Post by Kiwi Frontline on Sept 26, 2019 17:20:52 GMT 12
POU TO REMEMBER MĀORI SOLDIERS ON PICTON FORESHORE
A permanent memorial to "one of the most celebrated and decorated units" in the New Zealand forces during World War II will be erected on Picton's foreshore.
A 6.5-metre pou (post) will be installed as a maumaharatanga (monument) to the 28th Māori Battalion D Company, who served New Zealand between 1939 and 1945.
The work of wood and concrete will stand in the centre of a circular, paved footpath area near the Picton War Memorial, which is also located on Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Trust's tupuna whenua (ancestral land), Waitohi Pa.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/116009780/pou-to-remember-mori-soldiers-on-picton-foreshore
SCULPTURES ACKNOWLEDGE TIPUNA, VOYAGING HISTORY.
The installation of two sculptures celebrating important figures and voyaging traditions significant in the region’s history will be completed this week.
The sculptures are at Puhi Kai Iti Cook Landing Site National Historic Reserve and the new Ruatanuika lookout site on Titirangi, Kaiti Hill.......
gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/4302329-135/tipuna-te-maro
A permanent memorial to "one of the most celebrated and decorated units" in the New Zealand forces during World War II will be erected on Picton's foreshore.
A 6.5-metre pou (post) will be installed as a maumaharatanga (monument) to the 28th Māori Battalion D Company, who served New Zealand between 1939 and 1945.
The work of wood and concrete will stand in the centre of a circular, paved footpath area near the Picton War Memorial, which is also located on Te Ātiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui Trust's tupuna whenua (ancestral land), Waitohi Pa.....
www.stuff.co.nz/national/116009780/pou-to-remember-mori-soldiers-on-picton-foreshore
SCULPTURES ACKNOWLEDGE TIPUNA, VOYAGING HISTORY.
The installation of two sculptures celebrating important figures and voyaging traditions significant in the region’s history will be completed this week.
The sculptures are at Puhi Kai Iti Cook Landing Site National Historic Reserve and the new Ruatanuika lookout site on Titirangi, Kaiti Hill.......
gisborneherald.co.nz/localnews/4302329-135/tipuna-te-maro