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	Podcast:		Saturday Morning
	Episode:		Otahuhu Food Festival: Charlotte Macdonald, Garrison World
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:12:12
	Publish Date:		2025-10-24 22:06:00
	Description:		Later this week, Aotearoa will commemorate Te Putake o te Riri, a day established to recognise and remember the period of our history known as the New Zealand wars. In past years, iwi, community and the Crown have jointly acknowledged the day, reflecting on the actions of the colonial government which saw a huge loss of life, confiscation of land and the theft of taonga. Also remembered are the colonial and imperial troops, the men - some as young as fourteen - the foot soldiers of the wars who lived in pitched tents and worked in harsh conditions for little reward. This part of the New Zealand war story has been included in a new book Garrison World, written by historian, Professor Charlotte Macdonald. Following the war at Ruapekapeka in the North and Taranaki on the West Coast, the colonial government set it's sights on the Waikato but first it had to get there - Charlotte talks to Mihi about the significance of Great South Road.
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