Alex Tarrant

There's a whole lot of things that obviously go sideways.

There's obviously plans, but then plans can go get thrown straight out the window.

And I think this is what happens in this case.

And, you know, for us to be able to tell a story like this, I think is such a big honour for us.

Oh, absolutely.

Two years ago, the last person from the Māori Battalion, Tuat Māori Battalion, had passed away.

So there's no one else.

Yeah, that's right.

And for me, being able to go to the dawn service these last couple of days gone, it just brought a whole new meaning from me.

And so it was a...

We went down to Rotorua and we were with the family who the story is about and the mist was rising.

Stories that were being told were being complimented by the mist and the wind and it was such a beautiful experience.

He won.

With the fearless...