HEMI HENARE POPI.
I ME Aa \\ iremu Kupa i tana whai-korero i taia e matou i tera marama, e kore pea te Iwi Maori e kite i tetahi tino hoa mo ratou pera me Te Makarini. He tangata aTe Makarini i aroha kite maori, i whai ite pa mo te Maori. Kua ngaro atu ra aTe Maka-i rini ko tona ingoa kei te ora tonu i waenganui i te Iwi Maori, e whakamaharatia nei ki taua moni e tukua nei iia tau iia tau ki nga kura Maori. Kia mau tonu o tatou whakaaro kite aroha o Te Makarini, he tohu no te tangata tutua te wareware kite aroha ote tangata ki a ia. He tokomaha nga pakeha i aroha e aroha ana kite Iwi Maori, ko to ratou aroha ehara i te aroha o etahi pakeha i timata nei i runga ite karaihe waipiro. Ko tetahi o enei pakeha ko Hemi Henare Popi, kai-tirotiro o nga kura Maori. No toku itinga ano ite mea kaore ano kia mau noa ia au tetahi kupu pakeha ka rongo ahau ite ingoa ote Popi, ka kite hoki i a ia. Ahakoa he tangata taumaha, i manawanui i ngakau nui ki tana mahi; i haerea eia nga huarahi kino rawa. I runga i te ture ate kawanatanga kia whakamutua ta te Popi mahi ite mutunga o tenei tau. Kaati he puta ake no te ngakau aroha ki to tatou hoa i tuhituhi ai enei kupu torutoru nei. He kupu whakawhetai, he kupu tangi ki a ia. E mutu tana kopikopiko ki ona kainga maori a muri ake nei. E mutu tana kite i ona hoa maori i te mea ka haere mai te kaumatuatanga ka peehi i nga turi. Otira ahakoa ia ngaro atu tenei tona kohatu whakamaharatanga kua tu, ehara ite mea na te tangata i whakatu
engari nana ano, ara ko tana pukapuKa i tuhi nei “ko te Ora mo te Maori.” He iwi hohoro te maori kite whakaputa ite aroha, a, e kore hold pea e hohoro kite whakaputa i tetahi tohu aroha ki to tatou hoa ka wehea atuTei i a tatou. E kore pea e taea e nga komiti kura Maori, e nga Komiti Marae, te whakahaere tikanga hei hoko i tetahi taonga maori, hei tohu i te aroha o te iwi Maori katoa ki a te Popi. He whakaatu kau tenei ite whakaaro hei titiro ma koutou ete iwi. “He honore ki te tangata i tika ai te honore.”
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 70, 1 December 1903, Page 1
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412HEMI HENARE POPI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 70, 1 December 1903, Page 1
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