'Bom' - the last surviving member of the 28th Māori battalion - will be buried in Rotorua on Tuesday.

Te Papaiouru marae in Rotorua is welcoming manuhiri from across Aotearoa to say their final goodbyes to Sir Robert "Bom" Gillies.

Mourners, politicians and representatives of the NZ Army have been welcomed onto Te Papaiouru marae in Rotorua.

All government and public buildings will fly the New Zealand flag at half-mast on Tuesday to mark the burial of Sir Robert Gillies.

All government and public buildings will fly the New Zealand flag at half-mast on Tuesday to mark the burial of Sir Robert Gillies.

Sir Robert Nairn Gillies KNZM, known as "Bom" or "Koro Bom" to his whānau, died yesterday aged 99.

Sir Robert Gillies died on Thursday at the age of 99.

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The 99-year-old was the last man standing from the Māori battalion, serving in B company from 1942 to 1945.