HE TIKANGA KINO.
He kupu ruarua nei hei apiti i te whaikorero a taku. kai-whakaako aTe Tatana. Ko tetahi tikanga tino kino a te Maori, ko te korero whakarihariha ko te whawha ote kupu o te korero ki nga wahi ngaro o te tangata. E rua nga wehewehenga o te iwi pakeha ko te wehenga rangatira, ko te wehenga ware. Kite reo weriweri te tangata rangatira ka whakawarengia ia, ka uru ki te wehenga tuarua. Tena ko te Maori, kaore e whakawarengia nga tangata reo weriweri. Ko o tatou rangatira tonu etahi tangata reo paru atu. Engari ano te kuri he pai kaore hoki e mohio kite korero kino. E te iwi tahia nga ngakau me nga ngutu “ whakarerea . . . . te korero kino, te korero whakarihariha, i roto i o koutou mangai.” E hiahia ana ano te ngakau kite whakaputa i etahi kupu mo nga tamariki wahine, nga putiputi o te ao ara mo te whakahaere he o ratou matua i a ratou. Me waiho pea kia kitea ra he etita wahine mo “ Te Pipi ” man a e korero nga kupu tohutohu mo tona hapu. Tetahi tikanga kino a te Maori ko te whakamoe i a ratou tamariki, kahore nei he aroha 0 tetahi ki tetahi. He tikanga tino kino tenei, me takahi rawa ki raro. Na tenei tikanga i tino nui ai nga wahine me nga tane mahue, me era atu kino ; i nui ai hoki nga tamariki poriro. Kia pera te tikanga me ta te kingi o Rarotonga 1 tohea e ia ko tana i aroha ai, ahakoa tohe tona iwi he wahine ke mana. Kei te kino tonu tona iwi ki a ia inaianei, kei te tawai i tona wahine otira ko ta tona ngakau tera i mate nui ai. Ki ta matou korero tuatahi ehara a Kuini Rawinia i te wahine ataahua te kanohi; no tona whakaahua o muri nei i kite ai matou he wahine ataahua tonu ia ua ana. Ko te he tenei o te tangata, ko te hohoro o te kupu whakahe, hei muri ka kitea he tika tonu ia te mea i whakahetia ra. Te Pipimhavauroa.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 19, 1 September 1899, Page 4
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353HE TIKANGA KINO. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 19, 1 September 1899, Page 4
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