Weekly Review No. 232: Maori Battalion Returns
MovieTitle | Weekly Review No. 232: Maori Battalion Returns |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Dec 31, 1946 |
Genre | |
Director | Russell Reid |
Production country | US |
Production companies | New Zealand National Film Unit |
Run time | 10 min. |
The men of the The 28th (Māori) Battalion are seen returning to Wellington Harbour from WWII aboard the ship Dominion Monarch after their time spent serving in WW2. Their families wait to greet them with pōwhiri and hākari, whilst those men never to return are also remembered.