(WHIOTIMA,) KEMURETI.
Oketopa, 14, 1874. Kite Kai tuku o Te Wananga. Te mihi ano ki mua, e hoa tena koe, te kupu ano ki muri ki a koe ra, e hoa e te Wananga tena koe, tenei ahau te mokopuna a nga tupuna nana nei a Tainui i hoe mai i Hawaiki, i kiia ai he Tainui kei Aotea nei, ara, kei tenei Motu iputa ai enei kupu i tenei ona uri, koia tenei ka maka ihonei hei matakitaki iho mi o tatou hoa Maori e noho nei i Nui Tireni. Rokohanga mai ano au e te Wananga e pangia ana e te mate i roto i tooku whare i a te Ngakau-mamae, karanga tonu mai kia ahau maranga, e hoa he aha taau e takotoi te ra e ngau nei, katahi au ka karanga ake he mate toku, ko aku kanohi e pura ana, ko aku taringa e turi ana, he ahakoa me maranga noa ake au i runga i taku mate, kua mohio ake hoki au ma tenei tangata e rongoa taku mate e or a ai. I te taenga tua-tahi mai o te Pakeha ki tenei Motu, mauria mai e ia ona taonga, he pu, he toki, he kaheru, me era taonga nunui atu a te Pakeha, manaakitia ana e au o taonga, ko te pu, ko te toki, i nga tangata o tenei Motu, i muri 0 era taonga, ka tae mai ko nga Mihinare, mauria mai nga taonga o tera Iwi, ara, ko te whakapono kite Atua. Kauwhautia ana te Rongo-pai, katahi ka kitea, he mahi kino te mahi a era taonga i maua mai ra i te tua-tahi, ara te; pu, te toki, e whakamate nei i a tatou, i era r .takiwa, i mauria mai e nga Mihinare to ratou taonga, hopu tonu atu te Maori, tiaina iho hei raukura, tititonu ki o tatou pane, kaore e mohiotia tenei, waiho ana nga Maori kia tia kau ana i taua raukura, e kauwhau ana nga Minita, ko te kauwhau tenei, kia kaha te inoi kite Atua, kia riro mai ai te Wairua Tapu, engari. homai tetehi waahi whenua, hei nohoanga ;mo nga kura, ae tonu nga Maori i runga i te kuare, nje aha i tana raukura e titi ra i runga i tana mahunga, tqno rawa mai nei
tii kaitoao, tonu, he tono na te A-fcua, kihai tatou i he r&rukerroto i enei, a kihai . auo hoki tatou i mohi6 ka mutu i era nga mahi a te Pakeha,' i muri o nga Mihimre, ko te ICawana, haria mai on a ko nga Tttre e whakahaere nei i waenga i a tatou puta ana nga boa o enei taonga he pirihimana he whare-:herehere, te mutunga mai, he kuru te whakatakanga iho nei ° ng» pnrapura a nga Mihihare kite w.henua, te putanga ake ko te /Kiirigi, heoi kua tupu te he kite Motu P^ a mei puta ake nga hua.ko te mana ote Kuim, penei kuaahatia nga tangata ote Motu, ka nui ianei te pai e te Iwi kia kiqii tatou i.tetebi oranga mo tston, i norj hoki tatou he waka anake.te mea e hoea an ® i i te wai, kitea rawatia ake e rere ana he kaipuke kitea noatia ake e tataka mai ana nga wiira o tetehi lie tima ka hori kei te wai anake, aue rangona rawatia ake e rere ana i uta he Reriwe, kihai tatou i mohjo.i tejputpnga mai o era o te tuatahira ka puta mai hoki enei i muri iho, wai hoki e haere mai nei etehi hei wbakararu r a tatou, he kupu -rara, kaua e whakanuia, engari whakaarohia, koia taku karakia mo taka mate kia ora ai. \ Pungawerewere pungawerewere tikina mai taku whai wetewetekia, e pura ana aku kanohi. // Ora kau ana tera mate,. kua. ngau mai. auo be mate ke, nawai, a, ka he noa iho te nianawa, a e he nei azio. Heoi an.o nga mahara ato ponong3, ete Wananga, hei knao heihe:' au mau ki raro i ou parirau. Na Eru Kaka.
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Wananga, Volume 1, Issue 8, 24 November 1874, Page 40
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670(WHIOTIMA,) KEMURETI. Wananga, Volume 1, Issue 8, 24 November 1874, Page 40
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