Te Aratapu, Te Wairoa, Kaipara, Maehe 8, 1874. E kara, e Maihi P. Kawiti,— Tena koe! Kua tae mai taau reta ki aau i tuhituhia mai nei i Waiomio i te 13 0 Pepuere, te take ko te pukapuka a nga rangatira 0 Rotorua, ko nga kupu 0 taua pukapuka kia haere atu nga rangatira 0 Ngapuhi. Tuarua, kia whiriwhiria atu nga tangata matau 0 Ngapuhi. Tuatoru, hei tangata hei noho i roto i te whare ia Tamatekapua, kua £ ukua mai enei kupu e koe kia Hunia Te Tau mana tuku mai ki aau kia tirotirohia nga ritenga. E
Kara, kua oti .te tirotiro e ahau, otiia kua tnau tetahi waahi i a koe, te whakangatatata»ga nui ite takiwa 0 ratou 0 tatou. Tuarua, ki ie maiapo te kaiarahi i te matapo ka taka kite wai-keri. Te take 0 taau whakaaro mo te ngatatatanga nui kei'te Whakakitenga e mea ana, " ko wat ma enei i nga. manga nikau nei ? Ka mea atu nga kaumatua, "e kara, ko te hunga tenei i haere mai 1 te matengaoui kua oti te whakakahu ki nga kakahu ma, e mea ana e te Ariki ahea koe rapu utu ai mo to rnatou totb kia ratou e noho ana ite whenua." Tetakeoto kupu mo te kaiarahi matapo, " he kanohi kaboce ano i hura te hipoki" kitemea ka kbrerotia Anfoni e mau tonu ana te hipoki i te korerotanga 6 te Kawenata tawhito taea noatia tenei ra kahore ano i hura. Na ka tahuri kite Ariki ka tangohia te hipoki, na whakaata ana tatou katoa i te kororia o te Ariki, i te kanohi e kore e hipokba, tenet te maramatanga. Ka haere te ope |taua e waru car* (800) me nga rangatira nunui o roto i taua ope, he matapo katoa ratou, ahakoa e waru rau ekore" ratou e kite, ko te hoa-riri ranei e mate ko te. operandi? Na tokorua nga kanohi titiro i roto i taua waru rau Maau e whakaaro kite ope ite Ikaranganui, nga tangata whaikanohi i reira, ko te Kaiteke tetahi, ko te Taonui tetahi ara ko te Kiko, ahakoa, ko Hongihika, ko Muriwai, ko te Wharemu, ko Kawiti me era atu rangatira 0 te ope, whakarongp katoa kia te Kemara e hari ana i tana hari, matakitaki katoa ana kia te Taonui e mahi ana i tana huahua, ko raua anake i matau, e mate Ngatiwhatua, heoi tenei. Tenei* ano tenei, ko te kupu torio t NgapahL Taku whakaaro mo tenei, " moemoe au iho, moemoe au ake, moemoe te •whakadrikia, Tatou e,. he awatea." " Kahore ko te po nui ko te fro roa i whakaau te moe, e moe, e moe." Na tenei, te maramatanga ka wehewehe nga Hurai ka whakahoa kite Kiingi 0 Papurona, ka wehe a Iharaira ka whakahoa kite Kiingi 0 nga Pirihitini, whaakiiia katoatia ana nga mea pai 0 te whare o Horomona ki nga rangatira 0 te ope a te Kiingi 0 Papurona, te koura, te hiriwa, ka riri te Atua mo te whaakinga oauamea. Ka mea mai kite Poropiti. "JVfaka atu taku kai ki nga tamariki a Iharaira meinga atu, hei ikara nui haere mai ana he tini ona huruhuni, he roroa nga hou, he huruhuru kotingotingo; kibai i kitea e ratou, mei kitea kua ora ratou, te roaramatanga mo tenei mo te huruhuru kotingotingo, ko te tini 0 nga iwi e haere mai ana i roto i te ope a te Kiingi 0 Papurona, he mangu, he ma, he penei hoki me 0 konei whawhai e mahi nei he iwi ke no etehi iwi atu, he mangu mangu, he waarra; na te whaakinga a Hamahona kei tona, malenga tona mana i mate ai ia. Waihoki ko tatou, kaua o tatou nei whakaaro e kawea M reira horahora ai, t<* te ra hui he hui matakitaki i nga whakairo 0 taua whare. Mehemea he hui hei rapu i te reo i waenganui i nga kararehe e 4 nei katahi ka tika. Tuarua, mehemea
he hui.bie(tiki ije whetu',e whakaohooho nei katahi ka tika. ..Tena! he hui whakarongo i nga korerb a nga.in'anu kai-kakaramu, e korero ana i runga i te rakau ,e;,mea ana,_ "Kb i pa te ki, ko i pa te ko, t e kon%C|,". anp ka ngahqro ~iga kakano mutu pu te fereVo,, ahajji.e kara, ka mea atu nei ki a koe, kaua e wijakarongo kite reo o tera iwii o.terajvij.tei te,mireriiuma te ritenga, tona whal-a-tehei kuDu ko "mano-tau," mo konei P'.t'e't'ahgata matau kite whika 0 te tangata, a ko tona wjiika e.66$, y engar'i e kara, ma taaua taua whetu e tiki nga.majiia.itatQu lkprorareka, tae rawa taku reta kia Te Matoxipi,, whakapaingia mai ana. Na te kohuru a ; "V^aiK^tO ( i. arai,' rnefiemea i tika-kua tae atu he rata maku ki a koe, kia whiriwhiria i roto i nga hap«» o Ngapuhi nei.nga uri 0 ngakaihohou rongo ?f\ ?j *S* rahgatira ingoa-nui 0 mua, hei ita'ua'whetu e whakararuraru i te whenua nei!'"'E 'kara, K'e ii'ni'riga ritenga e kore e taea te torero' whakatepe atu; ki a koe. *;'• :,{:.;•.; ■«■• . ■ •\N.ato mokopuna aroha, •i ~.:/.!..;;!;•: ..::•(.;, •.; Na APERAHAMA Taon I. Kia' ; MArHi'P;KAwiTi, ■ Waibniio.
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Jubilee : Te Tiupiri, Volume 1, Issue 13, 29 March 1898, Page 2
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