WAKA HUIA - AKE AKE KIA KAHA E

No tēnei tau ka whakaatu tuatahitia ki te iwi whānui ko ngā hōnore nui i tohua e Kuini Irihapeti Tuarua o Ingārangi ki te ope hōia rua tekau mā waru i te tau rima tekau mā whitu o tērā rautau.

Ki tā te mōrehu whakamutunga, nā ngā tikanga Māori i tutuki ai te kaupapa, kua whakakahoretia e te Kāwanatanga me Te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa mō te ono tekau mā whitu tau iaianei, ā, haere tonu nei.
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Earlier this year, the campaign and battle honours awarded to the 28th Māori Battalion by decree of Queen Elizabeth II in 1955 were presented for the first time ever in public.

The only living member of the battalion says Māori protocol was the clincher to finally have the honours perpetuated on colours in acknowledgement of a proud distinguished and famous history that has been denied by the New Zealand Government and Defense Force officialdom for 67 years and counting.

Ake, Ake, Kia Kaha E - Sir Robert Gillies (🌱Te Arawa, Ngāti Kahungunu), Harawira Pearless (🌱Ngāti Tūmatauenga), Bernard Henare (🌱Ngāti Hine, Ngāpuhi)

Ringatohu: Dean Nathan
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/waka-huia