War chronicle · 1 Maehe · Wellington, New Zealand
Te Tiwihana o Niu Tīreni
Kei te ahu atu ngā hōia ki te Pae o te Uru. He Māori, he Niue, he Kuki Airani, he Pākehā hoki rātou.
Kua tonoa tētahi ope taua nō Niu Tīreni e Piritana. E 20,000 rātou ka haere ki te Pae o te Uru. Kua karapinepinehia ngā hōia hou me ētahi o ngā hōia mai i te pakanga o Karipori ki raro i te karangatanga o te Tiwihana o Niu Tīreni.
Ko tētahi wāhanga matua o te tiwihana hou, ko Te Ope Paionia o Niu Tīreni. Ko te whakakotahitanga o ngā Ope Māori tēnei, arā, ko ngā tāne nō Niue, nō ngā Kuki Airani me tētahi ope Pākehā, e kīia ana ko te Ope Eke Hōiho o Ōtākou. Ko te mahi a ngā ope paionia, he kari i te whenua i te pae o te riri, ka whawhai hoki i ngā kakari nui.
Ka tukuna te Tiwihana o Niu Tīreni i te 1 o Maehe 1916. I te marama whai muri mai, ka hīkaka ngā tāne ki te wehe atu i Ihipa ki Wīwī. He kūare noa iho ki ngā āhuatanga wehi e whanga ana ki a rātou i te Pae o te Uru.
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