E tika to korero e hoa

Yeah first verse is talking about Hitler and second is Mussolini. Kei Hitāra me Muharini

fearless

Hoatu e tama karia te kauai o te purari paka nei a Hitara e

A bloody grind, that, the maoris held the train station for awhile but needed a break, I think the poles then carried it up the middle for the win, good on them. The resolve a batallion of these men brings to their comrades a unique inspiration, as do the Gurkhas

@@robrekkit2132 Not quite accurate. The French Moroccans circled the Germans and they pulled out. The Poles defeated an empty abbey.

Chur e hoa, do u think the boys here aren’t goi g as hard in the haka? It seems so campy, not as bad as the 70s All Blacks haka

@@moonknight4053 just looks very different to how they haka nowadays... Looks no different to the 70s style Colin meads and Syd Going etc... Chur

@@MaoriMan76 Chur, ur not wrong there e hoa, I still think the haka here is just a little glimpse of how fierce it can be even in the 40s. If the cameras were off and they tried it’d be full of mana

This is exactly what came to my mind hahaha

my Koro was in the 28th

Ka purari Ana mahi*

@@yozaggg8386 ae ra thank you ♡ 😊

Do you have a source for this quote? I have heard variations of this story, but no one can give a source, probably because the story is apocryphal.

​@@shanemcdowall Was reading about this quote a few weeks ago. There is doubt among some sources that he actually said it but, apparently it's in his biography and confirmed by someone who heard him say it.

@@nikiTricoteuse When you have the page number of this 'quote' please share the information.

@@shanemcdowall Yeah nah. l haven't saved the page and I had a look on line but, couldn't find it. Pointless trying to post a link anyway as YT deletes them. You're welcome to have a look yourself.

@@nikiTricoteuse I have had a look, the quote is fake.

Would of been 28th maori battalion best guess

Yep 28th Maori Battalion.

28 battalion.5 brigade 2nd NZ division

Europe

Dateline: Italy Maori battalion from new zealand Date: 03/27/1944

@@owieakaam3277 the Americans look dead.

@@ngatibroffessor1840 hey mate do you know what company & platoon these guys were from?

@@hoaniashton5147 28 Maori Battalion, 2NZEF. Four days after the end of the Maori part (23 March, 1944) in the 3rd battle of Monte Cassino. These men are a mix of tribes as some of the men do not know the items. The front row are clearly men of Ngāti Porou East Coast as the items Hitara Waha Huka (composed Oct, 1943) and the haka Ponga Ra are Ngati Porou classics. They are likely from a recently arrived reinforcement group as the battalion had been in Italy since Oct 1943. Think I could spy Padre Huata in the group, which makes sense as he had a group of troubadours (musicians and entertainers) that are accompanying the performance.