Te Kopara 67
[3] Te Kopara, Number 67, Gisborne, 31 July, 1919.
‘Iti te Kopara, kai takirikiri ana i runga i te Kahikatea.’
Although the Bellbird is small, he plucks at the Kahikatea. [cf Nga Pepeha 908]
PRAISE FOR THE MAORI CONTINGENT.
General Andrew Russell was still in France when he heard that the Maori Contingent was returning to New Zealand. While he was still there he wrote his letter to Mr Allen, the War Minister, praising the conduct of the Maori in this war. In his letter he said: ‘I have heard that the Maori Pioneer Battalion is returning home. It was a great honour to me to have the Maori under me when they were known as the Maori Contingent at Gallipoli and right up to the time when they were called the Pioneer Battalion in France.
