HE MOA.
Eki ana tetahi Pakeha tuhituhi kite Nupepa Te "Nui Tireni" o Poneke. E hoa tukua enei kupu ki to Nupepa. No ra hotoke maua ko taku hoa mahi i haere ai kite Roto i Rotorua, ite takiwa i Whakatu ano to maua nohoanga i reira, ka rongo maua i te tangi a te manu, engari he ahua tangi ke i te tini o te taugi manu. A i tat a taua mea ki to maua teneti, ano ka titiro atu maua kite wahi i puta mai ai taua tangi, ka kite atu maua i auamanu, erna e tu mai ana a kihai i roa ka ahu mai aua manu kia maua. Kahore kau he ahua wehi o aua manu kia maua, a haere tonu mai kia maua, a oma ana maua. A i taua po ano ka ronsjo ano maua i te tangi o aua manu. Ahe pu kore na maua, koia maua i mea ai, me hoki mai maua, kei mate maua 1 aua manu. Ki ta maua titiro atu e rua pea maro to tiketike o tetahi o aua manu, a he manu tu a iti iho tetahi, i penei nga huruhurn, mete huruhuru Kiwi. E mea ana ahau he Moa aua' manu, kua korero ahau i taua korero kite tini, a i mea ahau kia haere ano ahau i te raumati nei kia te rapu ano i ana manu, a no taku rongo e haere ana etahi Pakeha o Poneke ki aua manu, koia ahau i mea ai, me haere tahi matou ko aua Pakeha, kia haere ai ahau hei arahi ki ta-ia wahi.
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Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 46, 16 November 1878, Page 572
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269HE MOA. Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 46, 16 November 1878, Page 572
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