TE MATENGA O TARAIA.
Kua tae mai te rongo ki runga nei ko Taraia Te Tumuhuia kua mate. I mate ki Hauraki i nga ra timatanga o Maehe. He rangatira nui taua kaumatua no Ngatitamatera e noho mai nei i Hauraki. He huanga ia me tona iwi katoa no Ngatiraukawa, no nga tupuna o mua tae noa ki nga matua. He rangatira whai mana taua rangatira ki ona uri katoa o raro, o runga nei hoki. He toa rawa ia i roto i nga riri katoa o mua. I haere mai ano ia ite taenga mai o Ngatiraukawa ki tenei tai ki Kapiti nei i inuri mai o te Rauparaha i te keke i kiia ko te " Heke Whiri Nui " —mo te nunui o te whiri i nga kahu Pora o taua heke. Ko te heke ia i tae mai ai nga rangatira o Ngatiraukawa kua ngaro atu nei, ara a Te TVhatanui ma, a Hukiki Ahukaramu, a Nepia Taratoa, me te nui atu o te tangata* I wliiti ano a Taraia ki Kaiapohia, ki etahi atu vrahi hoki o tera moutere, kite riri ki a Ngaitahu I te haeretanga tuatahi mai i Maungatautari i tika mai tona ope na Taupo, haere mai Titiokura mete rrri haere mai ki Ngatikahungunu i Ahuriri puta 110 a mai ki "Wairarapa, a haere tonu mai ki a te Rauparaha raua ko te Uangihaeata ki Kapiti. !N*o muri ka whiti ki o Ngaitahu riri ai. Ko te whakamutunga tenei o nga rangatira kaumatua o mua—ko te wehenga atu o tera whakatupuranga me ana malii he, me ana mahi tika. Ko nga hua enei ko tenei whakatupuranga, ka mahue kite ao nei. I toa ratou nga matua ki a ratou mahi o tera takiwa, kite riri—kia toa hoki nga tamarild ki nga mahi whakarangatira o tenei takiwa, te rangimarie mete pai. Kaore he tamaiti tane a Taraia i mahue kite ao nei, engari he tamahine ano. He hanga whakaaroha te ngaromanga o tenei hanga o te kaumatua; no te mea e tau ana ki runga ki a ratou te ahua o nga kanohi tawhito, me nga whakaaro, me nga korero nehera, me nga ngahautanga o mua. Otira, heoti tonu to te tangata tona ahua, he mate. Ebara i nga tupuna anake—ko tatou hoki e rere tahi atu ana kite " waha ote Parata." Eki ana te kupu o nga waiata o Uawiri; —" Te tangata, rite tonu ona ra kite tarutaru ; mete puawai ote mara tona ngawhatanga. Era rungatia ana hoki e te hau, a kua kahore ; kaore hoki e mohiotia e tona wahi i muri iho." Koia ano ra tena.
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Waka Maori, Volume 8, Issue 8, 3 April 1872, Page 57
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434TE MATENGA O TARAIA. Waka Maori, Volume 8, Issue 8, 3 April 1872, Page 57
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