Poster, 'Taringa Whakarongo!'

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Title

Poster, 'Taringa Whakarongo!'

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This World War II fund-raising poster shows how Māori were appealed to in their own language. The National Savings Committee published many posters during the war to encourage saving and fund-raising. It targeted its campaigns to ensure all citizens were informed and persuaded. The poster image was taken from an official photograph of a member of the Māori Battalion during tommy gun training at Maadi, Egypt, WWII, between 1940 and 41. Rare poster World War II posters in the Māori language are...

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Format

Image

Date created

1941

Creator

N.Z. National Savings Committee

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/707861

Related subjects

soldiers / War / World War, 1939-1945 / paper / printing ink / posters / offset lithography / propaganda / Wellington

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