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Kua kitea e matou i roto i tetahi o nga nupeka pakeha he korero mo te mahi a nga pakeha ratou ko nga Maori i Whanganui i tera wiki; he parau whenua—he purei na ratou, lie whainga kia kitea te matauranga o tetahi o tetahi. Ko Aramoho te kainga i mahi ai. E ki ana ka nui rawa atu te whakapai a nga pakeha kite mahi a etahi o nga Maori—he matau hold. Bite tonu ki ta te pakeha tana mahi, hira ake etahi te matau. Kotahi marire te tamaiti tino matau, tika tonu te takoto o nga awa kari o tana mahi. Tena kia matua ia he tangata matau rawa ia, he tangata kaha kite mahi. Ka nui te moemiti atu o te ngakau ki enei tu mahi e kitea ana i roto i nga Maori. He tohu ia no te oranga, no te matauranga hoki a te tangata ki nga mahi e tika ai te motu. Ka whakakotahi te pakeha raua ko te Maori ki runga ki nga mahi tohungatanga, nga mahi ahu whenua, katahi ka tika raua tahi—ka haere tahi te matauranga, ka kake tahi raua. Ina te kore ko te mahi a etahi iwi e riro pu ana tana whakaaro kite haereere ki nga kainga whakatakoto tikanga ai, korero ai i ona ritenga mo te ora, rupahu noa atu ai—ko te mahi kai, te pahure te mahi kai i aia. Te tukunga iho o tana mahi he tutu, he Hau Hautanga, he mate noa iho. E ngaro iena te ahua o te tangata mahi ? Engari ia e kite pu ana ite tinana o te ora. "He toa pahekeheke te toa taua; ko te toa mahi kai ekore e paheke."

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Waka Maori, 24 October 1871, Page 7

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Untitled Waka Maori, 24 October 1871, Page 7

Untitled Waka Maori, 24 October 1871, Page 7