THE MAORI AND THE GRAMOPHONE.
The late Sir Maui Pomare, in ‘ Legends of the Maori,’ vol. ii, edited by Mr James Cowan, describes the astonishment of ’ a Maori village when, after watching a party of anglers at their meal of tinned foods, it heard a phonograph for the first time. The chief, when asked his opinion of the performance said:-r-“Ka pni (good) te tin fish; ah, ka pai to tin meat; very ka pai te tin pudding; but by korry te tin pakeha he takey te cake!”
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Evening Star, Issue 22032, 18 May 1935, Page 2
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87THE MAORI AND THE GRAMOPHONE. Evening Star, Issue 22032, 18 May 1935, Page 2
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