maori contingent

Māori and Pacific units

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  Māori and Pacific troops served mainly as non-combatants at Gallipoli, the Western Front and in Sinai-Palestine during the First World War.

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  Formation and organisation of the Maori Contingent and Pioneer Battalion during the First World War

Māori and the First World War

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  Māori reactions to serving in the First World War largely reflected iwi experiences of British actions in the 19th century.

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• Page 3 – Māori objection to conscription

  Māori served in the First World War in the Maori Contingent. At home, some Māori strongly opposed conscription.

Māori in the NZEF

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  More than 2000 Maori served in the Māori Contingent and Pioneer Battalion during the First World War

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• Page 2 - Maori Contingent at GallipoliThe first Maori Contingent sailed from Wellington aboard the SS Warrimoo in February 1915. The contingent served on the Gallipoli