Washday at the Pa is a New Zealand illustrated children's book by photographer Ans Westra that describes a day in the lives of a rural Maori family. The book was first published by the government Department of Education in 1964 and distributed to primary schools as a bulletin. The bulletin was quickly recalled following criticism that its depictions of the poor, rural family were harmful to Maori, especially as the primary audience was young children. This decision led to public and academic discussion over censorship in the following decades.

Obviously not all first edition copies were returned. This one was saved by the then headmistress of Tangoio school, Hawkes Bay and, is stamped on first page.

Extremely rare and almost impossible to find.

The condition is good, some minor staining on the cover, all pages are still very clean.

Excuse me for being ignorant on terminology, used books isn't my normal thing. This and other books I'm going to list are inherited treasures that deserve to return to New Zealand.