MEIRA MEA.
Kua tae mai nga rongo kua mate a Meiha W. G. Mair, te tuakana o Tawa. I mate ia ki Waiotapu i te Mane ka taha nei, no te Wenerei ka tanumia kite taba ano o ona matua i Whangarei. _ He nui te tangi o nga Maori ki tenei tangata, i tona pai, _me tona aroha ki nga rwi i tutaki ia. Hei whakaatu ake, tenei tetahi o nga tohu aroha, he poropornaki na Ngatikahunganu ki Heretaunga nao tenei tangata, ara i tukuna kia Tawa, tona teina : " E hoa tena koe ; Kua rongo matou i tenei ra i te mate o to tuakana. He nui te tangi mona kua wehe atu nei i a matou, i te mea he tangata tena i man tonu tona aroha kite Maori, mai i te W!i o nga kaumatua tae mai ki naianti; ratou kua wehe atu nei kite kopu ote whenua, te \vaahi i whakaritea ano e te Kai-hanga mo te katca. E to matou hoa, e Tawa, ka nui to matou tangi ki to tuakana, kua tae ia ki tona wa i "\vhakaritea ai e te Kai-hanga, a, ko matou e noho atu nei tena ano tona va. Hoatu to matou aroha nui kite pouaru me ana tamariki/' Na Mohi te Ataihikoia i haina te reta mo te hapu katoa. Tiati Eawson, o te Aperata Kooti, i tuhi mai i Turanga, ka mea i te taenga atu o te rongo kua mate a Meiha Mea, ka nukuhia te Kooti. Ka mihi a Ngati Porou, mo to ratou pouri, mete tangi o ratou ngakau kite wehenga atu o tenei tangata i te iwi, i te mea he tangata tenei i awhina i te Maori mai o tona tamariki- * tanga a tae mai nei ki naianei. Ka mea te hapu ma te Eooti e tuku atu ki nga whanaunga o te tupapaku to ratou mihi kite mutenga o Meiha Mea. He tangata tenei i tu ia hei Tiati mo te Kooti "Whenua Maori mo nga tau maha.
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Puke ki Hikurangi, Issue 21, 26 July 1912, Page 2
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335MEIRA MEA. Puke ki Hikurangi, Issue 21, 26 July 1912, Page 2
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