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GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER - J.E. GORST, Te Pihoihoi Mokemoke,
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$200 - $400
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180: Rare Books
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GOVERNMENT NEWSPAPER - J.E. GORST
Te Pihoihoi Mokemoke,
I Runga I Te Tuanui. Numbers I and II, 1863. [A Sparrow Alone on the House Top] The title alludes to psalm cii, verse 7: 'I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top'. Each issue, 4pp, imprint in Māori, Otawhao: I taia ki te perehi o te jura 1863.
Printed by the government to counteract the native newspaper of the Māori King, Te Hokioi, which was printed at Ngaruawahia. The paper ended when its fifth and last number of the 23rd of March, and the press were seized and removed by a party of King movement warriors.
Te Pihoihoi Mokemoke,
I Runga I Te Tuanui. Numbers I and II, 1863. [A Sparrow Alone on the House Top] The title alludes to psalm cii, verse 7: 'I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house top'. Each issue, 4pp, imprint in Māori, Otawhao: I taia ki te perehi o te jura 1863.
Printed by the government to counteract the native newspaper of the Māori King, Te Hokioi, which was printed at Ngaruawahia. The paper ended when its fifth and last number of the 23rd of March, and the press were seized and removed by a party of King movement warriors.