NGA KAUNIHERA MARAE OTE TAI-TOKERAU.
Ki Te Pipxwharauroa. "Til MANU, ten a koe! i te waenganui o S’ J tenei hotoke makariri, tukua atu enei korero ki ou marae e tae ai koe. Kua tae mai a Maui Pomare ki nga robe o te Kaunihera o Wairoa Noota, kua rite i a ia te wa bei hanga mo te whare hohipera mo tenei kaunihera, ko te rahi o te waahi e rua eka, ko te take tenei o tona tae iho. Tuarua, ko te tirotiro marae ano : No Mei 23, ka tae maua ki Mangakahia, he whenua tino waenganui tenei, tae tonu atu maua kaore i poto nga tangata, no Mei 24, ka tirotirohia e ia nga pa o aua iwi, e wha nga pa nunui, a ko te taima i hoatu e Pomare hei hanga \vhare mo elahi o aua iwi kotahi tau kei tenei marae i noho nei maua te whare hui nui atu o te pito whakarunga o Akarana. Kanui ano nga whare papai o aua iwi he mea kani ano e ratou nga papa. He nui te whai-korero a Pomare mo te ora mo te katoa, me nga mahi hoki a nga Kaunihera Marae, e wha hoki nga kaunihera kei enei iwi : ko Hokianga ko Tokerau ko Whangarei, me Wairoa. Heoi ko Wairoa Kaunihera anake e tirotiro i a ratou. No te Wenerei te 25 o Mei ka wehe
atu ia iaauki \\ hangarei kite tirotiro haere 1 reira. Ko tetahi mea nui i tukua atu ki a 1 omare e nga kaumatua o taua whenua ko tetahi kura mo a ratou tamariki ; whakaaetia ana e Pomare ko nga iwi o enei kainga e noho ana etahi ki runga ki nga tikanga kuare a nga tangata o te takiwa o Waikato, e haere iho nei ki enei waahi kauwhau ai i a ratou nei tikanga kuare. Ko aua tikanga he Poukai, tetahi ko nga kara a Mahuta, taku titiro he main whakararuraru noa iho, titiro hoki ko etahi tangata o roto o te Kaunihera o Whangarei i whakakeke ki tona kaunihera, hamunetia ana kite Pure nui, hinga iho taua rangatira a Henare Pauoho o Whatitiri. He penei ano tetahi take i roto i toku kaunihera he whakakeke ki te tono utu a te komiti marae, kotahi nei ano pauna, tena tukua atu ana ki te Pure nui te utunga e ono rawa pauna a taua nanakia i riro i tona whakahihi kite ture ate Komiti, he maha nga tangata e whakahawea ana ki enei ture. Heoi nei ra, kia ora taua ! Hariru ano hoki. Na to hoa i roto i te aroha nui, na Waaka te Huia. Piamana o te Kaunihera o Pe Wairoa.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 76, 1 June 1904, Page 3
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447NGA KAUNIHERA MARAE O TE TAI-TOKERAU. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 76, 1 June 1904, Page 3
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