These Memorial Gates honors the Maori Battalion of WW1.The first Maori Contingent sailed from Wellington aboard the SS Warrimoo in February 1915. Its motto was 'Te Hokowhitu a Tū' (the seventy twice-told warriors of the war god), signifying the 140 warriors of the war god, Tū-mata-uenga. This name was given by Wī Pere, an East Coast Rangatira (Chief)
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Memorial Gates "Tehokowhitu-A-Tu" at Whakarewarewa
Postcard Details:
Location:
Rotorua
Country:
New Zealand
Publisher:
Gladys Goodall
Photographer:
Gladys Goodall
Photographers Card ID:
565