KO TE TATANA I NEPIA.
He mea tango mai tenei korero waea i tetahi nupepa Pakeha o Werengitana, ara:Nepia, Nowema 26. I whai korero te Tatana, mema o te Paremete, inapo i roto ite Whare Purei (i Nepia). Iki tonu taua "Whare i te tangata. Kua panuitia e Piukanana i roto i te Herara nupepa o te ata o taua raugi tana karanga kia " Hui mai nga tangata o Hori Kerei," a 1 maharatia ano tera e maniania taua hui a Tatana i a ratou. No te karangatanga a Tatana ko Kenere he tumuaki mo te hui, katahi ka tu mai taua Piukanana ka kii ehara tena hui i te hui noa iho, engari hei tohu taua hui e kitea ai te ahua o te whakaaro o te iwi katoa o taua kainga, no ko ia ka mea me whakatu tetahi tumuaki e kore a piri ki tetahi taha, ki tetahi taha ranei, katahi ia ka kii kia waiho a Makitukuru, he kai-mahi, hei tumuaki. I konei ka turituri rawa te hui, ka puta auau nga karanga ki a Kenere kia tu. Muri iho ka mea a Piukanana me pooti a ringaringa he tumuaki, whakaaetia ana tena, no te whakaaritanga o nga ringa kitea ana he ruarua noa i whakaaria mo Makitukuru, he nui rawa mo Kenere, ano he ngaherehere te rite. Katahi a Tatana ka korero ki nga mahi i mahia ite Paremete kua taha ake nei; he nui nga tikanga a nga Minita i whakahengia e ia, te mea i kaha rawa ai tana korero ko te whakarerenga a nga Minita i te Pire Pootitanga, ko te mahi pooti a nga Maori tetahi. No te mutunga o tana korero, ka karangatia a te Riihi (roia nei), ka timata he whai korero man a, kihai i ata whakarongona, he turituri he haparangi tonu te mahi. No tona tohenga kite korero ka whakatika nga tangata ote hui kia haere. E haere ana, ka karanga tetahi tangata kia puta he kupu whakatika a te hui mo Tatana, katahi ka rongona te umere a te hui mo Tatana, he whakapai ki a ia. I konei ka whakatika te tumuaki i tona nohoanga, e mea ana kia haere. I konei ka mea a Piukanana kia noho a Makitukuru i taua nohoanga, ka haparangi nga waha o nga tangata kite riri, tineia ana nga raite, pakaru ana te hui. [Tena pea kua ngata rahei te ngakau o Piukanana kite " tohu ote ahua ote whakaaro ote iwi " kua whakakitea nei ki a ia—e ai ki tana.]
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Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 11, 7 December 1878, Page 164
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421KO TE TATANA I NEPIA. Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 11, 7 December 1878, Page 164
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