This section discusses some of the issues relating to remembering, and memorializing, the Māori dead of the New Zealand Wars.
Former Prime Minister John Key recently stated that New Zealand was 'settled peacefully'. Unfortunately, this is not true. We do spend a lot of time remembering our 'boys who died overseas' after 1915, but we forget the dead of the earlier Land Wars. It's important...
Māori 'rebels' who fought against the British Army and Armed Constabulary during the Land Wars may soon be officially recognised. Recent calls have been made for the government to remember all Māori war veterans, not just those who fought overseas on the side of the...