Māpuna for Saturday 12 April 2025
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80 years since the last campaign of 28th Maori Battalion
12:10 PM.On April the 8th 1945 the New Zealand Division, including the 28th Maori Battalion, launched an offensive from the banks of the Senio River in northern Italy and then dashed towards Trieste where a… Read more Audio
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Public art display in Poneke
12:45 PM.Glover Park in Poneke-central Wellington is hosting a public art display called Uru. It consists of nine two metre high pou by artist Jamie Berry. Each night throughout April images are projected on… Read more Audio
Author & historian Monty Soutar, 80 years since the last campaign of 28th Maori Battalion
Dr Monty Soutar Photo: supplied
On April the 8th 1945 the New Zealand Division, including the 28th Maori Battalion, launched an offensive from the banks of the Senio River in northern Italy and then dashed towards Trieste where a tense standoff ensued with Yugoslav partisans. Author and historian Monty Soutar talks about those tense last weeks of the war and what Maori soldiers did after Germany's surrender.
Public art display in Poneke
Photo: nicholejuneproductions
Glover Park in Poneke-central Wellington is hosting a public art display called Uru. It consists of nine two metre high pou by artist Jamie Berry. Each night throughout April images are projected on to them and Jamie Berry explains what inspires her mahi.
