HUI O TE KUITI.
NO te Hatarei te 9 o Hepetema, i te 10 o i]a haora ka tuhera te hui. Kupu tuatahi, he mihi mo ga mate aitua; tuarua, he mihi Id ga morehu o te motu nei; tuatoru, ko •te kupu o te ra ko ia tenei taua kupu te motini tuatahi:— " E kotahi ana te \hakaaro a tenei hui, kua tae tenei kite \va e tika ana kia \hakapaua te \hakaaro o ga iwi Maori katoa o ga motu nei, kite \hakakotahi i a ratou ki ruga ki letahi tikaga tapu, i ruga i te kaupapa o te Maoritaga motuhake, kaore nei ona tikaga e taupatupatu, kite Ture ki ga hahi ranei mega tikaga motuhake o ia iwi o ia iwi." Heoi enei kupu, kua pahitia e te hui. Motini tuarua: —" He pooti i te Komiti mo te Iwi Maori o ga motu nei, hei pou herega mo ga tikaga e otiia Ta Timi Kara raua ko Mahuta kua pooti te hui i enei tagata ko ia tenei: Te Honore A. T. Data, Melba H. R. Taihoa Tunuiaragi, Te Kahu Pukoro, Hira Te Kakakura, Rere Nikitini, Hue Te Huri, Tutaga Tahuata, Takuta Pomare, Pepene Eketone, Taui Wetere, Hekemaru Mataitaua, Otene Haora, Eruera Te Kahu, \Harara, Taira Kima, Te Radiiti, Tavhirimatea." Heoi, te 19 kei te tuhera kite \hakauru i etahi, kua pahitia enei e te hui o te iwi. Motini tuatoru:— " Ko te tikaga i oti i tenei hui me tuku atu ki ga tihi kia Ta Timi Kara, ara, raua ko te Ariki Mahuta, ma raua e \hakaoti he kaupapa hei paiga mo ga Iwi Maori e man ai te mana Maori te pupuri." Heoi paahitia ana e te hui o te iwi. Heoi tukua ana kia Ta Timi Kara i te 12 o ga haora o te po ka tu a Ta Timi Kara ka mihi ki ga iwi, ka mutu ga kupu mihi ka diakapai ki ga take o te hui a te iwi ka raea maua ko taku tamaiti ko Mahuta e ko\hiri tetahi ropu mo maua hei diakahaere, i te kaupapa mo enei take ka otiia maua ka Ahakatakoto kite iwi ka marama i te iwi, ma te iwi e \hakamau ki ga tagata kua ko\hiria nei hei pou, ma ratou ki o ratou iwi i ga motu nei. Heoi enei kupu ka timata te poroporoaki, i te 2 o ga haora ka haere mai ki Poneke. Ega iwi he kupu mihi naku kia ora, i roto i o tatou aitua maha, e ai te kupu Ahakarite, nana i homai nana i tago atu, kia diakapaigia tona igoa te rua o ga kupu, nui tagata e heke ana Id te po, iti tagata i mahue ake kite ao,
manaakitia rauhitia, no konei ahau ka mahara ake kite oti enei kupu kua tuhia i ruga ake nei ka rite kite kupu nei, me rauhi ga morehu o te_ iAvi ki ga mahi pai mo te tinana, mete Wairua. Heoi enei kupu, ko ahau i tae kite hui a Maniapoto, he nui te pai o taua hui me te nui ote tagata oga AAahi katoa, ki taku titiro kai te eke kite mano te kaute, te pai o te Ahare ote hui, mete pai ote Ahare kaiga o ga iwi he teneti, kaore he huarahi mai mo ga mate e kiia nei ma te hui e taki mai ga piwa, ga reAhare\ha, tau ana te ragimarie ki ruga ki ga iwi i haere mai, mete honore kia Maniapoto. E te Ariki kia noho nui ton Wairua Tapu ki roto ki ga iwi katoa, amine. Na Timi Tuxuiakaxgi. —No Te Puke ki Hikurangi.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 161, 1 September 1911, Page 7
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608HUI O TE KUITI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 161, 1 September 1911, Page 7
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