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TE TIKA O TE TANGATA MAORI.

I nga wiki erua kua pahure ake nei, i te haerenga o tetahi tangata Maori i te huarahi i runga ake o waipapa, ko Utuha tona ingoa, ka kitea e ia tetahi toro, ko nga mea o roto, he pukapuka mo nga inoni £SO, ko nga biriwa 4s. Kibai i niatara te iiaerenga atu, ka kitea e ia ko te kete, a, kawea atu ana tera kite xvliare hoko etu ana i reira, hoatu ana kite tangata o roto, bua Boa no reira ano. Mnri iho ka racgona, ko te kete mete toro na te taDgata kotalii aua taonga. No kcnei ka kiia, lie tahae taua tangata Mao:i, kabore hoki i matauria tona ingoa i konei. I ineinga, nana ano i tango te toro i roto i te kete i mua atu o te kawenga ki taua wliare lioko. Ko ta matou be

whakatika i ta Utuha, inahoki, ko te kotiro i a ia te pukapuka hei kawe kite Peke kia unuhia mai nga moni, kihai i matau kite mahuetanga • poauau iioa "iho taua kotiro; heoi ano tana i matau ai ko te huringa taupokitanga o tana kete. Na, korero ana te tangata ra ki ana hoa, whakaae katoa ratou kia whakina kite Kai-Tuhi mo nga Iwi Maori i whakaaro nga tangata Maori £SO o taua pukapuka i kitea; lie tino moni ki to ratou titiro. He wahine pouaru te tangata nana te pukapuka moni, no konei, whakangenge turi te kai-whakamaori raua ko te hoa o Utuha, kite haere atu ki taua wahine. Korerorero ana, a, tukua ana te toro kite tangata nana tana taonga, ki mai ana tera kite 10s. hei utu. He mea nui tenei mea te tika, no konei matou i mea ai he mea iti te koura kotabi mo te kai kite, mea atu ana matou kia pauna mo Utuha ; otiia, ko nga tangata na ratou ake taua taonga i kitca ra, he whakaaro rere ke to ratou.

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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 43

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TE TIKA O TE TANGATA MAORI. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 43

TE TIKA O TE TANGATA MAORI. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 43