HE RETA KI A ANARU KANEKI.
Whanganui-a-Tara, Poneke, Niu Tirani, Noema 1901. Ki a Anaru Kaneki, kei rawahi o te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. E Pa, TENA koe. Tenei matou etahi o nga rangatira Maori o nga moutere o Aotearoa mete Waipounamu, e noho nei i raro ite maru o Ingarangi, ka mea kite whakatata atu ki a koe. E wehi ana i te hanga he tauhou matou. Otira na o rongo kua hau mai ki enei wahi, na te mamae nui kua pa mai ki a matou, i hono ai te whakaaro ka whakamanawa atu ko koe hei taunga atu mo tetahi kupu. Tenei pea kie kua rongo i tetahi iwi iti kei roto ite ao e noho ana, ara ko te Maori; e noho tahi nei ratou ko nga pakeha i Niu Tireni. He iwi tenei kei roto i te kuaretanga e noho ana, e whai ana kia whiwhi ki nga matauranga o te pakeha, hei tieki i te ora mo nga tinana, hei ako kia matau ki nga mahi whai hua a te ringa mete hinengaro. He mea tena kua kitea nuitia eto matou rvhakatupuranga. Otira i te uaua o nga huarahi e hikoi atu ai kite whanuitanga o tera tikanga, kei te purua mai o matou mahara, me nga hiahia ki a tu he kura hei whakaako i a matou kotiro, hei ako i nga mea tane ki nga mahi a ringa, hei hora nui ki to matou iwi i te maramntanga ki nga tini taonga a te pakeha. I roto i tena ka tuki mai nga rongo o tou whakaaro nui ki nga tikanga penei i tou moutere e noho mai na, to ngakau nui kite tautoko i aua tu mahi, me tau whakapau i ou rawa, i kimihia ai e tou tinana e tou hinengaro a i whakawhiwhia nuitia ki a koe, hei whakakaha ake i nga whare whakawhaititanga o nga tini matauranga o nga iwi nunui o te ao. Koia matou i tuhi atu ai kiahurihia peneitia mai ou kanohi me tou ngakau ki ta matou karanga; kia manaakitia hoki e koe to ratou hiahia nni, kia hopukia te ora mo to ratou iwi. Heoi. Kia ora tonu koe. Na Wi Pere Hone Here Apirana T. Ngata Heuheu Turing Patene Kerehi
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 46, 1 December 1901, Page 6
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375HE RETA KI A ANARU KANEKI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 46, 1 December 1901, Page 6
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