EARLY NEW ZEALAND.

Franklin Times, Volume 9, Issue 652, 22 July 1921, Page 5

EARLY NEW ZEALAND.

o o have with a considerable sense of satisfaction noted the interest taken by our readers in the scattered articles we have published occasionally dealing with episodes of early colonial days. It is evident that there exists a healthy desire for information on such subjects; a desire that has been greatly whetted since New Zealand’s part in the Great War as a full-grown daughter of the Motherland made her first conscious that she was expanding- into, nationhood. The’ life of nationhood lies in its history, and the assimilation of the narratives of the salient points in its career acts upon it as the circu’atitm of the sap acts upon the growing plant. The wish to assist in satisfying tbi: wholesome desire for information has induced the Times to arrange for a series of articles from the pen of a writer of some repute, dealing with the more remarkable and interesting features of New Zealand history, particularly of its northern portion, the time of its discovery u:. : tbs close of the native wars allowed us at last to settle down undisturbed to the work of creating a new Britain in these southern seas. The first article ors the subject will be published on Tuesday next, and they will be continued weekly.