The death of the 28th Maori Battalion's Sir Robert "Bom" Gilllies was a reminder of the treatment that Maori serviceman received when they returned home from the war. For families who remained at home ...
He also witnessed the unrest caused by the rapid European encroachment on Maori lands. After retiring in 1900 from his career as a government surveyor, Smith devoted himself to the study of the ...
“Although our culture is ever moving, our history is set,” says Mori Rapana, Māori cultural manager at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds. “In order to understand the present, you have to start ...