with instructions to give it to his mother. How the Katipo, the organ of the Post and Telegraph Employees’ Association, received its name was described by Mr W. M’Nickle at the annual reunion of the Auckland section of the association. When it was decided to establish a journal soon after the formation of the association in 1890, various names were suggested, but they nearly all had a department flavour, such as Sparks and Mail. Katipo. the name of the poisonous spider, was chosen for two reasons. It was purely New Zealand, and it meant “ something that would not interfere with you unless you interfered with it.” "
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Otago Witness, Issue 3996, 14 October 1930, Page 70
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