Te Pipiwharauroa 147
No. 147
1910/07
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 147, Gisborne, July 1910.
‘As clouds deck the heavens, so feathers enable the bird to fly.’ [cf. Nga Pepeha 352 but also He Konae Aronui p.13]
‘KUI! KUI! WHITIWHITIORA.’ [The cry of the shining cuckoo.]
KEEP UP THE STRUGGLE.
In 1908 the Maori produced a petition which asked the Government to give them power to vote on alcohol. That petition was a request that Maori be given the power to vote on the prohibition of the sale of alcohol and, if that was not possible, that they be given the power to vote on their own situation.
