A korao no New Zealand, or, The New Zealander's first book : being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives
An elementary primer comprising alphabetical and numbers (p. [1]-3), syllables in 12 numbered exercises (p. 4-7), word lists and sentences (exercises [13]-52, p. 7-39), alphabetical dictionary (p. 40-51), parts of speech (p. 52-53) and a few fragments of syntax (p. 54). Text from exercise [13] to end is in parallel Maori and English.
"Compiled by CMS lay teacher Thomas Kendall in the Bay of Islands and sent to Rev. Samuel Marsden (then in Sydney) for printing, it is the first separately published work devoted to the Maori language."--BiM 1
Included in the UNESCO Memory of the World New Zealand Register.
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