HE PAREKURA NA TE HONI.
I NOHO tetahi kaumatua, i tata kite 100 ona tau, ko ia anake i tona kainga i Waitanui; ite mea ka whakaaro ia ka tata ona ra ka korero ki nga tangata o Te Hoe-a-Tainui, he kainga e tata ana ki Moriniwhira, kei te rerewe ki Rotorua, kia kaua e whakaaro ki tona matenga, mana ano- e rapu he urupa mona. No te Paraire te 25 o Aperira ka ngaro taua kaumatua i tona kainga katahi ka haere etahi tangata tokowaru kite ngahere kite kimi ite tinana o taua kaumatua, ki ta ratou whakaaro hoki kei roto pea i tetahi ana e takoto ana. Kimi noa ratou kore rawa i kitea, ka ahiahi ka pa rnai te mate kai, ka haere ratou kite whare ote kaumatua. Ito ratou mate kai ka huakina tetahi o nga pouaka pi a te kaumatua, ka kai ratou. Kotahi haora ote kainga atu ka pangia ratou ete mate. Tokotoru no taua po ano ka hemo, no te ata ka mate tokorua. E 24 haora o nga morehu tokotoru i takoto hemo ai ka hoki ake, mate katoa te arero o tetahi. Ko Matate, ko Hatara, ko Tumaivere, nga ingoa o etahi tokotoru i mate. He tino parekura tenei. E rua wiki ano i mua atu i tu he hakari ki Waitanui, i hari ai te tangata, i te Mane nei te 28 o nga ra he tangi, he aue, rangona ana mai i te macro mete hawhe. He tino tangata katoa enei i mate nei, he whai-whakaaro, he ahuwhenua. Kanui te mamae o te ngakau mo tenei aitua. Hei nga whanaunga ta matou tangi—Tena koutou i to tatou mate. Ko te take i mate ai enei tangata he paihana etahi o nga puawai i hangaia ai e te pi nga miere. E toru nga rakau he wai mate kei roto i nga puawai, he wharangi, he puawananga, he waoriki. Engari kite pau te rua marama o te hanganga o te miere ka ngaro te rongoa mate. He marama kino tonu enei mo te kai miere. I etahi tau kua pahure nei i mate ano etahi tamariki tokotoru ki Matata i te kainga miere ; ko Te Teira, ko Te Ngarara, ko Teri nga ingoa. Ito ratou haerenga kite whakangau poaka ka tuponq ratou ki tetahi rakau pi. Kihai i roa to ratou kainga i te miere ka pangia ratou ete mate. I hohoro tonu ta ratou haere kite g,wa kite inu kite kaukau ; tokorua i tino mate rawa i takoto tonu kite taha o te awa. “I a tatou ano e ora ana kei waenganui tatou i te mate.” [ I tae mai te reta a Mata Pakaea o Woodland, he whakaatu mai i tenei aitua. Ki a ia 10 nga tangata. Kia ora, koe, ete hoa.— Etita.]
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 52, 1 June 1902, Page 8
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466HE PAREKURA NA TE HONI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 52, 1 June 1902, Page 8
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