HE RETA KI A TE KAWANA.
Pakowhai, Maehe 20, 1865.
Ki a Te Kupa. E hoa, —Tena koe. Tenei ta mautou reta ki a te Kawana mau e hoatu kite "Waka Maori" kia kitea ai e nga hoa Maori. Mau lioki e whakapakelia ka hoatu ki nga nupepa Pakeha kia kitea e o matou hoa Pakelia, ka tuku atu ai i te koiwi ki a te Kawana. Na o lioa arolia, Na Karaitiana Takamoana Na Wi Tako Na Renata Tamakihikitrangi Na Matknk te Wimvi-n Na Te Wirihana Taorangi
Pakowlmi, Maehe 20, 1865. Xa te huihuinga katoa ki Pakowlmi i te taenia mai o Ngatitoa, o te Atiawa, o Xgatiraukawa, me nga Rangatira o Heretaunga. Kl A TE IVAWANA. E hoa, —He reta wliakaatu tenci na matou i to matou pouri mo tenei mahi kiuo a te Ilauliau e maliia nei ki to tatou motu. I te riri ano matou i mua ake nei 1110 te kawenga mai ki o matou kainga ako liaere ai, ka panaia atu kia lioki atu ki ona whenua mahi atu ai. Ko tenei, ka rongo nei matou ki tana mahi kohuru i a te Wakana, Minita i Opotiki, ka liui raw a atu to matou pouri, to matou wetiweti noa iho. Katahi ano lioki te tinana o te kohuru whakahouhou rawaka kitea ki Nui Tireni. Tera ano nga tangata mau patu hei hoa riri mona kia kitea ai tona toa; a nga noa iho tcnei ki te tangata ringaringa kore, kite tangata hara kore, ki tona matua ake. To te tautaua tona ahua, parea ketia iho ana te mata o tana rakau ki tona matua nana ia i whakatupu. Na aua kaikohuru i anga atu ma rungai ena iwi liaere ai, i puta ai ratou, i roa ai ia e korero liaere ana. Me he mea hoki ia i tutuki mai makonei, kua mau ia i a matou, penei ma o matou ringaringa ano e lioatu ki a koe; kua kore nei e tae mai, a, kati, ka waiho tonu tenei hei ture ma matou mo nga kai hari i nga upoko Pakeha ma runga i o matou wahi; kite tahuri mai ia ki ahau, kaore ia e waiho, ka mate ia i au. E hoa, kia rongo mai koutou ko nga hvi;
katalii ano kamii rawa to matou pouri ki nga malii oto matou whenua. Na wai ra i riri ki a raua "vvhakatangata, ka riri lioki tenei kite Atua, ka liou liaere tenei ki nga malii ano o te pouritanga ra ano. Otira, kei mahara mai koe na te katoa tenei malii kino; kei te nui ano nga iwi kaore ano i iu-u noa ki enei malii kino—ma te Atua e atawhai e tiaki. Heoti ano, na o lioa, Nti Kakaitiana Xa Wx Tako Na Renata Tamakikikurunga Na Matene te Wniwm Na II en are Matua Na \\ r i Parata Na Ivarakama te Kapukai Na II i:n are Tomoana Na Te Wirihana Toatoa Otira na matou katoa.
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Waka Maori, Volume II, Issue 47, 1 April 1865, Page 6
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494HE RETA KI A TE KAWANA. Waka Maori, Volume II, Issue 47, 1 April 1865, Page 6
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