TE MATENGA O RAHARUHI RUKUPO.
He mea tuku mai na Te Revd. Mohi Turei Tangaroapeau o Turauga. I mate a Raharuhi Rukupo i to 29 o Hepetema, 1873. He rangatira nui ia no te takutai Rawhiti, he rangatira. whai mana ki nga iwi katoa. ki a Kahungunu, ki a Rongowhakaata, ki a Hauiti, ki a Ruataupare, ki a Porourangi ano hold. Ko tona iwi tuturu ko Kongowhakaata, tona liapu ko Xgatikaipolio. 110 rangatira whakaaro nui ki nga painga mo te iwi. Ivo etahi tenei o ana main" pai. E taea ana c ia nga koto kumara o 200 hci whakato mo te maara i to tan : c taea ana lioki c ia nga peeke witi 070 liei rui mo to paamu ito tau. lle Jioho tana i roto i to pa i to wain o tokomaha ananga tangata. Ko ona wliaro lie wharo nunui anakc, lie ■whare whakairo. Nona lioki to wliaro whakairo i riro i to Kawanatanga: a koi Vo Ncko taua whare, ho whare matakitaki no nga taonga o to ao. Mete wharo Karakia o tu nei i Manutuko, walii o Turanga, ho mea whakahau e ia, ratou ko ona hoa, kia whakairoa hoi koha mo a ratou mahi ki nga mahi tapu a te Atna. Koia tonoi o tu noi—ho teuiopara whakairo. Ho rangatira kaha ano hold ia ki to whangai i nga ope, ki to karanga i nga huihuinga hoi whakatupu i nga mahi pai. He roa te takiwa o tona mate ipa ai ki a ia, ka. rima nga tau : ahakoa i roto i ona tau e rima i turorotia ai tona tinana ki hai tona ngakau rangatira i turorotia, kaha ionu tona mangai kite whakapuaki i nga painga mo te iwi. I a ia o rata raw a. ana to mate ka rongo ia ki nga tikanga a tctahi roia mo nga Komihana me Ilonarc .Koura e tirotiro ana i nga raruraru o nga hokonga o nga -whenua, ka hiahia ano ia kia rongo i ngatikanga a era tangata, koia i karangatia ai o ia a Ilonarc Koura, He nui rawa no tona hiahia kia orate iwi ; ki hai ia i whakaaro kia ona ra ka tata, whakapaua rawatia tana tohutohu ki to iwi. Ko tctahi tonoi o ana kupu nui, kia hanga te wharo Karakia kia ora, kia huihui ano hold nga tangata kite taha ote whare Karakia, kia whakamutua tc nama, me tc hoko whenua. I nehua ia e au c Mohi Turei i tc 2 o Okotopa kite taha tonu ote whare Karakia. He irui te tangata i huihui kia kite i te tukunga atu o tona tinana kite whenua, tata tonu kite 200. " Kaore hold he mea i mauria mai e tatou kite ao, a he mea marama noa tenei, e kore e ahei te mau atu i tetahi mea." . . I ata whakamaramatia ano tena kupu Karaipiture i taua ra, mete nuinga ote tupapaku, tona rangatiratanga, me tona whaitaongatanga, a i tenei ra haere kau atu ana kite poka.
I te mutunga o te tanumanga ka kai te iwi ra i ta ratou kai i pai ai, ara he rama. Te taenga kite pa ki Pakirikisi ka tino nui rawa ta ratou kai—ka pau pea te 10 keeke rama, mete 10 kehi waipiro. Katahi ka tauria te haka. Taku kitenga i tera, nui atu taku pouri. Kihai rawa te aroha mo te tupapaku i takoto i roto i te ngakau ote tangata. Engari he kino noa iho te putanga mai ki waho, he whaitaita, he whaterotero, he whakatikorokoro —he hunga haurangi kau. No reira ka mea taku whakaaro, kowai ra hei pikituranga mo tenei kaumatua kua riro. I whai kupu ano au i te ra o te huihuinga tuatahi kia kaua e kainga taua kai; hei aha ma te tangata kua puare nei tona korokoro ? Engari ki taku i matau ai, he pai rawa te hemonga o tenei kaumatua —i mate ia i roto ia te Karaiti. I te 21 o nga ra 6 Hepetema i whakatakotoria ai te Hapa a te Ariki ki tona aroaro, a i niarama rawa tana tangohanga. " Ka hari te hunga e mate ana i roto i te Ariki i nga wa i muri nei: Ae ra, c ai ta te Wairua, kia okioki ai ratou i a ratou mahi; na, e aru tahi a ratou mahi i a ratou.' [E tino whakama ana matou ki enei tangata whakaaro kore o Turanga, e penei nei to ratou ahua i te wa o te pouritanga, te wa e tanumia ana tetahi o a ratou rangatira kaumatua, rangatira e whakamiharo nuitia ana ete iwi. E rite ana kite mea e tino hari ana ratou ki tona matenga, kaore e tangihia ana—akuanei hoki te pera tonu ai te whakaaro a nga tauhou. Mehemea kua tino matapotia, kua tino whakakuaretia ratou e te tupua-whiro waipiro nei, i kore ai ratou e mohio ki to ratou ahua mate ahua kuare rawa, engari me mohio ratou akuanei te tirohia ponotia ai ratou e te nuinga o te tangata, a ka whakahengia tonutia iho. Mehemea ka ki atu te tangata ki taua hunga kua rite ratou kite kuri, akuanei ratou te tino riri ai—otira e hara ienei ratou i te mea kuare rawa iho ite kure ?—Te Kai Turn.]
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Waka Maori, Volume 9, Issue 19, 10 December 1873, Page 179
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877TE MATENGA O RAHARUHI RUKUPO. Waka Maori, Volume 9, Issue 19, 10 December 1873, Page 179
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