Maori Battalion

This term we have been focusing on the Treaty of Waitangi and have now moved on reading about the Maori Battalion. As you have heard the Maori Battalion was a group of inhabitant people who were in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force fighting in World War 1. I have learnt that young men at the age of 15 were trying to enroll to be in the group but most of them had their birth certificate and according to it few of them lied about their age. I have learnt that only men who are at least 20 years old could join. At first there were 2,500 Maori men who were eager to fight in the war because they believed this it was their duty and responsibility. The problem was only British settlers were allowed. Suddenly British settlers had lack of attendance and didn't have much men to fight so they asked the Maori tribe to help out. I think it will be a lot of fun learning about the Maori Battalion and how they became to be an extraordinary group.