Kia Ora, this first week back at school for term 2 we have been learning about the Maori battalion and the first world war in the first paragraph they talked about the part when the British empire which was they still decided there foreign policy most of the Pakeha weren’t bothered by it many still thought as it at home.
Then in July 1915, the men were sent to Gallipoli the British high commander was uncomfortable with the idea of the native people fighting alongside the Europeans but first the soldier were kept busy digging trenches and building supply depots. After they finished war they were sent back to New Zealand. The men were angry to be treated this way but also pleased that they were going home the soldiers were welcomed with parades and parties all over the country.