstar5339
2 жыл бұрын
Te Kooti that had a safe haven in Maniapoto land. Didnt the Government arrest him?
@commentmaster9564
5 жыл бұрын
Te kooti reihana
@robertwoodroffe123
4 ай бұрын
Paul manukahia
@jazreremoana7791
4 жыл бұрын
Ww1 they where the native contingent ww2 reformed into the 28th maori battalion
@seanodwyer8691
3 жыл бұрын
jaz- one of those w.w.1. vets who won a gallatry medal in france was killed by someones car when he got back in 1919
@lesleymcshanemitchell9651
3 жыл бұрын
A bif price to pay
@armaan4686
3 жыл бұрын
Can someone tell me what language they speak in New Zealand
@Mike-pd3rd
3 жыл бұрын
English and Mãori.
@armaan4686
3 жыл бұрын
@@Mike-pd3rd thanks
@delinquentinparadise
3 жыл бұрын
Depends how pissed they are.
@digiaotearoa5897
2 жыл бұрын
Maori is the native Language of Aotearoa ( New Zealand ) before the pākehā ( white man ) turned up
@crimsoncockatoo461
3 ай бұрын
Te Reo
@l.f.c9973
4 жыл бұрын
We sent dem to fight d nazis an they were soon running
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