NGA TAITAMARIKI MAORI O TE TAI RAWHITI.
He mea tango mai na matou tenei korero i roto i te Wikiri Niuhi, nupepa no Akarana, o te 13 o Maehe kua hori atu na, ara:— "Tenei tetahi he e tika ana kia whakatikaia kia tika, ara kia whakakorea, mo nga Pakeha kia pai ai te noho, ino nga tamariki Maori ano hoki kia whai tikanga e tika ai e ora ai ratou ; no te mea e whai kaha ana o ratou tinana e ahua kaha marire ana hoki o ratou ngakau, a e tika ana kia whiwhi tonu ratou ki tetahi mahi kia mohio ai ratou kite mahi u tonu, kia kore ai ratou e taka ki roto ki nga tu mahi kino e kiia ana e Takuta Waata he mahi ia kua waiho ma nga ringa ate hunga mangere. (He minita rongo nui o mua a Takuta Waata). Ko te kai-tuhituhi korero o "Waiapu kite nupepa o Turanga (Pawciti Pei JSanahata) e korero ana ki nga mahi he a nga tamariki Maori e whakatupuria kautia ana kaore e whai mahi ana, a ko te whakaaro o nga rangatira tika o te iwi Maori e rapurapu noa ana ki tetahi tikanga mo aua tamariki me pehea ra ? Eki ana, mea ake karangatia ai e te Kai "Whakawa Tuturu tetahi hui a nga rangatira o nga takiwa ki "Waiapu, te take he kimi me i kore e tika kia whakaritea tetahi tikanga e ora ai aua tamariki i nga mate e puta mai ana i roto i te noho mangere noa iho. Ko nga kupu enei a taua kai-tuhituhi, e ki nei matou, mo nga he e puta mai ana i roto i tenei mahi noho mangere, ara:— { He maha nga tekau topu o enei tamariki e haereere noa ana i te whenua i runga hoiho, pera me nga tangata kokewa o Areepia nei; kaore e akona ana kaore e puritia ana e nga matua, engari e haereere noa ana ki ta ratou e pai ai. He mea ano ka tahae hoiho aua koroke, kahuna ai ka tatari kia puta te kupu a te tangata nana kia utua te tangata mana e kite, katahi ka whakakitea mai. Ahakoa kua kitea etahi kua whiua, tenei te mahi tonu ano i taua mahi kino. Mehemea e tokomaha ake ana nga Pakeha, katahi ka taea te whakawhiwhi i aua tamariki kite mahi, ara kite ngaki whenua, te hanga taiepa, me etahi atu mahi noa atu, kia mohio ai hoki ratou kite ahuwhenua, kia tangata mamahi ratou, kia whakaaro rangatira ai; ko tenei e kore e taea te ahua pera. Otira, he ahakoa kaore he mahi pera ma aua tamariki, kaore he tikanga e kore ai ratou e whakamahia ki nga mahi hanga rori, rerewe, me etahi atu o aua tu mahi nunui e hiahiatia tonutia ana he tangata hei mahi ; no te mea e kaha ana aua tamariki, e ora nui ana, e rite tonu ana o ratou tinana te kaha ki te mahi i roto i nga ra katoa ki to te Pakeha. Me kimi rawa ano i tetahi tikanga hei whakaora i a ratou, kei mate ratou i ta ratou tikanga rere nui ki runga kite mangere me era atu mahi he.' Na, he nui ano nga painga o nga kura e puta ana ki nga tamariki a te iwi Maori, engari he mahi auake te tikanga pai mo nga tu tamariki penei. Ko nga Pakeha e hoatu mahi ana ki nga tangata Maori e korero ana kai te kaha
ano ratou kite main i roto ite ra; a kite mea ka ata tiakina ratou tera ano e pai ta ratou mahi i runga i nga rori me nga rerewe. Ko te koa mete hari ote ngakau ote tangata kite moni utu o tana mahi, ana ano kei te iwi Maori ano; mete tohe kia pai ake tana mahi i ta etahi atu, ana ano kei a ia ano hoki tena."
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Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 7, 6 April 1875, Page 77
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658NGA TAITAMARIKI MAORI O TE TAI RAWHITI. Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 7, 6 April 1875, Page 77
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