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Te Waka Maori PO NEKE, TUREI, APERIRA 20, 1875. TE MATENGA 0 MOIHI TAWHAI.

Tenei ka tuhia nei nga korero o te matenga o tenei Rangatira nui o Ngapuhi, mete pouri ano ia ote ngakau ite taenga mai ai o te rongo ki a matou. 1 pa whakarere mai te matenga o tenei Rangatira i te 14 o Maehe, 1875. I haere ia kite Karakia i taua ra, ratou katoa ano ko tona iwi ki to ratou whare karakia i Waima. No te mutunga ote Karakia, ite mea ka eke ia ki tona hoiho, he hokinga nona kite kainga, ka taka huri atu ia ki tetalii taha o te hoiho, hinga tupou tonu atu kite whenua. 1 reira tonu ano te j)ekenga atu o etahi o ana tangata kite hapai ake i a ia, ka kawe noa te aroha kite whakamatau i nga mahi whakahoki mai mo te manawa, kihai rawa i taea. No kona i whakaarohia ai, i whati te poro kaki a mate tonu iho ano ia i reira, kihai hoki i hamumu ake tona reo, i kihakiha kau ranei tona manawa. Katahi ka amohia te tupapaku ki tona kainga, ka tau te pouri mete aroha ki tona iwi katoa, haere kau ano te rongo ki nga takiwa ka hui Ngapuhi me te Barawa katoa kite tangi ki to ratou rangatira, a nui rawa te tangi mete poroporoaki ate iwi. No te Taitei i whakanehua ai te tupapaku, he nuite maori mete pakeha katoa i reira, ko "Wiremu Katene, ko te Manene, ko te Manaro, ko "Wiremu Hikairo, ko te "Wana Tama, ko Mangonui Kerei, mete tini noa atu, i reira katoa. I penei te matenga o tenei Hangatira o Ngapuhi.

Ngaro noa ia 1 roto i a ratou, otiia ko ana malii e kore e wareware i te iwi, a i te Kawanatanga ano hoki 1 mua, Ite maoritanga o enei motu he toa ia no Ngapuhi i a ratou rin o namata. Tae noa kite whawhai a Hone Heke kite Kawanatanga ka piri ia ki tona hoa ki aTe Waka Nene kite awhinS ite Kawanatanga, He malia nga tau ituai ia liei Ateha lroo ite Kawanatanga, mete wliakamoemiti ate Maori ate Pakeha katoa ki a ia. Pumau tonu tana napai l nga ritenga o te whakapono, inai ano i te timatanga o tona panga kite Karakia. He lioa piri pono ia kite Kawanatanga— kaha tonu kite hapai lte lure. Heoi ano te tino hiahia o tona mo tona iwi mo Ngapuhi kia whakawhiwhi ratou ki n<*a pamga o te rangitnarie, o te matauranga, o te wlialcapono. Ko te ahua tenei o Moihi Tawhai laia c ora ana he maia, he tangata atawhai, he tangata tika ia, mate noa ia i runga ote whakapono. I tan<*ohia atu ite rnarae pu ano o tona whare Karakia. °

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Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 8, 20 April 1875, Page 82

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Te Waka Maori PO NEKE, TUREI, APERIRA 20, 1875. TE MATENGA 0 MOIHI TAWHAI. Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 8, 20 April 1875, Page 82

Te Waka Maori PO NEKE, TUREI, APERIRA 20, 1875. TE MATENGA 0 MOIHI TAWHAI. Waka Maori, Volume 11, Issue 8, 20 April 1875, Page 82