HE TANGI NA MERE RIHARA HOUIA.
Mo tona hunaonga, a Ema Kapu Tipitipi, i mate ki Ohiwa, Te Tai-rawhiti, i te 28 o Nowema, 1874. E kui ma, e koro ma, Whakarongohia atu te waha e pa nei— Tangi te umere! Maranga te tupeke! Eo Kapu pea ia ? Noho mai e -whae i te nohoanga ahuareka, Kia whakamau au nga rae ki Onekawa. Auaka hoki ra e whakatangurutia, He maroae no roto kite tau, Ka poka'te ngaro noa i runga te rarangi: To maru wehi nui i arohatia ai, To ahua rate rite kite tini; Ko au kai makamaka ka wairurutu nei, Ko te waha e karanga kite tira puta mai I te ra roa o te -waru e i.
He Tangi ano mo Ema. Kei a wai hoki rate rangi ka kino nei ei ? Kei a Kapu ra, he tau koe nahaku e i. I te kopanga mai a te mate ki a koe ra, Eoia uei hoki au ka whakawairangi nei. Te ao te mauru e rere paepae ra Hoatu koe i mua, hei muri nei au : Taua ngatahi te kake ki runga ra e Elite kainga ote ora, kia kite taua na ii.
He korero tenei no roto i tetahi nupepa Pakeha o Hirini, ara:—-" No tetahi rangi o te wild kua taha nei i haere ai a te Paraka me etahi o otia whanaunga kite hi ika ma ratou i tetahi awa e huaina ana ko te Awa Rohenga—ara ko te awa ia e tiriwa ana i nga whenua o Patana o Rekingitana. Ko nga tahataha o tana awa kua ururuatia, kua tupungia katoatia e te rarauhe roroa, ete ponga, ete aha. Kaore he wahi 0 taua awa e nui atu ana i te toru putu te whanui, no reira heoi te tu tika mo te tangata he tu tiwhera, ara ko tetahi waewae i tetahi taha o te awa tu ai, ko tetahi waewae i tetahi taha, kia kore ai e tatawhiwhi te aho ki nga rarauhe me nga ponga. He wai puataata rawa te wai, e kitea noatia ana te ika nunui o taua awa e kai ana ite maunu. Na te hihiri rawa ote ika kite kai ki hai i taro kua 49 nga ika kua mate mai ki uta i taua hunga te takiri mai. Na, tokowha taua hunga e hi ana, e tu tirara katoa ana i runga ite awa, tetahi i muri i tetahi. Katahi ka pa te karanga a te tamaiti i muri tonu i a te Paraka, 'E! Kaua koe e ngaoko; he neke kei muri tonu ito waewae !' Katahi ka oho ate Paraka, kaore i kori, i aha Ite wehi; na te mea ka rongo ia kite rakau ote aho a taua tamaiti ka pa kite ngarara nei katahi ia ka tahuri ka titiro, ana! kai te whenua taua mea e ngaoraora ana ka mate. Ki hai ano i taro kua karanga te tangata e tu ana i muri i taua tamaiti, 'Au e! kei kori koe! He neke ano tenei kei muri i a koe!' Ka patua hoki tena, ka mate; muri iho ka patua ano etahi e rua—a ki hai i tekau nga mineti kua rima rawa nga neke kua mate i taua wahi kotahi nei ano. Katahi ka pokaia e te Paraka tana aho, ka tahuti ratou ko ana tamariki ki ta ratou tarapu—kua ngata hoki te puku hi." E ki ana te Aaka% he nupepa kei Merepana, kua kitea tetahi nakahi o te moana, i te 7 o nga ra o Oketopa, enga tangata orunga o te "Karaira Kahera," i te rerenga mai o taua kaipuke i Banana (kei Ingarani) ka rere mai ki Merepana nei. I kitea ite takiwa o te moana ki waho atu o Peina me o Wiwi. E korerotia ana i tapahi tonu tana haere o taua neke i runga i te tomarinotanga o te auripo o te kaipuke, e 30 iari te mataratanga atu i te kaipuke, a haere atu ana. Ko te upoko, me tetahi wahi o te tinana e 6 putu te roa, i puta ki runga o te wai, a i ata kitea ano e nga tangata. E kiia ana i rite tonu te ahua ote upoko ki to te neke o uta nei ano, na te nui rawa ia. Ki hai i mohiotia te roa o taua ngarara, engari he roa ano. Ko wai ka mohio ki nga autaia o nga hohonutanga o te moana ? Tena ano e mahara a matou hoa ki ta matou panuitanga i te pakarutanga i mua tata atu nei o tetahi kaipuke ate " Piritihi Atimira" kite motu e huaina ana ko Kingi Aereni, he motu ia (paku nei) e tu ana i roto i te kuititanga e tiriwa ana i nga motu e rua, a Tahimeenia me Aatareeria. Te pamamao atu o taua motu i Po Neke nei e 2,000 maero, kei te taha hauauru. Inaianei e korerotia ana kua pakaru ano tetahi kaipuke i taua motu ano. Ara, he kaipuke no Ingarani, ko te " Perenikatara " tona ingoa, e 900 tana te ritenga o tona utanga. I rere mai i Karahiko (kei Kotarani) a e rere ana ki Hirini. He po, he tupuhi, i eke ai ki runga ki nga toka o taua motu. Ihe te kapene kite raite i taua motu, mahara ana he raite ia i te tuawhenua kei Keepa Atawe. Kaore he Pakeha eke noa ki runga ki taua kaipuke. Ko nga heramana i ora katoa, kei uta e noho ana. E runangatia ana inaianei te pakarutanga o taua kaipuke. Nga taonga i runga i taua puke i rite kite £49,000. He hanga ia te nuinga o aua taonga e kore e kino i te wai, tera hoki e taea te mahi ake.
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Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 5, 9 March 1875, Page 57
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957HE TANGI NA MERE RIHARA HOUIA. Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 5, 9 March 1875, Page 57
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