| [Unless otherwise stated items are in Maori and in English.] | |
| Masthead followed by quote from Lord Collingwood. | |
| [p.3] | Editorial addressing the establishment of the newspaper. Names tribes responding to the call for the establishment of a newspaper. Includes a haka [posture dance]. |
| p.5 | The printing press |
| History of the printing press and its influence. States that the purpose of the Aotearoa printing press is to be `a medium of communicating instruction, and will tend to enlighten the Native people of New Zealand'. | |
| p.7 | The chief Matutaera Pōtatau [Te Tapuke] |
| Profile [translated from the English] of the succeeding Waikato leader. | |
| p.9 | The newspapers |
| Comment regarding unethical practices of newspaper companies. | |
| p.13 | Money |
| Criticism of the worship of money and riches, over wisdom and understanding. | |
| p.15 | War |
| Criticism against the act of warfare in that `it is the outbreak of ungovernable passion'. Suggests that only in the new millennium will there be peace. | |
| p.17 | The late chief Hōri Pōkai |
| Obituary for Hōri Kīngi Pōkai Te Ruinga of Ngāti Pāoa, Waikato and Ngāti Maru. | |
| p.21 | Correspondence |
| From Horopeta | |
| Addressed to the chiefs of Auckland, an appeal for payment for damage done to his vessel. | |
| From Tomairangi Papahia, Hokianga | |
| Addressed to the Maori chiefs of New Zealand, the European chiefs, Mr Beckham, and McLean. Metaphoric reference to the unrest in the country. | |
| Supports the principal purpose of the newspaper. | |
| Requests that peace and kindness prevail. | |
| From Hāre Rēweti [Charles Davis], Auckland | |
| Salutes his Maori friends and advises that his future correspondence will be sent through the newspaper. | |
| p.22 | A fragment of an ancient Maori lament |
| Translated tangi [lament] with annotations. | |
| p.24 | Sundry items of intelligence |
| 11 short extracts of news from around the country concerning, for example, Taranaki, war, land sales, electoral representatives and Governor Gore-Browne. Contains quotes about character. | |
| [p.25] | Extracts on the Taranaki question: the Maori war |
| Extracts of an article and letter from the Southern Cross discussing a statement made by Wī Tako regarding the actions of Wiremu Kīngi. | |
| [p.26] | A lament |
| Untranslated tangi [lament]. | |
| A song of compassion | |
| Untranslated waiata aroha [song of compassion]. |