MAORI LANGUAGE "FOREIGN" TO P.O. CTRANGE are the ways of official censorship. No mesMge in a foreign Unguaje may leave New Zealand by cable. There must be no Latin tags or French quips. But when the Auckland Fire Brigade to-day cabled to the London Fire Brigade a message of congratulation on its magnificent achievements, censorship excelled itself. The Maori "Good Luck"—Kia Or a, known wherever New Zealand is known, was ruled a foreign language and deleted.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 218, 13 September 1940, Page 8
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76Page 8 Advertisements Column 1 Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 218, 13 September 1940, Page 8
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