Te Pipiwharauroa 46
No.46
1901/12/01
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 46, Gisborne, December 1901
CHRISTMAS
Some of our friends will see this bird, Te Pipiwharauroa, before 25th December, Christmas Day, the day Christ was born 1901 years ago, and some perhaps after Christmas, but our message is for all of you, the greeting of the Pakeha, the greeting wrested by Maori ears and tongues into ‘Meri Kirihimete!’ Friends, ‘Merry Christmas!’ to all of you and to us as well: in Maori it is ‘A joyful Christmas!’
