HE KUPU RUA RUA MOTE MOREHU IWI METE PITO PITO ONE ONE.

Reo ote Hokowhitu-a-Tu, Issue 1, 15 November 1919, Page 3

HE KUPU RUA RUA MOTE MOREHU IWI METE PITO PITO ONE ONE.

Kua mutu te pakanga kua tau te rangimarie. Kua whakarongo nga iwi ote ao ite ahua ote mamae i pa ki aia. Kote hunga i riro ia ratou te kororia tanga, kua tahuri kite whakawhaiti kite tui tui mete hanga i ona tikanga, kite whakapai i tona whare, mete whakahaere inga tikanga hei painga mote hunga i hoki mai ite marae ote parekura mete mura ote ahi. Keite hanga tena iwi tena iwi inga tikanga hei kaupapa turanga waewae mona i roto inga tau maha e tu mai nei i mua ote aro aro. I roto i enei tu whakahaere mahi katoa kote maori tetahi iwi kaite taka ki raro i aua whakaritenga. No reira ete iwi, ki taku whakaaro he mea tika kia whai waahi ano tatou, ki roto ite ata

■ whaka tau tau nga onga ture e hanga mai nei mo tatou i tenei ra. He wa hou tenei, he mutunga parekura, no reira he ::ui tui-he rauhi ite morehu tangata mete pito oneone te mahi i tenei ra. Ehoa ma e hara ite mea nate man 0 Ingarangi ki tana ahua whaka takoto ture onamata, 1 kiia a ■ k --i-i te iwi mana nui ote ao, kaore, na tana rnohio kite hanga ite ture e tau ana mote tahi mahi, tikanga ranei i puta tata mai. Kua homai ete Kaihanga tenei wa her ra mahinga mo tena iwi mote na iwi i ona ritenga, waihoki kcte wa tika tenei hei rapunga mo tatou i etahi huarahi, hei whakamama ake inga mate e kite tonu iho nei tatou kaite nui haere mai ano hoki ki runga kinga mate tuatahi kua kaupapa iho nei ki runga kio tatou toenga whenua. E rua nga mate kai runga io tatou whenua i tenei ra. Konga mate onga tau maha kua hori nei, menga mate kai mua tonu io tatou aro aro etu mai ana i neianei. Ki toku mahara ko nga mate kai mua tonu o tatou hei ata tiro tiro ma tatou ite tuatahi. Me pewhea e ora ai aua mate, kotahi te kupu whakahoki mo tenei patai, me tone kite Pareniata kia paahi tia he ture kia “ whakamutungia te hoko ate tangat i maori i ona whenua. ” Kaite whaka aro tia e tahi onga tamariki ote Ropu ote Hokowhitu-a-tu, kia karanga tia tetahi hui i mua o te ra pootitanga onga mema mote Paremata, hei ata whiri whiringa ,i tenei take nui. •

HEOIANO,

Nate Etita.