Item #23858 The Maori Messenger: Ko te Karere Maori newspaper from November 22, 1849, Vol. 1, No. 2. New Zealand, Prince Lee Boo.
The Maori Messenger: Ko te Karere Maori newspaper from November 22, 1849, Vol. 1, No. 2.

The Maori Messenger: Ko te Karere Maori newspaper from November 22, 1849, Vol. 1, No. 2.

Auckland: 1849. Ephemera. Published in English and Maori side by side. Records building hostelry in Auckland for visiting Natives; How to Make Bread; and The Story of Prince Lee Boo.

The Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori was published between 1849 and 1854. 'The paper presented issues facing the government and Maori people, essentially from the government viewpoint. ... ‘Political and polemical subjects were forbidden, those of general interest and value being alone admitted...' [paperspast.natlib.govt.nz] .

4pp, 12 x 18", original folds, center fold with some loss of text and sunned. Good + overall. Item #23858

Price: $375.00

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