Post by Dave Homewood on Aug 21, 2013 14:51:59 GMT 12
Maori Battalion museum under way
Updated at 8:38 pm on 12 August 2013
The ground has been blessed and the first sod turned to start construction on a new Gisborne war museum dedicated to the C Company of the Maori Battalion.
Dr Monty Soutar, one of the trustees tasked with building the museum, said getting to this point had been a long time coming as it was four years since the Maori Battalion-dedicated exhibition in the local museum was taken down and the search for a more permanent home started.
He said $1.2 million had to be raised for the museum, which was scheduled to open in April.
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/216791/maori-battalion-museum-under-way
Updated at 8:38 pm on 12 August 2013
The ground has been blessed and the first sod turned to start construction on a new Gisborne war museum dedicated to the C Company of the Maori Battalion.
Dr Monty Soutar, one of the trustees tasked with building the museum, said getting to this point had been a long time coming as it was four years since the Maori Battalion-dedicated exhibition in the local museum was taken down and the search for a more permanent home started.
He said $1.2 million had to be raised for the museum, which was scheduled to open in April.
www.radionz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/216791/maori-battalion-museum-under-way
