$62.99
- Hardcover
576 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2019
Summary
This major publication about Māori participation in the First World War is written by NZ’s leading Māori military historian Dr Monty Soutar, author of the award-winning Nga Tama Toa: C Company, 28th Māori Battalion.
A fascinating look at the Pioneer Battalion (the Battalion created for Māori to serve) that will shed light on the reasons why some men signed on to serve, and others staunchly resisted the call to join the imperial conflict. As with Dr Soutar’s first book, it combines the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781869539580 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1869539583 |
| Author: | Monty Soutar |
| Publisher: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Imprint: | David Bateman Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 576 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 2.80kg |
| Dimensions: | 286mm x 210mm |
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About The Author
Monty Soutar
Monty Soutar ONZM (Ngati Porou, Ngati Awa, Ngai Tai, Ngati Kahungunu) is a senior historian with Manatu Taonga / The Ministry for Culture and Heritage. He was the World War One Historian-in-Residence at the Auckland War Memorial Museum (2014-17). He has worked widely with iwi and Maori communities, in particular while writing Nga Tama Toa, which told the story of C Company of 28 (Maori) Battalion in the Second World War. Currently he is leading a digital project on Treaty of Waitangi settlements in New Zealand. He has been a teacher, soldier and university lecturer and has held a number of appointments on national bodies, including the First World War Centenary Panel and the Waitangi Tribunal.
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