TE KOTAHITANGA O TE AUTE.
Mahi Hawini ma nga Kotiro Maori. IRUNGA i te ui a Rev. F. W. Tiatene, ki a Te Kitohi, minita eteriana, mehemea he kotiro Maori kei Akarana e mahi hawini ana, ka tuhia mai e Te Kitohi tenei reta:— E hoa,tena koa, He tokomahanga kotiro Maori, awhekaihe kei Akarana nei e mahi hawini ana kite pakeha. Ko to ratou nuinga he momo rangatira; no ratou ano te hiahia kite haere mai kite taone, kia whiwhi moni ai ratou, kia
ako ai hoki ki nga tikanga a nga pakeha rangatira. Ka nui toku whakamanamana ki te whakaatu atu i te nui o to ratou pai, a, mehemea i penei atu ano te tokomaha o nga kotiro e whiwhi katoa ratou i te mahi ko ta matou whai he whakanoho i a ratou ki nga kainga o nga tangata whakapono, a, na konei i kitea ai te pai. Kahore ano kia tuhituhia e matou he ture, engari e whakaturia ana e matou he kotahitanga, ka hanga ai he tore, ko Mrs. Geddes hei tumuaki wahine. He wahine rangatira tenei ki tona taha Maori, he tamahine na Wiremu Webster o Hokianga. Na tona aroha ki tona iwi i ngakau nui ai ia ki tenei mahi. He Perepitiana tona Hahi, engari e aroha ana ia kite hunga katoa e aroha pono ana kite Ariki. Ko te Hahi o nga kotiro nei he Ingarangi he Weteriana engari haere ai ratou kite Kura Ratapu a Mrs. Geddes a whakaakona ai ratou eiaki te waiata. Hei nga Ratapu ka haere ratou ki o ratou nei karakia ano. Kotahi to ratou huihuinga ite marama ite whare o Mrs. Geddes kite ngahau kite waiata. Kite pa he mate he aha ranei ki tetahi o ratou ka mauria mai ki to ratou hoa aroha—he whaea pono ia ki a ratou. Kite hiahia ratou kite haere he rangatira ke kaui rawa ki a ia, kia pangia ranei e te mate ka haere mai ki tona whare takoto ai, tiakina ai, arohaina ai. Ko etahi enei o nga ture : Ma nga matua rawa e whakaae ka tika ai te haere mai o e kotiro kite taone ;me hono tonu ta ratou tuhituhi ki o ratou matua ; me whakarongo tonu ratou ki nga kupu a o ratou rangatira ; me pupuri i nga ture o ratou whare noho, a, me hoki kite kainga i nga haora i whakaritea; kaua rawa e ngaro ite po mehemea kahore he hoa ; me tuhituhi tonu e ratou he kaute mo a ratou moni, i whakawhiwhia ratou kite pukapuka kaute hei tuhinga mo aua hokohoko ; kaua rawa e nama. E whakaakona ana ratou kia whakaaro ki a ratou ano, a, kia kaua e mea kua tutua ratou i to ratou rapunga oranga mo ratou ano. . K’oia nei te whakarapopototanga o a matou ture; e ata whakamaramatia enei ture kite iwi pakeha. Ko te tumanako o te ngakau kia whai hua nga hahi i tenei tan. Ka nui te hari o te ngakau i le piki haere tonu o te whakaaro o te pakeha kite Iwi Maori. Kia ora koe. Na to hoa aroha, Wiremu te Kitohi. Devonport, Akarana.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 114, 1 September 1907, Page 2
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524TE KOTAHITANGA O TE AUTE. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 114, 1 September 1907, Page 2
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