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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 10, Issue 3 (June 1, 1935)

The Maori's Warrior Worth

The Maori's Warrior Worth.

Captain Buck wrote from Egypt to the New Zealand members of Parliament representing the Maori race:

“All who have come through the Gallipoli campaign where Pakeha and Maori have shared the fatigue, danger, and incessant vigil of the trenches, side by side, recognise that the Maori is a better man than they gave him credit for, and have admitted him to full fellowship and equality… . One of the finest incidents in the history of the two races took place when the Maoris left the trenches during the Anzac evacuation. Their pakeha comrades who were remaining behind for a later shipment carried their packs down into the gullies and many stood clasping hands when the moment of
In a trench-digging competition with British reinforcements at Malta, before going on to Gallipoli, in 1915, the Maori Battalion easily beat all the Pakeha diggers. In the trench are Captain Roger Dansey (in front) and Captain Peter Buck, M.O.

In a trench-digging competition with British reinforcements at Malta, before going on to Gallipoli, in 1915, the Maori Battalion easily beat all the Pakeha diggers. In the trench are Captain Roger Dansey (in front) and Captain Peter Buck, M.O.

separation came, with their hearts too full of aroha to express themselves in words.”