HE KUPU MO TE MAHI RURI WHENUA.
Ko te ruri whenua e waere haere nei i nga raina, e ruri haere ana puta noa ki tetahi taha ki tetahi taha, o ia piihi whenua o ia piihi whenua, he mahi porori rawa, he mahi whakapau moni hoki; tetahi, e hara ano ia i te mahi tika rawa, he nui hoki nga tautohetohe me nga raruraru i puta ake i runga i taua tu mahi. Kite mea ka whakaritea etahi wahi hei teihana i runga i nga hiwi tika mo te pera, puta noa atu i te whenua katoa, na kai runga i te mahi whika ka mohiotia tonutia tona tuturutanga o aua wahi, a e kore rawa atu e hengia. Ko tenei tu ruri e hara i te mea whakatakoto rohe, a, tona tikanga, he mahi haere noa atu i runga i te nuku o te wlienua katoa atu, e kore hoki e whakaaro Id te tangata, te iwi ranei,nona te whenua, no te mea e hara ia i te mahi pa ki o ratou take ki runga kite whenua. Engari hei tika ia mo ratou, no te mea hoki kite hiahia ratou i muri iho kia ruritia tetahi wahi 0 a ratou whenua, na ko te teihana e tata ana kite wahi e hiahiatia ana kia ruritia ko taua teihana ka tika kia waihotia hei putake timatanga mo te mahi; a oti rawa ake taua mahi, he mahi tika rawa ia, ko te utu hoki o te mahinga he iti rawa iho i to te mea kaore he teihana hei tohu. Heoi, ka mahia peratia te whenua a te tangata, katahi ka ahei kia whakaurua tika-rawatia ki roto kite mapi nui tonu ote whenua katoa; a e kore rawa hoki e puta ake he tautohetohe mo te takotoranga o taua wahi i muri iho, ahakoa ngaro nga waitohu i te roa o te tunga, i te ahi ranei, 1 te takahanga ranei a te kau, te ketunga ranei a te poaka, i te mea hoki e tu tonu ana e ora tonu ana nga teihana. Kei nga motu rangatira, nga motu whai matauranga katoa atu o te ao, e ata mahia mariretia ana tenei tu ruri pokapoka, whakakoki haere nei i runga i te whenua, a e kore rawa te tangata e mea kia whakararuraru ia i taua mahi. Kei Ingarani ko etahi whare karakia e whakakeo nei ki runga kite rangi, me runga o etahi whare teitei rawa, i tangohia hei teihana mo taua tu ruritanga; i hangaia kite atamira a runga hei tunga mo nga atua, ara mo nga mea ruri ite whenua, a oti noa te mahi. Kei te ruritanga penei ka mohiotia te teitei o nga hiwi katoa, te takotoranga mete haerenga o nga awa, te takotoranga o
nga repo, me nga kainga, me nga mahino-a kai lie Le - to i, ka^ a kitema pi; na kia iti r'awa hemahi i man iho ka taea te mahi i tetahi mapi Wata rrotn Bka ° te wheima a * e tangata 1 roto 1 taua ruritanga. nga -T hetU ? te ra^i tetaM tikanga nui e if™ enei rUn P oka P oka taere nei ite ?T, a - E tihro rua ana te kai-ruri i runga i tana whakahaeretanga ite main, ara kite whenua, ki nga wW 6 W t ai i o - rite ana tona mahi ki n S a whetu ki tona main kite whenua nei ano e ruritia ana e la. Kei nga run noa iho, ko nga wahi paku nei o e w enua e ruritia ana e te kai-ruri, e mahia ana me te mea he papa totika tonu te whenua; otira, kite mea ka mahia peratia te nuku o te whenua, ka he nui rawa ia, a ka he noa iho te whakaahuatanga o te takoto o te whenua i te motu katoa. Na, kei nga ruritanga whakakoki haere i te whenua, e ata whakaaro ana te tangata kite tino ahua ote whenua, ara ° ao 7 katoa nei J . no kona i kiia ai he mahi uaua, he mam whakaaro nui, te mahi i nga whika o taua mahi. JNo konei e kore e tika taua tu ruri kia timataria i tetahi wahi kotahi noa atu, engari me timata atu i te wahi i putakea ai, a ka mahia haeretia tonutia atu i reira kite nuinga atu ote whenua. Kite kore e tukuna nga kai-ruri kia whakaturia a ratou teihana fi runga ki nga hiwi e tika ana hei pera, na, ka whakamutua rawatia te ruri ki tena taha, mete ruri i nga whenua iko atu o taua wahi; ka kore, he mahi nui rawa te mahi i tetahi ara awhio e tutuki ai te mahi ki taua wahi ano. He tokomaha nga kai-ruri kai te kore e pai ki taua tu mahi ruri kia mahia ana, no te mea he tikanga whakaiti ia i te mahi ma ratou kite ruri i nga whenua a nga tangata, tetahi he tikanga ia e kitea ai nga he o a ratou mahi. Erangi ko te mom e ora ana kite tangata whenua, ara e toe ana, i runga i taua tu mahi, he nui noa atu i te moni e hoatu ana kite kai-ruri (ara, he kore ara tautohetohe o muri iho i te tika rawa ano hoki o te mahi, he kore hoki o te tia ruri ke atu e pau nui ai ano te moni). Heoi te tikanga e whakahe ai e whakararuraru ai te tangata i taua mahi tika rawa, he kuare marire ki ona tikanga o taua mahi.
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Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 21, 20 October 1874, Page 262
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927HE KUPU MO TE MAHI RURI WHENUA. Waka Maori, Volume 10, Issue 21, 20 October 1874, Page 262
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