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<p>
<h2><strong>Te Karere o Nui Tireni</strong></h2>

<p>The Messenger of New Zealand.

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<p>Nā te Kāwana i mea kia tāia, Akarana, Hararei, Hanuere,
1, 1842.

<p>The Messenger of New Zealand. Printed by order of the Governor,
Auckland, Saturday, January, 1, 1842.

<p>Published: January, 1842 - January, 1846.  The paper ceased being
published in January 1846 when war broke out in the North.  Altogether
there were 49 issues from 1842.

<p>310 x 200mm., 4 pages (size and length vary), double columns, all
Māori, issued monthly, no illustrations except for the Royal Coat of
Arms surmounting the title, contains advertisements and public notices,
probably distributed freely as financial support was requested. The imprint
in the first ten numbers reads, &quot;He mea ta tenei pukapuka e Hone Mua
ki te Perehi o te Wakaminenga ta pukapuka o Akarana&quot; [This paper is
printed by John Muir at the Auckland Newspaper and General Printing
Company]. Number 11 changes to, &quot;Akarana: He mea ta ki te Perehi o te
Kawana&quot; [Auckland: Printed at the Governor's Press], and in Volume 3
Number 9 the name of the Government printer is added, &quot;Kiritopa
Purutana&quot; (Christopher Fulton).&nbsp;For further physical details
refer to Herbert W. Williams, A Bibliography of Printed Maori to 1900, Item
85.

<p>This paper was edited for the Government by Hori Karaka (George Clarke),
Government-appointed &quot;Protector of Aborigines&quot;, Thomas Spenser
Forsaith, a Hokianga settler and shopkeeper who was later appointed
&quot;Sub-Protector of Aborigines&quot;, and Dr. Edward Shortland. Dr.
Shortland was a medical practitioner as well as an interpreter and Maori
scholar. His brother, Willoughby, became the first Colonial Secretary of
New Zealand (Hocken op. cit.).

<p>This paper is written in Maori.


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<p>According to Hocken, this newspaper promoted the view that &quot;the
Treaty of Waitangi enfolded both parties to the contract&quot; (Otago Daily
Times, July 20, 1910).

<p>&nbsp;The paper was published: 

<ul>
  <li>...kia mohio ai te 
tangata Māori ki ngā
    tikanga me ngā ritenga o te Pākehā, kia mōhio ai anō hoki 
te Pākehā ki ngā ritenga
    o te tangata Māori (Hanurere 1, 1842: 1) </li>
  <li>...so that the Maori people would come to
    know the ways and customs of the Pakeha and the Pakeha would also 
come to know the customs of the Maori people (Hanurere 1, 1842: 1) </li>
</ul>


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<p>Contents of this newspaper include: 

<ul>
  <li>Maketu, the murderer at Motuarohia</li>
  <li>notices from Government, both proclamations
    and appointments to government positions taken from the New Zealand 
    Gazette and translated into Maori</li>
  <li>explanations of laws - murder, theft, trespass</li>
  <li>text of the Treaty of Waitangi</li>
  <li>notification of land sales</li>
  <li>events in Auckland and other parts of New Zealand</li>
  <li>letters to the Governor from Ngapuhi chiefs</li>
  <li>reports from Kororareka (Russell)</li>
  <li>news of Hone Heke</li>
  <li>advertisements of goods for sale</li>
  <li>land at Pukaki</li>
  <li>the chief Taraia of Ngati Tamatera</li>
  <li>the tribes Ngati Te Ata and Ngati Tamaoho.</li>
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<p>This newspaper is on microfilm and microfiche. Original copies are held at:

<p>Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington:
<blockquote>
   <table border=0>
   <tr><td>1846</td><td>Jan.</td></tr>
   </table>
</blockquote>

<p>Hocken Library, Dunedin:
<blockquote>
   <table border=0>
   <tr><td>1842</td>Jan. - Dec.</td></tr>
   <tr><td>1843</td><td>Jan. - Dec.</td></tr>
   <tr><td>1844</td><td>Jan. - Dec.</td></tr>
   <tr><td>1845</td><td>Jan. - Aug., Oct. - Nov.</td></tr>
   </table>
</blockquote>

<p>The Parliamentary Library, Wellington:
<blockquote>
   <table border=0>
   <tr><td>1842</td><td>Jan., March - Dec.</td></tr>
   <tr><td>1843</td><td>Jan. - July, Sept. - Oct.</td></tr>
   <tr><td>1844</td><td>Jan. - July, Sept. - Dec.</td></tr>
   <tr><td>1845</td><td>Jan. - March, Aug.</td></tr>
   </table>
</blockquote>