NGA KORERO MO MOKAU.
Kua tae mai a Wetere kite Taone o Taranaki, a kua korero raua ko Kawana Kerei. Ko Wetere, ko Epiha, ko Takirau, ko Taiaroa, me a ratou hoa i haere mai kia kite i a Kawana Kerei i te Taone i Taranaki. He hoa Pakeha ano a raua. Na Te Hone a Wetere i tono kia haere aia ki Taranaki, katae mai a Wetere ma, ka kite i a Kawana Kerei, ka mea atu a Wetere kia Kawana, i kite ahau i a koe i te wa oku e tino iti ana » ; he tino hoa pono te papa o Wetere kia Kawana Kerei, a, na tana papa i pi kau a Kawana Kerei i te awa o - Awakino i mua. Ano ka tau a Wetere ki xaro, ka mea a Wetere kia Kawana Kerei. E koa, he nui noa atu aku korero ki a koe. He haere mai hoki taku kia kite i a Kawana Kerei. Ka mea a Bpiha : kua tae mai te reta a llewi ki au, e mea ana aia, waiho, taihoa e korero, kia tae koe, kia tae ki Mo kau, ka korerotia ai aua tini mea, he mea hoki naku i tatari ai kite Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori. I.k6rero ano ahau kia Tiati Moanaroa, a kaliore kau B;e. mahi i mahia. I mea aia, me ruri te whenua, a i mea atu ahau, kaua e ruuritia, ka mea aia, kahore he mea e mahia inaianei, kei to mua' ake i au te
tikanga. Heoi ano aku kupu kia Tiati Moanaroa, a e mea ana a Manga Rewi. Ehoa, nei te lite kai a Wetere. Kawana Kerei : E pehea ana koe kite kaipukQ rere ata ki roto ki Mokau ? Epiha : I mea atu ahau ki aia, me haere aia ki a Rewi, mana e ako mai nga tikanga mo te Kooti Wbakawa Whenna Maori. A koia nei nga kupu ot& reta a Rewi, naku te mana i tuku kia Epiha, kia whakaritea eia he tikanga mo Mokau. Tua-rua, kaua he hoko whenna, naku te whenna, kei an te tikanga, heoi ano naku na Manga, Kuiti, Hanuere 28, 1870. Kawana Kerei : I pehea te kupa a Rewi mo nga Karauna Karaati o te Kooti Wbakawa Whenua Maori ? Wetere - E mea ana a Manga, kana e tu he Kooti Whakawa Whenna Maori i enei ra, waiho mo nga ra e haere ake nei. He haere mai ta matou kite korero anake mo Mokau kia whakaaetia hei rererenga ma te kaipuke. Kawaka Kerei : He pehea te korero mo te riihi whenua ? Epiha : Kahore kau i korerotia. Wiremu te Whaxj : Kahore kau aku tikanga mo te riihi, a ko nga kupu mo nga Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori, waiixo ten a mo nga ra e haere ake nei. Te Hiana Minita Maori : E mohio ana koe. ka tu te hui a Maehe i Hikurangi, i Waikato ? Wetere : I mea a Epiha, ka tu tana hui i Mokauy a e ki mai na koe, ko Hikurangi tu ai, ae, e mohio ana ahau. Kawaka Kerei : E hoa, kite mea ka tonoa tetahi tima e ahau kia rere atu ki Mokau, kite whakatatutu ite moana o Mokau, e pehea to whakaaro ki tana mahi ? Epiha : Kahore kau he kupu whakahe mo ten a', kahore aku kino atu ki ten*. E pai ana. Kawana Kerei : Ka ui atu aia ki a Wetere ma, mehemea he mea ta ratou e tono ai ki aia kia Kawana Kerei. Wetere : Ae, he ui atu taku ? Ka ui atu ahau mo te kupu c kiia nei, hei a Maehe koe ka haere mai ai ki Mokau. Kawana Kerei : Ae, kite mea e ora ana ahau, a © kaha ana hoki, ka ma reira taku haere mai ki Hikurangi. Wetere : E pai ana, kei a koe te whakiuiro. Epiha : E kore e pai, me haere atu koe i kon-.;i, ka ahu atu ai ki Mokau ? Kawana Kerei : E kore pea tena e taea e au, ho mea hoki, engari ano te ara mai i Akarana e pai ana,, e haere mai ana i runga i te rerewe. Wetere : E rua ra o haere atu ana i Hikurangi ka tae kite wahi o Mokau e eke ai te tangatai te waka \ Mokau. Ahe ara kino te ara, kite mea ka ata haere te tangata i taua ara, a kite mea ka kaha te haere, e rua ra o taua ara e haerea ai, a kotahi ra e haere ai i roto i te repo, a he whenua pori ngahuru, ko to to Akau huarahi. Kawana Kerei : E rongo ana ahau kei taua ara nga ana e kitea ai nga wheua moa (ka kata a Wetere ma^i. Epiha : Tenei taku patai, e mea ana ahau kia haere mai koe i enei ra ki Mokau, kia kite koe i a matou, a rae eke mai koe i tau kaipuke ake?
