The Kia-Ora Coo-ee was an official Australian and New Zealand service magazine produced in Egypt during 1918. Ten monthly issues of the magazine appeared between March and December 1918, having an average circulation of some 13,000 copies a month. Most of the contributed material which appeared in the Kia-Ora Coo-ee was submitted by Australian and New Zealand troops serving in the Middle East, however it also featured contributions from other Allied service personnel, nurses and civilians. The magazine was edited by peacetime journalists Frank Reid and Charles Barrett, with David Barker acting as art editor. Australian war correspondent Harry Gullett joined the magazine for the final issues.
The editorial piece in the final issue stated 'probably nine published copies out of ten have been posted overseas. Naturally, most of these have been sent to our friends in Australia and New Zealand; and so it has served, as nothing else has done, to make our struggles, and our cares, and the lighter side of our soldier-life, familiar to those who waited and prayed at home.'
