TY - BOOK AU - Pugsley, Christopher. TI - Te Hokowhitu a Tu: the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the First World War SN - 9780790004396 AV - D767.851 .P84 1995 U1 - 940.393 20 PY - 1995/// CY - Auckland [N.Z.] PB - Reed KW - New Zealand KW - Army KW - Pioneer Battalion KW - Awards KW - World War, 1914-1918 KW - Participation, Maori KW - Regimental histories KW - Casualties KW - Pakanga KW - reo KW - Kōrero nehe KW - Tāngata KW - Māori N1 - In English with some Maori; "The New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion was formed as a Maori unit on 1 September 1917. Its forerunners were the Maori contingents, the first of which, Te Hokowhitu a Tu ... sailed from New Zealand in February 1915 and the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion, which was formed as a unit of the New Zealand Division almost exactly one year later"--Page 9; Reprinted as pbk.: 2006; Includes bibliographical references (page 145) and index; Introduction --; 1; Te Ope Tuatahi: the first Maori contingent --; 2; The war party sails --; 3; The Maori contingent on Gallipoli --; 4; Forming the New Zealand pioneer battalion --; 5; The New Zealand pioneer battalion in France --; 6; The diggers on the Somme --; 7; The pioneers in 1917 --; 8; The New Zealand (Maori) pioneer battalion --; 9; Digging to victory --; 10; The return --; 11; The king's colour of the New Zealand (Maori) pioneer battalion --; The nominal rolls of the Maori contingents and reinforcements 1914-18 --; Honours, awards and casualties of the New Zealand (Maori) pioneer battalion ER -