THE NEW MAORI FAITH.
The following is an extract from a letter written by a-native living near Tauranga to one in Auckland, and shows that the missionaries of the new faithhave been active in the Tauranga district:— “ There is another new god coming. Intelligence has arrived that the men of this new god are Kaikomako and Tautahi ; and it is stated that this god is coming by way of Waikato. He is coming on to Auckland, and the men who are to sf*>rm Auckland number seventy persons. Another army of this god is coming to fight the Arawas ; and the men who are to stand up against the Arawas are th irteen in n umber. It is the rumour only that we hear ; but the Ngaiterangis are undecided as to whether they will go or stay. I heard, indirectly, * that one tribe of Tauranga; the Ngaitamarawho, had gone over to the [new] religion ; that tribe, however, were Han liaus formerly.”
On hearing that seventy men were coming to storm Auckland, arid thirteen to extinguish the Arawas, we expressed some astonishment at the smallness of the force, but the native who had received the letter explained that their god would be with them, and that in those circumstances, two could chase a thousand. —‘ Southern Cross.’
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 10, Issue 620, 20 June 1866, Page 3
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214THE NEW MAORI FAITH. Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 10, Issue 620, 20 June 1866, Page 3
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