The Maori Battalion, German POW camps & Maori Songs with descendent: Zandria Taare

Recorded in Gisborne, New Zealand in the C Company Memorial House
featuring an interview with a descendent of the Maori Battalion.
The Maori Battalion served in both World War I & II, they were
famously feared in battle and consisted entirely of volunteers as
the "Price of Citizenship" to their country. Mandela interviews
Zandria Taare, who tells us the story of her famous grand father
who spent four years in a POW camp in Germany, the son of the man
on New Zealand's $50 note. Zandria will also speak about how the
Maori are trying to protect the foreshore and seabed from oil
companies as well as how Missionaries have affected the art &
culture to this day. Zandria will also share Maori songs and
language tips.​

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