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I muri mai o tera panuitanga a matou. kua rima nga kaipuke uta tangata mai kua tae mai kite koroni nei, hui katoa nga tangata mai o runga ka 2,090. E ki ana ko nga witi kua tiria e nga Maori o te Kopua inaianei, e rahi ake ana i te 100 eka. E korerotia ana kua tae rawa kite 120 nga Runanga Tuturu o te hunga Kuru Temepara kei Niu Tirani i tenei takiwa. Tera tetahi kaipuke patu weera, ko te Wiremu Kiwhata te ingoa, i u mai ki Pei-o- Whairangi i mna, tataatu nei. Ko nga hinu i runga i taua puke, he mahinga no roto i te tau kotalii tonu, e rite ana ki te £16,000 pauna moni. He oranga ngakau te rongo korero mai o Inia. Kua uaina te whenua e te ua, kua pai, kua tupu te kai. E maharatia ana tenei, mea ake mutu te hemo kai ki reira. Ko te Pairata o Po Neke e ki ana kua kitea nga toka e rua kai raro i te wai i te taha ki walio o nga toka e kokiri atu ana ki waho i te taha Hauauru o te wahapu oPo Neke. Ko tetahi o aua toka kotahi rau putu te mataratanga atu kite taha rawhiti ote toka kotahi e tu ana ki waho rawa, ko tetahi e pera ana ano te mataratanga kite taha hauauru o taua toka kotahi kai te hangai tika tonu aua toka e toru kite taha rawhiti kite taha hauauru. Kei te tai timo rawa kate 12 putu te hohonu ote wai ki runga ki aua toka e rua ra. Ko te wai i tetahi taha i tetahi taha he hohonu katoa. E ki ana nga nupepa mai o Merepana ko nga Pakeha o reira e whakarite tikanga ana e whakaturia ai etahi atu raite (ara, whare turama) ki Kingi Aerani, te motu kua nui rawa nei nga mate o te kaipuke. Ko te mea o muri rawa nei ko te pakarutanga o te Piritihi Atimira, i panuitia i te WaTca Maori o te 30 o Hune kua taha nei.

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Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 16, 11 August 1874, Page 206

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Untitled Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 16, 11 August 1874, Page 206

Untitled Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 16, 11 August 1874, Page 206