The Maori Messenger. Te Karere Maori. [5 issues.] - [Burn, David (ed.)]

Small chips with paper repairs by professional conservator inner margins of first two issues affecting printed area slightly Small tears and chips blank upper margins of Number Two issue Fortnightly bilingual newspaper in Te Reo Maori and English 5 issues all from 1849 the first year of publication of this title Volume One Numbers 1 2 11 20 22 Each issue is 4 pages long Page dimensions variable with each issue approximately 460 x 310mm Housed in a custom black cloth clamshell box Box titled "Maori Messenger" The second Maori newspaper issued by the government in New Zealand 250 copies of each issue were produced It is now rare with no single institution holding a complete run of the 140 issues that were produced between 4 January 1849 and 4 May 1854 The newspaper is bi-lingual in Maori and English The complete text of the Maori newspapers is now available on the internet in the Niupepa database The first issue declared the contents be "the best calculated elevate and enlighten the nati...