Biography of doctor, politician and anthropologist Peter Buck (Te Rangi Hīroa)
Peter Buck
Personal details
Lifetime:
1877 (year uncertain) – 1 Dec 1951
Biography
Articles
Māori and the First World War
Māori reactions to serving in the First World War largely reflected iwi experiences of British actions in the 19th century. Read the full article
Page 2 - White man's war?
Imperial policy initially doubted the wisdom of 'native' troops fighting a 'white man's
Māori in the NZEF
More than 2000 Maori served in the Māori Contingent and Pioneer Battalion during the First World War Read the full article
Page 2 - Maori Contingent at Gallipoli
The first Maori Contingent sailed from Wellington aboard the SS Warrimoo in February 1915. The contingent served on the Gallipoli
Main image: Group including Tai Mitchell and Peter Buck
Photograph of Frederick
Augustus Bennett, Peter Henry Buck, Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Baucke, and Tai Mitchell taken 20 December 1907 by Edith
Preen, probably
in Rotorua.
