"Ake Ake Kia Kaha" - Pineamine Taiapa - WW2/ANZACs - Māori Battalion - Signed Magazine of H.M. Transport No. 25 - Ceylon 1941

"Ake Ake Kia Kaha"

-With cover design by Pineamine Taiapa (1901-1972)

-Signed Magazine of H.M. Transport No. 25

-Published in Colombo, Ceylon (by the Times of Ceylon Company) - 1941

-Some stains and wear to cover with minor tears. 

-Complete 48 pages.

-One and a half pages of signatures on page 48 and the inner back cover.

This rare survivor from the second world war is signed by the soldiers on H.M.Transport No.25, which included Māori reinforcements for the celebrated 28th Māori Battalion. 

The Māori influence on this ship's magazine can be seen by the cover, which was designed by Pineamine Taiapa, and articles including "The revival of the Haka".

 Pineamine Taiapa was one of the most important Māori wood carvers of the 20th Century. He had a strong influence on the revival of traditional Māori wood carving (whakairo).