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Newspapers condemned the first volume of John White's Ancient history of the Maori, published by the government in 1887, as indecent. The government considered suppressing its own publication, but instead sold the entire edition to a private bookseller. The scandal guaranteed heavy sales of the book.
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National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past
Reference: Te Aroha News, 27 August 1887, p. 1
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