Kua mutu tenei te riri a nga iwi mangumangu o Niu Karetonia ki a Wi-Wi—he mate kino tona mutunga. I whakatikia aua mangumangu, ara i ohua i o ratou kainga, muri iho hatepea kinotia ana ratou e nga hoia o Wi-"Wi. E ki ana e rima rau, tae kite ono rau i tu i te mata, i motu i te hoari, a ngoki haere ana ki roto ki nga ana kohatu mate atu ai. E rua rau i mau ora j ko enei i kawea kite Aira o Paine hei taurereka. E korerotia ana he nui te manuheko o ta ratou mahi kite kai tangata i a ratou e ohua ana e te Wi-Wi. [He moutere tena kainga a Niu Karetonia kei te taha kite raki o Niu Tirani, e rite ana kite waru rau maero te pamamao atu. Na Kapene Kuka i kite tuatahi i taua moutere i te tau 1774. _ I tetau 1853 ka tau ki kona te heke o Wi"VVi, kite Aira o Paine hoki —he motu iti tenei e7O maero te pamamao atu kite taha tonga ote inea rahi. He Papuana te ingoa ote iwi whenua o Niu Karetonia. lie iwi kiri mangu taua iwi, he nanakia, he toa. I inua tata ake nei whakatika ana etahi o aua iwi, whawhai aua ki nga Pakeha "Wi-Wi o reira, mate ana el-ahi tokomaha o aua Fakeha.] E rima. ran nga Pakeha kua rcre mai i rawahi; e rere mai aua ki ieuei motu.
Ko te Taupo tima nei i eke ki runga kitetahi toka ite ngutu awa o Tauranga itelß o Pepuere nei. I ora nga tangata, me nga utanga, mete meera. I pakaru rawa i raro ite take ote tima, pupu ake ana te wai. E rere mai ana a Kawana Ropitini i Hirini ki Niu Tirani nei te 15 o Maehe. £ ruanga kaipukemanuwao e rere mai ana kite kawe mai i a ia. Kua tuhia e Ruhia raua to Take ta raua pukapoka hohou rongo. He kupu tenei na tetaKi nupepa o Merepane mo te Piriimia o Niu Tirani (a Kerei), ara:—" E kore rawa matou e mohio ki nga take o te tino mauanara e ngau ana i roto i te ngakau o Ta Hori Kerei kite Kawanatanga o Ingaram. E mahara ana matou e puta ana tana mauhara o tona ngakau kite iwi Ingarihi katoa tonu. E mahara ana matou kaore rawa he tangata o nga koroni katoa e rite ana ki a ia te ngakau tutu ki nga mana rangatiraianga."
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Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 22, 22 February 1879, Page 317
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