Te Aratapu, Te Wairoa, Kaipara,
Maehe 22, 1874. E kara, e Maihi P. Kawiti,— Tena koe! Kua tae mai taau reta kia au mo nga kupu whakahe a Rotorua, e mea ana ia i tuhituhi mai ai kia haere atu Ngapuhi tenei te noho whaiputake nei, tenei taku patai mo tenei kupu, heaha rate noho putake kore 0 Ngapuhi ? Tuarua Turua, kua mohio noatu a Rotorua kei te noho putake kore a Ngapuhi. Tenei taaku whakaaro mo tenei, kua matau ano a Rotorua kite putake kore 0 Ngapuhi, heaha ia i tuhituht mai ai kia haere atu a Ngapuhi ki tana hui ? Katahi ahau ka matau, he hui titiro whakaaro, he hui titiro matauranga, inahoki ta ratau kupu me haere katoa atu nga tangata whai-matauranga. Heoi e kara, e rapu ana ahau kite putake kore 0 Ngapuhi, putake kore pea kite Kawanatanga! heoi ano taaku te mauo 0 Ingarangi, a waiho anahei Kawenata tuhonohono mo nga iwi katoa i noho tahatahi i mua, mau ana i te tatahau 0 te waewae te kiingitanga whakamutunga. He rino he keretu e kore e piri tetahi ki tetahi, ahakoa mea mai a Rotorua ma kia haere atu a Ngapuhi ki oana hui ka piri ai tetahi ki tetahi kahore! tenei nga tohu me nga putake i matauria ai, te kotahitanga te taatahitanga ranei. Ko n"a putake o te reo ko te Atikara te putake 0 te nauna, ko ia te huihuinga 0 nga mea katoa i te rangi i te whenua. E kara, tenei kei ahau nga putake 0 iva reo katoa. 1 Koia tenei; 2, Atikara; 3, Haputana Tim hi; 4, Erihe Ileketiivhi; 5, Poronaunn ; G Waapu; J, Piripohina; A', Kanahcikihann; g, Inatahekihana.—Ko nga putake tenei 0 nga reo katoa, ahakoa manu, ahakoa ngaarara, ahakoa kararehe, ahakoa tangata, kei Ngapuhi tenei matauranga e kore e puta kite taha ki ruvga. Hei whakamahara kau atu tenei ki a koe kia matau ai koe e noho whai-putake ana a Ngapuhi, ahakoa e pouri ana i etahi kua marama ke i a au enei mea katoa, tenei taku kupu ki a koe, kaati te whakahoki i nga kupu a runga, kia ngoikore te whakaaro, koia ka kaha mai ai, mete marama ka popo-nunui, a, ka whakaiti, ka tuku nga tai ka whai-ika t emoana Heoi ano, ka mutu Na to mokupuna, Na Aperahama Taoni. Kia Maihi P. Kawiti, Waiomio.
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Jubilee : Te Tiupiri, Volume 1, Issue 14, 5 April 1898, Page 3
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394Te Aratapu, Te Wairoa, Kaipara, Jubilee : Te Tiupiri, Volume 1, Issue 14, 5 April 1898, Page 3
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