Abstract

In 1901 Reweti Kohere, Anglican clergyman and editor of the Maori-language newspaper Te Pipiwharauroa, wrote the following words about Indian troops visiting New Zealand. Ahakoa he iwi ke noa atu ratou, otira i te mea kotahi ano to tatou kingitanga, kotahi ano ta tatou kara e whawhai nei, ko te kara a to tatou kuini kua tangohia atu nei, to tatou to ratou kuini, e tat ana ano tatou. [Although they are quite a different rate, it is on account of us having one rule and one flag that is fought under, the flag of our Queen who has been taken from us, ours and their Queen, that we are close to them.]

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