Te Kopara 71
[3] Te Kopara, Number 71, Gisborne, 30 November, 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]
THE MAORI SOLDIERS’ BATTALION.
I was not a soldier, but here I am writing about the soldiers. Why do I want to record the stories about the Maori Battalion? Some people - educated people - thought that young Maori should not take part in the war because we are a very small people among all the nations of the world. I am one who did not agree with this argument, and I think that we who did not agree were right.
