CALICO AND THE MAORIS
Sir,-The article "Ancient India" in The Listener of April 17, reminded one
of a connection India has with New Zealand. The people we know to-day as "Iwi Maori" (whatever their name may have been) held the coast regions cf India for 500 years. Vasco records that they arrived at a place called Kara Kata on the west coast of India. With the usual capacity for mutilating Maori. names which most Europeans possess, the place was dubbed "Calicut." At Calicut they made and exported a white cotton cloth which was then styled "calico" as a trade name. So when New Zealanders ask for a yard of calico they are unconsciously paying a tribute to our Maori peoples’ ancestors who originally called "Calicut" Kara Kata.
FRED C. S.
LAWSON
Te Kohanga).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 158, 3 July 1942, Page 3
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133CALICO AND THE MAORIS New Zealand Listener, Volume 7, Issue 158, 3 July 1942, Page 3
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