NGA TOHUNGA MAORI.
I ME A Te Whanganui Herara; —Ko Wereta Tohunga, kei Pariroa, e tata ana ki Patea, e tinihanga ana i nga Maori whakapono noa o tenei takiwa. I tata pea lei te 500 nga maori i huihui mai, i kitea ai kei roto tonu i te pouritanga nga Maori o enei ra e oke ana. I tae he mihinare Weteriana kite karakia i nga akonga ate tohunga, he tikanga kaore i tika kite whakaaro a te ngakau. Ko te whakaaro o nga apotoro he whakapohehe i nga whakaaro o nga tangata, kia mahara he mana nui to ratou. I nga apotoro e mirimiri ana ka matakitaki ano nga minita na tetahi minita i whakapuaki te Manakitanga, i whakapiria ai te whakopono kite tikanga maori. He haere tonu te mahi a Wereta ratou ko ana apotoro, kite whakapau kai kite whakapau hoki i nga moni a nga tangata e whakapono ana ki a ratou, hei utu i o ratou haerenga no te mea he iwi atawhai te Maori. Na tetahi rangatira o Rangitikei he maha nga tana'paraoa e 20 e 30 ranei nga pooha titi, na etahi atu tangata he kai ano. Ka tukua enei mea hei tautoko i a Wereta ko o ratou whanaunga rawakore ka waiho kia mate kai ana, heoi ano te kai i etahi wa he taewa anake. E kiia ana £ l s° te moni a nga tangata o Putiki i pau i te whangainga i te ope a Wereta. Ko nga minita o te Rongo Pai i Pariroa kaore i whai kupu i whakahe ranei, no te mea ki ta ratou whakaaro kaore e tika. I tuhituhi tetahi pakeha o Raukokore, ko W. M. Swinton te ingoa, kite Opotiki Guardian, i mea :—Kua kaha rawa nga mahi tohunga i waenganui i Te Kaha me Waiapu, e mea ana au kia takahia tena mahi e nga tangata whai mana. Kua heke iho te whakapono o te Maori i to nga tau e 20 kua pahure nei. I whakapaea tetahi kaumatua raua ko tana wahine mo te makutu a peia ana kite ngahere ki reira mate atu ai i te hiakai. [E kiia ana i te hui i Pariroa i whakapangia tetahi minita o te Hahi o Ingarangi hei " apotoro." E kore e hohoro to matou whakapono ki tenei korero, kite ki ia ate tangata he tika tonu. Tera tenei korero e uiuia Tawai ai a Wereta i a matou mo te'kauwhau mo te moni, otira ko ia te he. I na koa i t'ono ia ki nga tangata e whakapono ana ki a ia kia tahuna kite ahi a ratou taonga nga patu pounamu, me era atu mea kite kore me hoatu ki a ia no te mea kite tohu tonu ratou i enei taonga ka mau tonu o ratou mate.—Etita.]
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 77, 1 July 1904, Page 10
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467NGA TOHUNGA MAORI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 77, 1 July 1904, Page 10
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