| A korao no New Zealand, or, The New Zealander's first book : being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives | |
| Author: | Thomas Kendall |
| Country: | Colony of New South Wales |
| Published: | 1815 |
| Publisher: | George Howe |
| Location: | Sydney, Australia |
| Subject: | Māori language |
A korao no New Zealand; or, the New Zealander's first book was written by Anglican missionary Thomas Kendall in 1815, and is the first book written in the Māori language.[1] The full title is A korao no New Zealand, or, The New Zealander's first book : being an attempt to compose some lessons for the instruction of the natives. The word korao would today be written kōrero.[1]
200 copies were printed in Sydney by missionary Samuel Marsden in 1815. The only known extant copy is held by Auckland War Memorial Museum.[2] In 2014, the book was added to the UNESCO Memory of the World Register.[3]