Images from Ake Ake Kia Kaha E! by Wira Gardiner

Cover of Ake Ake Kia Kaha E! by Wira Gardiner

28th Battalion soldiers near the Marecchia River on the Adriatic coast, 22 September 1944

A Māori soldier poses with a bayonet in the Western Desert, 16 August 1942, Harold Paton, DA - 02564-F, Alexander Turnbull Library

New Zealand soldiers and Italian civilians walk across a brisge at Taranto, southern Italy, George Kaye, DA - 04533-F, Alexander Turnbull Library

Māori soldiers inspect a German Iron Cross in Egypt after returning from Greece and Crete, DA - 00183-F, Alexander Turnbull Library

A group of men from the 28th New Zealand Battalion circa 29 April 1944 with a jeep at Hove Dump in the Cassino area, George Robert Bull, DA - 05615-F, Alexander Turnbull Library

Men of the 28th Battalion ride through Sora, Italy in a jeep, 3 June 1944, DA-06147-F, Alexander Turnbull Library