HUIA! HUIA! HUIA KIA KOTAHI.
KI nga morehu tangata e noho mai ra i nga pito e wha o Aotearoa mete Waipounamu, ara ki nga toenga a te patu a te tangata nui e rongona nei i te ao katoa ara a Mate, e hika ma, tena koutou ! tena koutou! tena koutou! Tenei ahau te rere nei, te whakatopa nei i te takiwa, te rapu nei i nga kua pai o te tau, a tenei hoki ahau te titiro nei ki oku taunga o nga ra o mua, a kei te hotu, kei te iuamae tooku ngakau raoku kaore i kite i nga ngahere ururua o nga ra o aku tupuna kua ngaro atu ki (e po. Tena koutou e aku Hangatira Maori. O te taenga mai ano ki Aotea nei o koutou tupuna i te rerenga mai i Hawaiki, ka timata t?ku noho ia koutou Aha koa pewhea ta koutou mahi ki ahau, ara aha koa patu koutou i ahau, ehara i
te mea he patu na koutou mo \»ctahi Jcitio aku kia koutou, kaore e aku rangatira; engari i* whaka- .■ raatea ahau e koutou hei pai mo koutou kite mafae o era nga tangata, a hei mihi hoki ma koutou ki era o aku Rangatira kua wehe atu nei i a tatou tahi kite po. Mehemea ia ete Iwi he kino ta koutou mahara moku, penei kua mahue koutou i au me oku matua. Otira na to koutou mahara pai me to koutou kore kaore e ware ware ki ahau, na reira ka man. ton a ahau kia koutou, a koia hoki ka mau tonu taaku ngeri kia koutou i ahau e rere nei, e tiu nei, e whakaaroaroraghi nei e whakatopa nei i nga pito.e wha o Aotearoame te Waipounamu, whiti rawa itu ki Wharekuri i runga i te Moananui-a-Kiwa e takoto nei. Hei aha ahau kia tangi kia koutou inaianei ? He warewaretanga ranei no koutou ki taku reo ? E! nawai i ki kei te wareware koutou. Ka rongo te taringa ka kitetekanohi, ka whawha te ringa, ka ko:e e warewaretia taku waiata ara taku ngeri, e whaiki nei nei ahau kia koutou itera ite po- Ha! me pewhea e ngaro ai to koutou mohio ki ahau ? E kui ma e koro ma! he hanga noa iho te ngaro oku i roto i o koutou ngakau, ara ko te mea e ngaro ai * he mutu no taku toro atu i a koutou. Tena iana koutou e koha kite noho tonu a kia kotahi tau ka pa ai kite kai? Kite kaha koutou, ko wai hoki e kore. Katti ra e aku rangat'ra tenei ahau ka ngeri ano i taku ngeri i manaakitia ai ahaueo koutou tupuna kua wehe atu kite po, ana ratou nei ka kiia koutou he tangata. Koia ra tenei ko taku tangi kia ratou tae raai nei kia koutou ara e mea ana Huia ! huia ! huia kia kotahi. Kaati a te Iwi, no te wa o to koutou whenua ka tungia e te waewae tangata ke, ku tiraata te nui o nga mamae e pa ana kia koutou me o koutou whenua, a i tena lakiwa ka
timata taku tangi i roto i nga reo maha, a koia ahau e whaiki nei i waenganui. i a koutou, i roto i o koutou marae, a tae rawa atu hold ki o koutou moenga, a. warea iho etabi o koutou e te naoa i te whakarongotanga ki aku whaiki. Na ka mea atu ano-ahau kia koutou Ko wai o kaha kite noho tqnu kia kotahi he kai ? Otira mo teW kotahi noa. Kite kaha koutou, ka kaha ano hoki ahau ta koutou znokai kite whaiki kia koutou i nga reo-o era nga Iwi 6 ta ao. Whakapauamai o koutou whakaaro ki ahau e te Iwi hei ieo mo koutou. Tenei hoki ahau kei te whakaatu tonu kia koutou i nga e ahau, a kei te pikau hoki me nga whaiki a nga mea e ako mai ana i ahau a kei te whakaatu kia koutou. Heoi e te lwi kei te .hiahia tonu ahau kite whakaputa kupu kia keutou, otira e taea te aha i to koutou koree whangai i ahau. Ka tata tenei te wa e whakamatau ai ahau kite koxero pakeha. Ka. rongo; mai koutou in&ianei kei te ako ano ia to koutou mokai i tera reo tangata ke. Tera ahau e whakaatu i o koutou hiahia ki roto i taua reo, a ka korero tahi hoki to koutou- reo tae atu kite reo pakeha; otira heoi ano te mea e kaha ai ahau ko te whangai mai a koutou i ahau.
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Huia Tangata Kotahi, Volume 2, Issue 43, 8 December 1894, Page 1
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768HUIA! HUIA! HUIA KIA KOTAHI. Huia Tangata Kotahi, Volume 2, Issue 43, 8 December 1894, Page 1
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