KO TE RANGATIRA NEI, KO TE HEMARA.
Ko Te Hemara tetahi o nga rangatira o Ngatirango, e noho ana i Mahurangi, runga i te whenua i motuhia i reira mo ratou. Ko nga kaha o taua wahi kua oti te whakatika e te Kawanatanga, a, e meinga ana , ka tino whakataturia atu taua whenua, ka hoatu he pukapuka Karauna. He tangata matau a Te Heir.ora, he tangata whakaaroaro, ko tona tikariga tcnei, he rapu
moni Otiia, tenei ia, ratou ko nga hoa te me* nawapopore nei ra nei, kahore ano ra nei i pera me nga hoa matau, nga boa whakatarawahi. I puta ai tenei kupu lie meatanga, "ko te iwi Maori, te hunga e matapopore ana i roto i nga iwi o te ao katoa." Tenei ano te kaipuke pai o Te Hemara, 20 tana, ko the "Ruki o Were fa" te ingoa; ko te utu o taua puke .£370. No te mea, e hiahia ana a Te Hemara kia hoki atu ki a ia tetahi ritenga i ana wao kauri; a, na te mea, i matau ia kite kahua he o te mahi o Dga hoa Maori, anga ke ana kite Pakeha hei mahi i ana mea. Ko te utu mo nga kai kani, 16s. mo te rau putu. Ko te mahi o tona kaipuke he kawe mai i nga papa e kania ana, a, ke ia ano te kai hoko, mete kai tuhituhi. Ka tata ka hanga e ia he whare papa mo ratou, ko tana whanau ki Mahurangi. E whakapai ana matou kite mahi oTe Hemara; a e mea ana matou, ko tana mahi kake haere, me waiho hei tauira mo nga iwi e noho ana ki fce tini o te wahi.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 11
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286KO TE RANGATIRA NEI, KO TE HEMARA. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 11
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