HE WAHINE TOA.
(Na Tipi-Whenua.) HURIA MATENGA. NA runga i nga korero o te pakarutanga o te Whakapai i panuitia e Te Pipiwharauroa i mua ake nei i whakaorangia ai tetahi o nga pakeha e Henare Kohere, ka ahu ake nga whakaaro mo Huria (Ngarongoa) Matenga me tana whakaoranga i nga tangata o tetahi kaipuke i pakaru ki Whakapuaka, he maha nga tau kua pahure ake nei. He wahine rangatira a Huria, he mokopuna na Te Puaho, he tangata rongo-nui ano hoki a Wi Parata (Te Kakakura) raua ko tona teina ko Hemi Matenga. I tae manuhiri au ki Whakapuaka ki te kainga o Hemi Matenga raua ko tana hoa—tetahi kainga ataahua. He whare nui to raua, kotahi tekau rga ruma, he hawini pakeha o raua, ko nga ritenga o te whare he tikanga pakeha katoa ; nga wahi o waho he pai katoa, te marae, nga kaari, nga wai, me nga tepara hoiho me nga paki ano he kainga no tetahi pakeha rangatira kaore he mea i ngaro atu. Ka tau tera ka haere maua ko taku hoa ki te haereere i te akau ; ka tae maua ki tetahi kohatu e kiia ana e te pakeha ko te “ Delaware Rock,” ko te “ Kohatu o Terawea. Me tataki ake e aunga korero o tenei kohatu : I nga ra o mua, i te marangai ka paea tetahi kaipuke ki uta, ko te Terawea te ingoa, i rere mai i Whakatu ki Nepia. I te ata ka kite atu nga Maori o Whakapuaka e paea ana taua kaipuke ka mohio ratou he mate , ka rere a Hemi Matenga, a Huria me tetahi atu ki tatahi, tokotoru ano ratou, ka matakitaki ki te kaipuke ra e akina ana e te ngaru me nga pakeha ano ki runga pupuri ai. Ka rere nga tane ki te moana ki te whakaora i aua pakeha, otira kore rawa i puta i te nui o te ngaru, heoi ka tu ka matakitaki. Katahi ano ka mea a Huria, “ Ko ahau e whakamatau ka rere ki te moana ka timata te whawhai kite ngaru. Ka tata mai te ngaru ka ruku ia ka pupuri ki te rimu ki te toka ; ka taha te ngaru ka puea ano ; i penei ia a tae noa ki te kaipuke. I te rironga mai o te taura i a ia ka herea ki tona tinana ka kau kite whenua. I tona unga ki uta, kua ngenge ia, kua mate katoa tona tinana i te kohatu te haehae. Ko te pito o te taura i herea e ratou kite kohatu na reira i kiia ai taua kohatu, ko te “ Kohatu o Terawea.” Na te taura i haria mai e Huria ki uta ka ora nga pakeha o te kaipuke, kotahi
ano te mea i mate he turoro i mate ai, he pungohetanga no te taura ka taka ki te moana toremi tonu atu. I whakawhiwhia a Huria kite metara tohu toa, i kiia hoki ia e te pakeha ko te “ Kerehi Taringi o Niu Tireni.” Ko Kerehi Taringi he wahine toa no Ingarangi, he tamahine na tetahi tangata kai tiaki ote whare-raiti. I pakaru tetahi kaipuke nui, a na Kerehi Taringi raua ko tana papa ka ora nga tangata o taua kaipuke. E tino whakamanamana ana ahau mo nga toanga o te Maori, i kitea ai he i\vi toa taua, he iwi rangatira.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 46, 1 December 1901, Page 5
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559HE WAHINE TOA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 46, 1 December 1901, Page 5
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