TE RIPEKA WHERO.
Kite haere te ope kite whawhai, ko te tino whakaaro ko te patu tangata. I pataia e tioani Paraiti (John Bright), “He aha te vVhawhai?” Naana ano i whakahoki tana patai. I mea ia “ Ki taku whakaaro, he hawhe 0 nga tangata e korerorero ana mo te whawhai kaore i te mohio he aha te whawhai. Kite whakapotoa te whakahoki ka penei:— Ko te hpihuinga, ko te tutatakitanga o nga wehi katoa, o nga kino, o nga kohuru, o nga mamaetanga e taea e te tangata i tenei ao.” He kino te whawhai, engari ra he kino atu te whaka-taurekarekatia, te whakamamae-ro-atia o te tangata e nga ture kino. E hau mai nei nga rongo o te rau o te patu 1 Awherika. Ko te hinga anake, ko te mate ■ te tangata te tino korero e taria ana e te taringa. Haere ana nga ope patu tangata ki whawhai haere ana ano hoki te ope whakaora i te tangata — whakaora, tiaki i nga turoro, i nga taotu —te ope e huaina nei ko te Ripeka Whero ( Red Cross). Te hoari a tenei ope he maripi Lei tapatapahi i te mate, hei tango i te mata, hei tapahi ite ringa ite waewae ranei; ta ratou na paura he rongoa; ta ratou na haki ko te Ripeka Whero ko te ripeka ote Ka):>iti; nga apiha o tenei ope he takuta; nga hoia he wahine —he wahine tiaki turoro no nga hohipera. E tohungia ana tenei iwi me 0 ratou taonga katoa kite ripeka whero. Ko 1 ga takuta, me nga wahine e whakapiria ana te ripeka whero ki o ratau kakahu. Ka ahei ratou kite haere ki nga wahi katoa ote whenua ote whawhai; kite kitea te ripeka whero i runga i a ratau e kore rawa tetahi tangata e tika kia pa atu te ringa ki a ratou. He tima ano o ratau, he tereina, he teneti hei hohipera, he wakena hei hari turoro ; e tohungia katoatia a; aki te ripeka whero. Ite mutunga iho o nga pakanga ka haere a ratou wakena kite kohikohi i nga taotu, ka mau mai ki roto i 0 ratau teneti rongoa ai, whaka-hemohemo ai ranei. Kite tupono mai he taotu no te hoa riri e kore e kapea. I etahi wa ka te utaina 1 ga taotu ki runga i a ratou tereina ka mauria mai i te tuawhenua kite tahatai kia mauria e nga tima ki nga tino hohipera i nga taone nunui, ki Ingarangi rawa ranei. Nui atu te Ope Ripeka Whero kei Taranawaara inaianei, no Ingarangi, no Amerika, no Ahitereiria. He tokomaha nga wahine o Niu Tireni nei kua uru kei roto o taua ope. Tetahi wahine kei Taranawaara inaianei he tino rangatira no Ingarangi.
He tokomaha o te ope o te Ripeka Whero kua mate i tenei whawhai. Ki nga iwi rangatira he mea tapu rawa '.e Ripeka Whero, tena kite Poa e takahia ana. I tetahi takuta e titiro ana kite mate o tetahi Poa taotu, ka puhia ake ete Poa, mate rawa. I etahi wa ka mau te Poa kite Ripeka Whero hei tinihanga kia kore ai e puhia. He iwi tutua. He whakaatu noa tenei kia mohio ai te Iwi Maori ko nga ope e haere ana ki Taranawaara ehara i te mea mo te patu tangata anake, engari he ope ano mo te whakaora tangata ara ko te ope ote Ripeka Whero. Ete pakeha ! Ete pakeha! Na wai hoki te patu, na 7 ai hoki te whakaora! R. T. M. K.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 25, 1 March 1900, Page 8
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588TE RIPEKA WHERO. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 25, 1 March 1900, Page 8
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