HE TANGATA TOA.
I muri mai ka tiakina tonntia te Puke o Niu Tireni kei tangohia e te Poa, i tukua hoki taua mahi ma etalii heia o Ingarangi me etahi o Niu Tireni. He roa e ngaro ana, ka awangawanga a Meiha Ropini ki etahi o ona tangata, ka tonoa hoki a Kapene Matoka Ida haere kite mataki. Rokohanga atu e puhia ana e te Poa. Ko nga apiha katoa o te ope o Ingarangi kua matemate, ko nga hoia e noho raruraru ana, e pokaikaha noa iho ana. I te kitenga mai o te Poa, katahi ka haere mai te kokiri. I huna te haerenga mai o te kokiri i raro i te tangi a te pu a te repo. I te taenga atu o Kapene Matoka kua eke rawa te kokiri a te Pea kei runga i nga parepare. Katahi ka pa te karanga a Kapene Matoka kite ope o ingarangi:—“ Whakamau pencil, kokiri!" Ka tika te haere a te kokiri a te ope o Ingarangi ka oma a Kapene Matoka kite karanga i tana ake ope. I a ia e oma ana ko tana karanga tenei “ Niu Tireni e ... awhina !" Ina noa ake na tu ana a Rewheteneti Hiu ( o Nepia) i tona taha, me Konore raua ko Kauri. Te kapohanga iho a Kapene Matoka i te pu a tetahi hoia taotu, ka kokiritia e Niu Tireni, ko te tokowha tonu nei ki mua rere haere ai. Kihai i roa kua hinga a Kauri; e rima iari i ko tata atu ka hinga a Konore, mataotao rawa. Hei aha ma Kapene Matoka rauako tona Rewheteneti, ka rere haere tonu i mua, me Niu Tireni ano ki muri whai atu ai. Ko te Poa anake te hinga
ana, tena ko nga maia nei ano he raiona. Te mo tatanga o nga autaia nei kite ope ate Foa ehara kua kite rawa ake te apiha o te Poa i a i\apene Mat oka, kua whakatikaia atu tana pu. Korerawaa Kapene Matoka i whai taima hei whakaarotanga hei whakarewanga ranei i tana pu, katahi ka uakina tonutia atu ko te raparapa 0 tana pu. Tu ana te potae o Kapene Matoka, kotahi inihi ki runga ake o tona niahunga, otira ko te apiha o te Poa haruru ana te taunga ki rare, wharoro ana i te whemia. Ka vla P te Poa, ka oma i te heketanga, me Kapene Matoka ano ki muri tata whai haere ai. Ite paunga o ana kariri ka man kite kohatu hei patu haere i te Poa. Ko Rewheteneti Min i hoki kite tiaki i a Kauri kua hinga ra. Ko te oranga tenei o te “ Puke o Xiu Tireni ” ko te tiahotanga hoki o “ Kapene Ala/oka te ton." E ki ana te tangata naana enei korero i tuku mai i te puni o Tianara Piriti, kaore rawa atu ia i inohio kite take i ora ai a Kapene Matoka raua ko tana Rewheteneti. Ko te ahua o Kapene Matoka i a ia e whawhai ana i rite ki tetahi tangata porangi. I te Poa e oma ana kei te pupuhi tonu mai i a ratou pa, kei te tangi tonu mai nga repo. _ i mini iho i te tanumanga o Konore raua ko Kauri, ka karangatia e Tianara Piriti nga hoia katoa o Niu Tireni, ka puta hoki tana kupu whakamihi mo te ope a Niu Tireni, mete whakapai ano ki a Kapene Matoka. I mea ia “ Ahakoa kua tae taku whakamihi mo koutcu ki a Tianara Rapata, otira ka tuaruatia ano taku whakaatu ki a ia i to koutou toa.” Hei whakahonore ki a Kapene Matoka ka huaina lie ingca mo tetahi pito o te Puke 0 Xiu Tireni ko te “ Puke o Matoka.” Tera tenei tangata e tino whakanuia. Kei te whakaarotia tera pea te ope a Niu Tireni e kawea ki Ingarangi i muri o te whawhai. He tino whakaaroha te matenga o Konore raua ko Kauri. Na Meiha Ropini tonu i nehu. 1 a Kauri e whakahemohemo ana, e porangi ana, ka whakahauhau ano ia i ana hoia, he Tariana hoki ia. I puta ano ana kupu mo ona matua ite wa kainga. I pohehe pea kei te kainga ia, katahi ka karanga lei tona papa ki tona whaea, i runga tonu hoki o raua ingoa i ona ngutu i tona matenga. I te tirohanga i te koti o Kauri, ka kitea e rua nga reta i roto engari i kino katoa i te toto. Ko tetahi o aua reta ki tona whaea, ko tetahi ki tana whaiaipo. Ko te reta ki tona whaiaipo i tu i te mata. Tena te tamahine ate tangata te tangi aurere na ! ( lie mea whakamaori mai i tc Auckland Weekly News.)
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 25, 1 March 1900, Page 11
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