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Description: | Concept: war loans / savings, civilian effort, military personnel, uniform, weapons, empire / commonwealth Description: whole: the title is placed in the left half, in yellow with black shadowing. The text is located in the right half, in white, set against a black panel, and in the lower left, in red with black shadowing. All set against a blue, triangular background, partially held within a red border. image: a half-length depiction of a Maori infantryman, holding a machine gun in both hands. text: TARINGA WHAKARONGO! E TE IWI 'Awhinatia Mai Matou' HE KARANGA NA TE HOKOWHITU-A-TU HE KAI - HE KAKAHU - HE PU HE MATAPU - ME ETAHI ATU TAONGA WHAWHAI Koia nei nga mea e hiahiatia ana ma nga hoia e ora ai ratou, e kore ai hoki e mate i te kore taonga whawhai, e riro mai ai te wikitoria i a ratou mo tatou katoa. Ma te moni anake e taea ai enei mea. Ka kore he taonga whawhai ka mate tatou. TIROHIA TE PANUI MO TE WHAKAHAERE NATIONAL SAVINGS. - ME HAERE ATU KI TE POUTAPETA A ME HOATU I AU MONI TOHU. Ahakoa he hereni kotahi i te wiki, he awinha tena. TRANSLATION IN ENGLISH: Stop! We appeal to you. The Maori Battalion calls to you to help. Food, uniform, guns - ammunition - and other war weapons. These are needed by our soldiers - that they may prevail and not perish through lack - That the victory may be theirs and ours. Money alone can provide the weapons - without weapons we shall perish. Read the notice about National Savings. Go to the Post Office and lend your money. (Even a shilling a week by week will help.) Issued by the N.Z. National Savings Committee, Wellington. N.S.O. No. 10. Object: helmet, machine gun | Subjects: | poster | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Unknown Publisher/Sponsor: New Zealand National Savings Committee | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=5210... | Go to resource |
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