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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume III, Issue 2, 30 March 1863, Page 3

We have been favoured with several numbers of the "Pihoihoi" a new Maori publication, printed and pablished at the Otawhao School, Waikato. The first number contains an introductory article, well digested, explaining the object and aim of the editor, who having, by his address, gained the attention of the. Maori community; Ghants, for their edification, a plaintive song, which will be found in another page. Thee is also an article on the "Evils of Kingism;" by no means flattering Wiiikato confederation. An excellent letter by Dr. Rawson follows, showing the sad social condition of the Maori tribes inhabiting the shores of the! Thames and Upper Waikato, thel

maladies which afflict them, with plain directions for the amelioration of their pitiable condition. 'There is but one article in the second number, —-Sir George Grey's visit to the Waikato in January last, which we are sure will be read with pleasure, being a graphic description of His Excellency-s interviews with the natives, and other occurrences during the journey. tfo. 3 gives a paper on the suppression of intoxicating drinks, a letter from the Native Minister in relation to the same subject, and a brief account of the late fire at Auckland, all of which are interesting to general readers. We hail the advent of our friend the " Pihbihoi" with all heartiness, being assured that there is a long course of usefulness before him; and although there may be much up-hill work, and many opponents who are not to be silenced by sound arguments, let the " Pihoihoi Mokemoke i runga i te Tuanui"—the " Lonely Sparrow on the House-top,"-—con-sole himself by the fact, that his path is the right one, leading to the summit of true excellence, and that the principles he advocates must ultimately triumph.