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Soutar, Monty.

Ngā tama toa = The price of citizenship : C Company 28 (Māori) Battalion 1939-1945 / Price of citizenship Monty Soutar ; [foreword by Henare K. Ngata]. - Auckland, N.Z. : David Bateman, 2008. - 447 pages : illustrations, maps ; 30 cm

Published with "the support of the Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust and the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage"--Title page verso. Reprinted 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published with "the support of the Nga Taonga a Nga Tama Toa Trust and the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage." -- T.p. verso.-Includes bibliographical references and index.

Breaks new ground in telling the fascinating story of the Maori Battalion's war, with the focus firmly on C Company whose members were drawn from Tairawhiti, a region on the east coast of the North Island. Personal recollections and eyewitness accounts, many anecdotes and hundreds of photographs are woven through this history, from the inception of C Company in 1939 to the return of its last members in 1946.

Ngā Kupu Ora Book Awards 2009 History Winner. Ngā Kupu Ora Book Awards, 2009: History.

ISBN: 9781869535933 1869535936

LCCN: 2008531441

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014677028 Uk

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Army. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd. Battalion, 28th --History.

Subjects--Meeting Names:
World War (1939-1945)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--New Zealand.
World War, 1939-1945--Regimental histories--Battalion, 28th.--New Zealand
World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Maori.
Maori (New Zealand people).
Tāngata.
Kōrero nehe.
Pakanga.
Toa.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand.

LC Class. No.: D767.85 / .S68 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 940.5412