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1893-1895
He mea ētita a Huia Tangata Kotahi (Unite the People, 1893-1895) e Ihaia Hūtana o Ngāti Kahungunu.
I takea mai te taitara i te whakataukī: ‘Huia e, huia tangata kotahi; Toroa e, toroa whakapai tangata’ (Huia (bird), your destiny is to bring everyone together; While yours, Albatross is but to adorn) (8 Pepuere 1893: 1).
E kīa ana he mea tino nui tēnei niupepa mō te whakatūranga o te Kotahitanga (Maori Parliament): He tikanga nui tenei ma tatou i roto ito tatou kotahitanga kia whiwhi tatou ite nupepa, hei whakatu, hei whaka marama, inga tikanga, i roto ito tatou, kotahitanga ... hei kanohi, hei reo, hei karere, mo tatou i runga ito tatou kotahitanga (ki taua tuhinga anō.: 1–2) (This is an important step for us, - for Te Kotahitanga, to have our own newspaper to set out and explain our movement's actions...to be our face, voice and messenger).
Mō ētahi atu mōhiotanga mō te niupepa tirohia P Parkinson rāua ko P Griffith, Books in Maori, (Auckland: Reed, 2004), S33, wh. 801–802. Mō ētahi kōrero mō ngā whakaahua manu o tēnei niupepa tirohia J McRae, ‘E Manu, Tena Koe!’ i Rere Atu, Taku Manu! he mea ētita nā J Curnow, N Hopa rātou ko J McRae (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002), wh. 42–59 (wh. 48–49).
E hiahia ana te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa ki te mihi ki a Gail Dallimore mōna i tuku kōrero mai i whakamahia i roto i ngā tuhinga roa mō ngā niupepa Māori.
Huia Tangata Kotahi (Unite the People, 1893-1895) was edited by Ihaia Hutana of Ngati Kahungunu.
The title is derived from the whakatauki: ‘Huia e, huia tangata kotahi; Toroa e, toroa whakapai tangata’ (Huia (bird), your destiny is to bring everyone together; While yours, Albatross is but to adorn) (8 February 1893: 1).
The newspaper is described as an important step in the Kotahitanga (Maori Parliament) Movement: ‘He tikanga nui tenei ma tatou i roto ito tatou kotahitanga kia whiwhi tatou ite nupepa, hei whakatu, hei whaka marama, inga tikanga, i roto ito tatou, kotahitanga ... hei kanohi, hei reo, hei karere, mo tatou i runga ito tatou kotahitanga (ibid.: 1–2) (This is an important step for us, - for Te Kotahitanga, to have our own newspaper to set out and explain our movement's actions...to be our face, voice and messenger).
For further information about the newspaper, see P Parkinson and P Griffith, Books in Maori, (Auckland: Reed, 2004), S33, pp. 801–802. For comment on the significance of bird imagery in the context of this paper, see J McRae, ‘E Manu, Tena Koe!’ in Rere Atu, Taku Manu! edited by J Curnow, N Hopa and J McRae (Auckland: Auckland University Press, 2002), pp. 42–59 (pp. 48–49).
The National Library would like to thank Gail Dallimore for providing information used in essays about Maori newspapers.
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