RAROTONGA.
E kore e nui rawa nga korero mo Rarotonga inaianei, pera me te maha o nga korero mo Hamoa. Ki taku whakaaro he tino rite atu nga Maori o Rarotonga kia tatou, i nga Maori o Hamoa. Hei te wa pea e iti iho ai nga rarurafu ka rawaka ai nga korero mo te whenua o Kuini Makea. He Paremete ano to reira, he Maori katoa nga mema, a ko te mana o Ingarangi kei te tiaki i to ratou mana, na reira i tonoa ai he tangata e te Kawanatanga o konei, hei tohutohu i te Paremate o Raroto-
nga. Te tangata kei reira inaianei ko Kanara Katene, Kai-whakawa o Te Kooti Whenua Maori. I te kitenga o to tatou Kawana, o Rore Renewhare, i nga wahi katoa i Niu Tireni nei, ka eke ki runga i a te H.M.S. Mildura, he kaipuke whawhai, a rere ana ki Rarotonga. He nui te manaaki a tera iwi Maori i to tatou Kawana. I tu a ratou hakari, haka, waiata, me a ratou na ahuareka huhua. Ko etahi o nga Maori i whakarite i a ratou kite ngarara, kite ika, kite manu. Te pukorero nana i pohiri te Kawana ko tetahi tonu o nga tino rangatira. Ton a ingoa ko Taraare. Nui rawa to ratou koa i te taenga atu o te Kawana. nga kanohi o Kuini Wikitoria, kia kite i a ratou. He roa te whaikorero whakahoki a Rore Renewhare. Ko etahi enei o ana kupu : “ E hari ana ano hold ahau mo toku taenga mai ki nga moutere i heke mai ai nga tupuna o nga Maori o Niu Tireni, e rima ran tau kua pahure ake nei. I runga i to ratou whakawhitinga i te moana nui, ka paku to ratou rongo kite ao katoa, i runga i to ratou toa, i to ratou mohio ano hoki kite whakatere haere i o ratou waka. He mea tika kia ngahau ahau ki nga iwi Maori katoa o enei moutere huhua 0 te moana, no te mea kia mohio mai koutou ko ahau te Kawana o te iwi Maori nui atu i te ao nei, na reira hoki i pupu ake ai te hiahia i toku ngakau kia tino kite a-kanohi tonu ahau 1 te ahua o nga morehu i mahue iho ki muri nei, i te hekenga ki Niu Tireni ” No te tahi o nga ra o Hune ka marenatia a Hori Tupou te Tuarua, Kingi o Rarotonga, kia Pirinihehe Rawinia Kupu, te tamahine a te Tumuaki o nga Pirihimana. I te mea kahore ano kia mohiotia he hoa mo te Kingi kua whakariterite noa atu ia i nga mea mo te marenatanga, i nga kakahu, mete karau'na mo tana wahine, me nga kai hoki mo te hakari, mete keke mo te marena. I tono nga ariki o tona Paremete ko Pirinihehe Te Oha he hoa wahine mona, engari ko Rawinia ke te mea i mate nuitia e ia. He momo rangatira katoa aua wahine, otira ko Te Oha te tino rangatira. He ataahua ke atu ia i a Rawinia, i rite tana mau kahu ki ta te wahine pakeha. He aha rate take i kowhiria ai e te Kingi ko Rawinia hei Kuini mana; he hoa tapui pea no to raua taitamarikitanga mai ra ano ? Te marenatanga, ano he marenatanga no tetahi momo kingi pakeha. I tataingia te whare karakia kite putiputi kite kara. I te 11 o nga haora ka paku te pu-repo, he whakaatu kua maunu rriai te kingi i tona whare he whare nui he ataahua. I tomo ia ma te kuaha i whakaritea mona anake me ona whanau-
nga hoki. Tokorua nga tamariki pakupaku ki te hapai i tona koroka kingi, ko tetahi o ana tamariki hei kingi i muri iho i a Tupou. Nga kahu o te kingi he kahu apiha hoia, niii atu te kaha ote kanapatanga. Ko tona kara he rereke ano, he koura tetahi wahi. Ko tona papa tonu tona hoa, i tu ia ki tetahi taha o te torona. Ite tomokanga mai o'te kingi ka tangi te okena, he pakeha ki te whakatangitangi. No muri rawa ka tae mai a Rawinia, i tomo mai ma te tatau ote katoa. Na tona papa tonu ia i arahi mai. Te kakahu o Rawinia he hatene ma, tokoono nga tamariki wahine ki te hapai i tona arai. He mea whiriwhiri mai aua tamariki i nga wahi katoa o te kingitanga ; ko o ratou kakahu he hatene ma ano. He kakahu apiha hoia ano hoki o Kupu te papa o Rawinia. Ite mutunga ote marena ka arahina e te kingi a Rawinia ki tona torona, a i a Rawinia e koropiko ana i te aroaro ote kingi, ka potaea kite karauna, mete mea ano te kingi, “ Oku fahanofo ahoni Lavinia koe kuini 0 Toga. ” ( Ka whakanohoia e ahau akuanei ko Rawinia te kuini a Tonga. ) Ite putanga o te Kingi raua ko te Kuini ki waho o te whare karakia, ka whakatutu nga hoia, ka tangi te peene a te Kawanatanga, ka paku ano hoki te repo, he whakamihi, he whakanui ki a Hori Tupou 11, me Rawinia, Kingi, Kuini o Rarotonga.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 19, 1 September 1899, Page 4
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860RAROTONGA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 19, 1 September 1899, Page 4
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