TY - BOOK AU - Awatere,Arapeta AU - Awatere,Hinemoa Ruataupare TI - Awatere: a soldier's story SN - 1877283819 (pbk.) U1 - 940.540092 21 PY - 2003/// CY - Wellington, N.Z. PB - Huia Publishers KW - Awatere, Arapeta, KW - New Zealand KW - Army KW - Expeditionary Force, 2nd KW - Battalion, 28 KW - Officers KW - Biography KW - Maori (New Zealand people) KW - Ruahine Range N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Arapeta Awatere was a humble man born in 1910 at Tuparoa on New Zealand's East Coast; in World War II he served his country with distinction in fierce fighting, rose to the rank of colonel and led the 28 (Maori) Battalion ER -