III - Robley — Soldier with a Pencil

Content Partner: Victoria University of Wellington. Among the several writers who have drawn on the authentic atmosphere of Robley's sketches to illustrate their work, is Johannes Andersen. Writing in Maori Music of the absence amongst the ancient Maoris of the drum beaten on a stretched membrane, he says: "The Maori substitute was his own body and the earth he stood on, making the rhythm of his ...