TE WHAWHAI KI TE AMIA O INIA, O AWHIKITANA.
Ano ka rewa te ope hoia a Te Kuini, ka haere ratou kite tau itepa i Amihuta, a kihai i roa te puhipuhinga kite purepo, ka whati te iwi oto pa, ano te aonga ake o te ra, ka amohia o te taua, a taen ana taua pa, ka -whati te iwi o tn pa, a ko etahi i hopuhopukia. He nni noa ata taua ope i te pa, a lie tiui nga maioro i noho ai ratou. Ko taua pa ite apiti o Kaipa etu ana. He iti nga tangata ote taua i mate. Kua puta te pukapuka a te tino Apiha aTe Kuini i Inia, a e mea ana aia, he tika te mahi e mahia nei mo te Amia, a e whaaki ana aia i nga take i paa ai to whin-a Kuini ki taua Amia (ant ki taua Kingi) kia tae mai nga kupu o taua pukapuka a taua Aiiki a Kuini ka taia e matou hei titiro ma nga iwi Maori, kia mohio ai hoki tatou ki nga take i puta ai nga kino kite ao nei. A mea ana taua Ariki aTe Kuini, ko te niahi e mahi nei Te Kuini ki taua Amia, e hara itu mahi ki nga iwi o Inia. ho whin i taua Amia anake, no te mea via taua Amia i ako he te iwi, a na taua Amia te he. A c mea ana ano hoki tetahi kupu, a kore a Ingarangi e pai kia pokanoa mai tetahi iwi ki te wkakaravu i taua he. Kua taea te pa i Taka. a kahore kau he whawkai, he mea tore taua -pa ete hoia a Te Kuiui, a kihai te iwi otepa i ahaaha atu kite taua. A kua mea nga tino rangatira o nga hapu o Ngatikuta, o Ngati-kaipa, kia haere ratou ko a ratou iwi hei takoto i te taua a Te Kuini. He nui noa atu te kai a te iwi whenua e aauii ana ma te taua. Ako etahi iwi o Inia e tautoko . ana ite taua kua noho i te pa i Rahora, a kia mohiotia te wahi mo ratou e mahi ai, ka rewa atu ratou i reira kite wa o te kino. Kua mea te rangatira o Ngati-mataha, kia haere ratou ko tona iwi hei tautoko i te ope aTe Kuini, a kua mea atu te rangatira ote ope hoia a Te Kuini ki aia, taikoa koutou ko to iwi e haere, me noho koutou i te rohc o ta koutou kainga, hei tiaki i tena wahi kei raru koutou i te taua oho noa a e Amia, kia kore ai koe, me to iwi e he i te main kohurn a te Amia. Kua tae mai nga herehere o te pa taea i Arimohuta kite pa i Pehirawa. Ako nga tangata mau pu o aua herehere, ka tukua kia haere, otira ko nga Apiha o taua ope hoia o te Amia ka kiia kia noho whawhai kove ralou. E kiia ana, kua puta te kupu tono a etahi iwi, kia. tae he kupu ina te Kingi o nga Take ki tu Amia kia mutu tana tutu kia Te Kuiui. A kua rere r<-\ i te moana whero nga kaipuke inanuao aTe Kuini, hei tutei mo te iwi i taua wahi, ara hei titiro i te he a te Amia i aua wahi. A e kiia ana kua tae te kupu ki nga ope hoia e noho ana ite takiwa kite whenua i IVinape, kia haere aua ope ki nga wahi e kiia ana ko i ;a\i-U»hik.-s:i:t te ingoa hei titiro ite tie o reira a hoi : i.-jki : iii;a w.-thi kei he i te Amia. E kiia ana, kua ahua whak.ihe etahi iwi a te Amia ki a ia, a kua mea atu te Amia ki Runanga o etahi iwi ona kia tautoko i aia, a e ki..i ;ma ko taia ran e rima tekau rnano o aua iwi kua whukaae kite tautoko ite Amia. A ko etahi hapu e kore nei e pai kia. he ratou kia Te Kuini, e tae aua era kite toru tekau ma rima mano tangata.
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Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 49, 7 December 1878, Page 611
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861TE WHAWHAI KI TE AMIA O INIA, O AWHIKITANA. Wananga, Volume 5, Issue 49, 7 December 1878, Page 611
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