He hōhonu, he whānui te uru mai o te iwi Māori ki roto i ngā mahi o te Pākanga Tuarua; tata ki te 16,000 tāngata Māori i rēhitatia mō te pakanga ki tāwāhi, ā, e 3,600 pea i tae atu. I te marama o Māehe 1943, e 29,000, arā, kotahi hautoru o te iwi Māori, e kawe ana i ngā mahi pakanga, tokomaha i waho i ngā ope tauā.
He mea tautoko a Te Hau Kāinga e Te Pūtea Rangahau a Marsden kia āta tirohia te whakapā mai i te pakanga ki ngā whānau noa me ngā kāinga, ā ki te porihanga Māori hoki. Kei te aro mātou ki ngā take whānui, tae ana ki ngā mahi tāmau whenua, ki ngā kawenga ā-ōhanga ki te kāinga hei tautoko i te pakanga, me te manaaki i ngā hōia i tō rātou hokinga mai.
Mā tēnei paetukutuku, kei te pīrangi mātou ki te toro atu ki ngā whānau me ngā hapori, ki te whakaatu hoki i ā mātou e kite nei. Kei te mihi mātou ki a koutou kia tukuna mai ngā kōrero mō ō koutou whānau i te wā o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao.
Ka mahara pea koe ki te pūrongo o nāia tata nei mō te whakahokinga mai o ngā kōiwi me ngā tūpāpaku i Ateria.
Ko ngā wheketere i hangaia ai ngā matā me ērā atu taonga whawhai (munitions) i te wā o te Pakanga Tuarua he wāhi whakahirahira mō ngā kaimahi Māori.
I te 6 o ngā rā o Oketopa, ka tae mai ngā tini tāngata ki Whakarua Pāka, i Ruatōria [Ruatōrea] mō te hui i whakawhiwhia ai te tohu rangatira, te...
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