Te Matenga o Matanginui.
Ki a Te Korimako.
Tukua atu a matou mihi moto matou hoa mo Matanginui hei tiro iho ma nga hoa i te motu nei. No te 5 o Hurae, 1883, i moe ai ona kanohi i tenei ao he tangata rangatira, tenei no te iwi Ngarauru no te 6 o nga ra kahui nga uhunga ka tata kite kainga i mate ai ki Papatupu katahi ka konewa haere a nga raupo kai te kapo kau aue e tangi ekore e mau mai to wairua hei hoa huri a ke mooku ka Wehe nei koe i a an ka mutu ka whaka huatia ano e taua kaumatua he moemoe. Koia tenei Atua huhu hei aha, Atua poripori hei aha; tenei ano taku Atua te karanga nei hororo te Atua, ko te tupapaku kua oti tetia kite huia, kite kotuku. Ko ana tamariki e riri kind ana i te taha o te mahunga e noho ana. Katahi ka hikohia e te tuakana..... o Matanginui teapa kura e uruteangiraara he waiata. Koia tenei. E tangi e ka ati te takoto ki raro tera a te whetu Mo te ataka ko i riki runga tohu tonu ake au kote taura kahoki mai hoki mai e pa a kite moenga i te wahine. Whakarererukarukai te ao e kotahi raapea ai mihia ai ko taku pukai panie kuhika kai te marae i. Tokorua raua ko te tuahrne i haeretahi ko Wharangarakei no te 5 tetehi, o nga ra no te 6 te-
tehi, tokorua raua he tamariki an ake raua i waiho ake i te waahi ora ara ia Huhana Matangiiiui ia ra kei Wharanga me nga Whanaunga. No te 12 o nga ra ka nehua ka tahi ka wehea, e tetahi kanmatua nga wairna kei hokimai ara e te ke kawa, kaoti kaporoporoaki te iwi haere e pa me to tuahine kimi atu ite ora mokorua. Waiho ake te hunga ora ki o raua nei tikanga ko nga iwi i tae kite tangihanga ko Ngarauru, ko Ngatipourua, ko Ngatiruanui, ko Taranaki, ko Teatiawa, ko Whanganui, ko Ngatiapa. Na Wiremu Kauika. Ngarauru, Waitotara. [Te take i taia ai tenei pukapuka, na Wiremu Kauika raua ko tana Pakeha, ko Wiremu Kera i karanga mai, kia utua. "He utu ki a ia e tika nei te utu."]
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Bibliographic details
Korimako, Issue 22, 15 December 1883, Page 5
Word Count
383Te Matenga o Matanginui. Korimako, Issue 22, 15 December 1883, Page 5
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