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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 1, 1 January 1855, Page 1

The present issue of the "Maori Messenger" will be recognised by our native readers, as an "old friend in a new dress." Those whose present duty it is to conduct this journal, enter upon the task with much timidity, feeling their inabil- j ity to discharge fully, the important and respon-1 sible work entrusted to them. ! The former Editor being a literary man, possessed the qualifications necessary for a journalist, and many useful lessons from the pen of that gentleman are, doubtless, treasured up in the memory of the native people. We are young and inexperienced, but not without hope in reference to the co-operation of our numerous friends ; and should our expectations be realised," we see no reason why this journal should not become deeply interesting and instructive, to the whole of the aborigines of these islands. All lovers of the natives, we doubt not, will contribute to our pages, and as our system is not yet perfect, and our arrangements incomplete, any suggestion that will tend to improve the plan we have adopted, will be gratefully received. We hope too, that the natives themselves will take an interest in this periodical, and forward their contributions, from time to time. We cannot close this brief introduction, without acknowledging the goodness of those friends to whom the natives are indebted for the compact form in which the "Maori Messenger" is now sent forth to the world ; and we have no hesitation in saying, that our tribute of thanks will be cordially responded to, by all the tribes of New Zealand.