Kawana Kerei : Kite mea, e kore ahau ema Hikurangi ata taku ara o haere atu ai kia kite i a koutou i Mokau, me haere atu ahau i te tai Tuauru taku ara Ida kite i a koutou. Epiha : Heoi na aku patai kia koe, tena ano nga patai ki a koe, ana tae ake koe kia kite ia matou. Kawana Kebki : Tenei hoki taku t>atai kia koe. Ho ara pai te ara ki Mokau, kua oti te main o taua ara kia pai, a e haere ranei te kareti i taua ara ? Taiakoa : Kahore aku hiahir. kia mahia tana ara. Epiha ; E mea ana ahau he pai ano kia maaia taua ara, no te mea, he nui te mate o te hoiho i nga awa. Wetere ; Heoi ano taku, ko te kite i a koe, ame waiho tena ma Manga, mau tena e mahi. A ko te Icupu mo nga rori, i mea ahau i mua, kaua he rori, kaua he Riihi. kaua he lioko, kaua lie waea. Koia na taku kupu iki ai, i mua, i mea te iwi kite hoko, ahe nui te raru i tera. Ahe nui noa atu nga mea i tono ai te iwi, ahe raru anake i aua mea. Amo te kupu a Epilia e mea nei, kia raahia nga rori, lie nui noa atu te raru i tena, kite mea ka tohe aia ki tena, ka puare nga rori, kahore ke atu aku kupu, i te mea he nui te r«iu i tena. Whakarongo ki aua kii, taku kupu ko te wahi kua tukua kia Epiha, ko te awa o Mokan, a ko nga tikanga e uta ana ki nga "when a a kei a Manga anake tena. Tk Mixita Maoisi, (a Te Hiana).: E pchca ana te kupu mo te kooti whakawa whenua Maori ? Wetkue : Maku e korero atu kia mohio pu ai koe kite tikanga o aku kupu, mo nga rori mete Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori. E mea ana koe, e haere ana koe Ki Hikurangi a Maehe, me ui e koe aua mea i reira. A maku e whakamarama aku kupu i kii ai. E kcrero ana koe mo Pari-ninihi, kahore kau aku tikanga ki reira, kua hoki i au taua -whenua ki Ngatitnme. Kawana Kerei : Me peliea e oti ai te rori ki Porininilii. Weteue : Kua mea atu ahau kia a koe. Kia tae koe ki Hikurangi ma Manga koe erongo ai kite mahi mo ena. Aka kiiaatu eau te tikanga i pena ai aku kupu. He mea hoki i tuhituhi reta ata ahau kia Rata Porena mo nga Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori, aki mai ana aia, kei a TCewi te tikanga. A i tuhituhi atu ahau ki a koe, a ki mai ana koe, kei a Manga te tikanga rao aua mea, a e uia mai na, maku e mahi aua mea. E marama ana koe ki aku eki atu nei ? Kawana Kerei : Ae. Wetere : Koia nei aku Pakeha, ko nga Pakeha tokowha etu nei. JS"aku ratou i noho ai i Mokau. A he mea naku kia ratou. Koia i kiia ai e au, kia puaro te awa o Mokau, kia pai ai he taonga kawe atu ma ratou ki reira. E penea ana koe ki aku kupu ? Kawana Kerei: E pai ana ahau ki au kupu, he mea hoki, hei hoa ena Pakeha mau, he pai ki au, kia noho he Pakeha i a koutou, a he mea na nga Pakeha pai, kia tiaki pai koutou i ena Pakeha. Wetere :• Ae, koia na taku hiahia. E kore ahau e pai kia kapi ano a Mokau, engari kia tae he taonga ki reira. Ama te Pakeha e kore ai e puare a Mokau e ♦nei ra. A korero ana aua Pakeha o Mokau kia Kawana Kerei raua ko Te Hi ana. He mea hoki kia puare to'nu ai a Mokau.
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Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 8, 23 February 1878, Page 90
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1,454NGA KORERO MO MOKAU. Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 8, 23 February 1878, Page 90
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