THE SEA BEACHES AT THE THAMES.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3766, 13 August 1869, Page 5

THE SEA BEACHES AT THE THAMES.

The following letter was forwarded to Wellington by the last mail : — Pukeralmi, Akuhata 5, 1869. Haere afcu ra, e ta matou karere 1 runga i te kare o te tai ki Poneke ki a te Kawana, ki te runauga nui o tenei motu e malii mai nei i nga ture°o te taha pakeha, mo te taha Maori. E hoa ma, e te runanga raugatira tena koutou kofcae. Tenel ano te take o ta matou tuhitulu alu kia koutou, engavi kiaatawhakavongo mai, i a matou kupu, a ma koutou e whakamaua, to matou reo, i runga i ta mato u e mohio uei. Kua tai mai te kupu, o mea ana koutou, kia taugohia o matou walii i te mufcuuga taipari, ahu alu ki waho. Kua puta niui te ki, e mea ana to Kawana kia ruana e ra takiwa a te inoaua. E pa mi, ka nui te pouti, ka nui te mamae, ka nui te whakahe, kanui te kimi, ka nui te liui'ihui'i o te il^akau ki tenei malii a koutou. Kua rougo matou lie iwi rangatira koutou, e rapu ana i te tika mo tenei motu. E hara tino te tango whenua i te malii rangatira, o hara auo hoki i to mahi tika. Kua tono koutou nga Kaiwanatanga ki te koura o Hauraki, whakaitia ana kua tono koutou ki te wkenua turan^a taone, whakaitia ana, kua tonohoki koutou, kia retia nga takisva nga Tahuna moana, i'whaho ake o Kauwaeranga whakaaeteaana a i naiene, kuaki koutou kia tangohia noatia nga takiwa o te raoaua e toi ana kia matou. E hoa ma, e he ana a kino ana. Kua rite to matou reo te Hauraki. Kia mau i a matou nga Lakiwa moana, ara te mutunga tai pari haere atu ki waho. la matou tuturuera wahi, o tua whakarere, e ena kai ena no matou Tupuna tukuiho ; tukuiho ; kia matou ki nga uri, He aha te take e mea ai

fcoalou kia inurua noatia e koutou awa wain, kibia Iff ~ matou he i ki tiu e lioutou i pena si ta koutou aweke. Xabua ton<*akau, kua mntw ta koulou muru vrnenua, ii n tauranga, i hea i hea, , kaore, kna. hurimai t a koutou whakaaro ki Hauraki, ki tewhenua rangatira, kahore nui he karekarenga o te tai o tana moana. m Tutu ana'te heihei o ia wahi o 1a warn to aoa te marino ki roto a Hauraki whiti ana te ra ki tua o Tawamrais. Ehoa ma ko o matou ringaringa ko o matoia waewae, ko matou tinsna, kei runpa tonu keu o matou wahi ite moana ; ko te ika, ko tekutai, ko te tungangi kei reira, ko o matou. ringaringa, kei te Pupuru i era tae noa ki nga koura o raro — te tane, te wahine, tetamaraki — kotahi tonu te whakaaro, mana ana ke te tikanga, o nga vrahi katoa o te moana, kaua ma te pakeha tikanga kawa rawa. E hoa ma, kia mana i a koutou ta matou karanga, waihomai ta matou nga Takura Moana r I whakatikaia te iwi tika ki runga ki taua tika ; tti te mea kua tukua kia koutou te kimihanga ma f« tika. Kawawatu a Jrotqu, kuio ki nga iwi whawhftL ftaua e kopurua ki Hauraki, engan kia pai te whakahaere mo Hauraki. Ka mutu te kupu kia koutou, T Na Tanumeha Te Moananui, Te Taniwha Kitahi, Ngakapa W&raaunga, Ngakufci Taraia, W. H. Taipari, Riwai kiore, Hohepa Tarawherawhora, Eapana Matfnganoa, Aperahama le Eeiroa, Pirika Te Siupota, Te Kavmm Waraki Te Nane, Em Te JSTgahue, Ngakuku Maka, Pahau Wgataoa, Parata le > Map«, Wiremu Turipona, Te Rapibana Te luhi, lu Wetini Tukorehu, Keihana Pato, Te Ahipu, Wiremu Te Aravrahia, Maihi Te Kabul, Honana Potiki, Karauria Tairoa, Hata Paka, Uapata ISTgakete, me te tini atu.