TE MANA O INGARANGI.
I te karaunatanga o te kuini ka hoatu kia ia tetahi Paipera, mete ki atu ano o te Atipihopa o Kanatipere, “ Ina te mea nui atu i te ao katoa ka hoatu nei kia koe.” . A mehemea kite ui tetahi tangata kite kuini
ite mea i rahi ai a Ingarangi, tera ia e whakahoki mai “Ko te Paipera.” I te hakari a nga tangata o Kihipane hei whakanuinga mo te taenga mai o te Kawana ki to ratou kainga, he nui nga tangata i tu kite whaikorero. I puta ng.i korero mo te nui mete ka’-a o Ingarangi. I taua hakari te kapene o tetahi manuao me ona apiha, me te Kanara hoki o nga hoia katoa o Niu Tireni. Ite whaikorero ate Kawana, ara a Rore Renewhare (Ranfurly) i penei etahi ona kupu, He nui nga kupu i puta* mo nga hoia ? mo nga kaipuke whawhai, mete moni, hei whakanui i te mana o Ingarangi. Otira kei te hoki whakamuri aku whakaaro mo tetahi tangata (ko te kuini taua targata) i ina, mehemea ko te aha te mea nana i hapai te Ingirihi ki runga rawa. Ko tana whakahoki peto tenei “Ko te Paipera.’’ He tika ano, na nga mahi, mahi whenua, mahi taonga, na reira i piki ai te mana o Ingarangi, otira ehara i enei anake i nui ai to tatou mana, ehari hoki i te mea ma enei anake e tuturu tonu ai to tatou mana i runga i nga mana katoa, engari ma te pono, ma te tika, ma te whakapono, ma te tapu, tapiritia atu ki enei ko te aroha ki to tatou kuini hei whakapawera i nga toto o te Ingirihi, ma tenei ra e pumau tonu ai te nui, te rahi o to tatou mana i te ao katoa.”
Kaore te kawana i wehi kite whakaputa i tona whakaaro mo te Whakapono. I rereke te nuinga o te rangatira Maori Pau katoa atu te nuinga o ratou whakaaro mo te korero whenua, me nga korero Paremete. Kaore au i te whakaparahako ki enei korero, engari ko te taha kite wairua i te tuatahi, ara kia penei te tutira ; (1) Wairua, (2) tinana, (8) hinengaro. Ko te tangata i te tuatahi hei npiri noa atu te whenua i hangaia te whenua mo te tangata, ehara i te mea ko te tangata i hangaia mo te whenua. Ehara hoki i te mea, na te he o nga ture whenua i ngaro haere ai tenei iwi te Maori, engari na te kuare ki nga ture o te oranga mo te tinana. No tenei ahiahi ano i korero ai maua ko tetahi rangatira Maori. Mohio atu ia ki nga korero Paremete, engari ko te taha whakapono, e ki ana ia he mohio ia ki nga Karaipiture, kite whakapono, na reira e kore e nui ona whakaaro mo era mea. Nona matua te whakapono iho a tae mai kia ia. He tangata whakapono ranei taua angata he tangata tinihanga ranei. Mehemea he tangata whakapono e kore pea e pera ona kupu. Kia mohio tatou eaku hoa,
ko te whakapono ehara i te mohio ki nga Karaipiture, ki nga himene, ki nga inoi ranei, engari ko te tahuritanga o te ngakau i runga ite mamae mo nga hara, kite Atua marunga atu i a Te Karaiti. Kia matau hoki tatou e kore tatou e ora i te Whakapono o tatou matua. Heoi ano te mea e tau iho ki runga i a tatou ko o ratou hara anake. Kei te mana tonu nga kupu ate Karaiti i mea ra ia “ Engari matua rapua te rangatiratanga o Te Atua, me ana mea tika ; a ka tapiritia mai enei mea katoa ma koutou,” (Matiu 6.33) ara nga mea hei oranga mo te tinana. Kite nuinga ote tangata ko nga mea mo te tinana i te tuatahi, a hei muri atu pea ko nga mea mo te wairua, kore noa ranei. I mate noa te tangata ! ite he kite takahi i nga kupu tapu a te Atua ! Reweti T. Kohere.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 14, 1 April 1899, Page 6
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673TE MANA O INGARANGI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 14, 1 April 1899, Page 6
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