PUTIKI, (WHANGANUI.)
October 24th 1874. To the Editor of the Wananga. Friend greeting to you, here is your boy just awoke from a sleep, I was awakened by the sweetness of your song on my ears, this is your song : Where have you been unseen son By the break of day Hunu manu, a person Huru gentle a work for us, Jn the act of love To (Taane 'Matau') which is standing, On the safe side, Taane with the large (Kaukau,) Taane with the long (Kaukau,) The works of (Rua-te-pupuri,) And Rua-te-niahara Who Tangaroa did pierce with holes, And pass through and through, And through the Heart.
Stand (Tutakawhaki-nuku,) ■ While clashing thunders roars, Tangaroa, Ipnrangi e. Here ends your song.:'— Then you called unto me, you said, get up, it is me the Wananga of your ancestors, the word to you is only one, to bid this Island, the meaning of these words and if these words are agreed to by this Island or by some tribe of this Island, and the real rneanin<>of them all then the flower of (Taanes) graden will come. And if not, these are the said words : The main body which never breaks The long diving shag that dives on straight, Phe Rua which is covered, The rock that stands in the Ocean, The bird that flies away. These are the words you left with me, but this is an inquiry to you the Wananga, if it is true, or is it only a dream of mine, bnt I will wait untill I receive your word, then I will know if. it is rio-ht or wrong. to Peter te Whareranoi. It is true that we are a Wananga, but we did not mean to be au eye for a blind person. Peter should look to our words of the Wananga, and let his own eyes look properly to the words of the Wananga so that he will receive alike answer for his questions which he inquires in this letter. Editor Wananga.
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Wananga, Volume 1, Issue 9, 10 December 1874, Page 48
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336PUTIKI, (WHANGANUI.) Wananga, Volume 1, Issue 9, 10 December 1874, Page 48
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