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New Zealand soldiers with captured German flag, First World War, 1914, (c1920). Creator: Unknown

New Zealand soldiers with captured German flag, First World War, 1914, (c1920). New Zealand's War Trophy: Members of the Expeditionary Force with the German flag which they hauled down in Samoa'. In August 1914, an expeditionary force from New Zealand (the Samoa Expeditionary Force) landed and took possession of the Pacific colony of German Samoa. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume II, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]

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Rauparaha - Kafia Chief, 1844. Creator: Unknown

Rauparaha - Kafia Chief, 1844. Portrait of Te Rauparaha, Maori leader of the Ngati Toa tribe, after a drawing Mr. J. Greaves. He took the most prominent part in the late Massacre at Wairau...his eyes are very bright, and are expressive of great cunning'. He ...resisted all attempts of the settlers to occupy the land professed to have been purchased of the natives by the New Zealand Company...The natives resemble spoiled children...the impunity extended to all their criminal acts, have encouraged them in the belief that the Government is either unwilling or unable to control them, and has led them on to the commission of excesses which have nearly ruined the settlers, and terminated in the massacre. From the temper they have manifested since that event, it is to be feared that harsh measures must be resorted to, before they will pay obedience to the law'. From "Illustrated London News", 1844, Vol I

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King George V cheered by ANZAC troops at the Western Front, First World War, August 1916, (c1920)

King George V cheered by ANZAC troops at the Western Front, First World War, August 1916, (c1920). His Majesty's Visit to the Front...the New Zealanders welcome'. George V (1865-1936) on a morale-boosting trip to Dominion soldiers fighting in northern France and Belgium. From "The Great World War: A History", Volume VI, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]

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