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Edwin John Howard (left) and Robert Samuel Ross

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Edwin John Howard (left) and Robert Samuel Ross

Robert Samuel Ross became editor of the Maoriland Worker in 1911 and transformed it into a lively and widely-read socialist newspaper; one of his regular columnists was Edwin John Howard, better known as 'The Vag', a union organiser who later became a Labour politician.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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Erik Olssen. 'Ross, Robert Samuel', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/1756/edwin-john-howard-left-and-robert-samuel-ross-0 (accessed 4 June 2026).