Ngāti Porou leader and scholar Apirana Ngata helped organise the celebrations for the centennial of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi in 1940, and the construction and opening of a carved house at Waitangi. He is seen here leading a haka at the celebrations at Waitangi. The men are from C Company of the 28th (Māori) Battalion.
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