While Dragging Our Hearts Behind Us
£17.99
Te Hokowhitu a Tu
Sale price
£23.24
Regular price
£30.99
Skip to product information
Te Hokowhitu a Tu
The Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War
Sale price
£23.24
Regular price
£30.99
In stock
Maori Soldiers signing up for the First World War representing a formidable fighting force - Te Hokiwhitu a Tu, or the Seventy twice-told warriors of the war god, Tumatauenga. Prejudice kept the Maori Pioneer Battalion well back from the front lines as support troops, but their war efforts won them rights as full citizens of their homelands. Drawing on rare archival material and previously unpublished diaries and letters, 'Te Hokowhitu a Tu' is authoritative account of Maori and Pacific Islanders in the First World War, and balances the wider story of the Pioneer Battalion's exploits with a portrait of daily life for soldiers who laboured not only against the enemy but also racism behind their own lines.
Christopher Pugsley is one of New Zealand's leading historians. A retired Lieutenant-Colonel in the New Zealand Army, he was a lecturer in military studies in New Zealand and Australia, and retired in 2012 as a Senior Lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. Among his recent works are the fifth edition of Gallipoli: The New Zealand Story and A Bloody Road Home: World War Two and New Zealand's Heroic Second Division. He has a long association with Ngā Taonga Sound & Vision (formerly the New Zealand Film Archive).
- ISBN-13
- 9780947506384
- Publisher
- Oratia Media Ltd
- Imprint
- Libro International (NZ)
- Publication date
- 20 March 2018
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 152
- Dimensions
- 290 x 215 mm
- Illustrations
- b/w illus
- Language
- English
