HE URI TANGATA.
Ki te Etita o Te Pipiwharauroa. EHOA tena koe, te kai whakahaere i te taonga o te motu, heoi te mihi. He inoi atu tenei ki a koe, he hiahia noku kia tukua enei kupu e whai ake nei ki roto i Te Pipe Koia tenei. I nga wa o mua atu ite tau 1840 tera tetahi wahine no Ngatiporru, ko Kapuaiterangi tana ingoa. I te tau 1842101 tae mai tetahi pakeha rangatira ko te Tapihana kite Rawhiti nei, ara ki te kawe mai i nga mea kaha mo te whawhai, ki nga rangatira ; ka whakaaro a Te Houkamau me tona iwi mo te pai o te rangatira nei, ka tapaea he wahine, ka mea a te Tapihana, “ Mehernea kaore aku wahine me aku tamariki tera e mauria c au enei wahine, ko tenei me man e au ko te kotiro nei ara ko Kapuaiterangi hei manaaki i aku tamariki.” Ko tenei wahine hei tuahinekia Iharaira Porourangi, kiaTe Houkamau, kia Mangapouri, 1 runga i te tatai o nga tupuna 1 puta mai ai tenei hanga ate rangatira. Na ka riro atu te wahine nei, ka ngaro te korero mona ; haere nei tae mai ki te tau 1900, ka tae mai te uri o te wahine nei ki toku kainga ki te Kawakawa nei, raua ko Hohepa Karapaina. Ka whakaatu ia iaia he tamaiti na Kapuaiterangi; ka cho nga morehu kaumatua ka whakaatutia ona hangaitanga, ko Wiki Matauru, Piniha Tamauahi, Koroneho, Hati Houkamau, me au hoki, ara tenei ingoa hapu o roto o Waiapu, te Whanau-a-Mahaki. Ko te ingoa o tangata nei ko lhaka M. Te Warm I panuitia ai e au te lei korero he mea kia marama ai te taha kite matua tane o tenei tangata he tino tangata ki to matou nei taha, ko te ahua tera o te take i tukua atu ai tona koka kite korero a o matou nei koeke ; kia penei hoki te ahua o nga uri a Porourangi i riro i nga wa o mua, te marama. Heoi Kia ora koutou katoa. Na to koutou hoa, Hoki Maii:k. Te Araroa, Waiapu.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 44, 1 October 1901, Page 9
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351HE URI TANGATA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 44, 1 October 1901, Page 9
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