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He Mihi Kia, Waikato.

Kua tata tenei te Kirihimete e puta atu ai te mihi a tena ki tona boa ki tona boa,. Kei roio ra tatou i te wa e puta atu ai nga mihi nunui o te tan a tetahi ki tetahi i runga i te ngakau koa mo nga manaakitanga i puta ki runga i te taha tinana mete (aha wairua o te tangata. Kaati i runga i nga mahara mihi ki nga iwi o te motu ko Waikato tetahi iwi e nui ana te toko nke o te ngakau mihi mo nga ahuatanga o nga tupuna me te iwi kua weheki te po i runga ra i a ratou nei wawatatanga kia pera kia penei ranei te whakahaere i a ratou mo te taha tangata mete mana kite whenua me te taha wairua Kua ngaro atu ra ratou nga kaumatua o Waikato, a Potataumete nuinga o ratou ma, penei ano hoki me o Heretaunga nei ara a Karaitiana Takamoana, a Henare Tomoana aTe Uamairangi nga tangata i torotoro atu i a koe e Waikato i nga ra o mua. Kua ngaro hoki a Te Whiti me Tohu-kakahi e kiia ana i era nga ra no roto i nga “whare Whakakeke,” Ko tona tikanga ra tenei ko nga whakaaro i maharatia e te iwi kia hui atu ranei ki te whakahaere a te iwi Pakeha kia noho tonu ranei i runga ita te Maori whakahaere me te mana Maori. I roto i enei ra kua ngaro atu ratou no reira i puta ake ai te whakaaro kia ratou ma i kaha nei ki te rapu i nga tikanga e piki ai e man ai ranei te mana ote Maori. Ko koe ra tenei e Waikato i roto i nga ra o te maramatanga tenei koe te kawe nei i ton kaha ko koe anake i runga ano ra i tau me on matauranga nunui i kite iho ai me pena koe. Na konei ka nui atu te tangi atu kia koe i roto i tenei hurihanga o te tau, i te mea ka paarea ake te tau tawhito me ona ahuatanga katoa ki murk koia te mihi atu kia koe te tangi atu kia koe “Kia Ora i roto i tenei Kirihimete, kia puta hoki he manaakitanga nui kia koe i roto ite Tau Hou e heke iho nei.” Ahakoa ra enei mihi kia koe ko te patai kei te ngakau e whai ake ana. “Me pehea ra ahau e whai koha ai kia koe Waikato Ko taku tumanako kia tu ahau hei Toa awhina iou Toa Takitini kite toha haere i nga mahara maha kei te ngakau e tuhi ana mo nga tikanga whaka-te tangata me nga tikanga whaka-te wairua, ahakoa tikanga Maori tikanga pakeha ranei e whariki atu ana ahau kiou marae katoa e Waikato hei reo mou ki nga

tikanga katoa e whakaarotia ana e koe. Kei te mihi atu kia koe e paihere mai na koe i te mana tangata ite mana o tupuna i waiho iho ai kia koe. Paiheretia i runga ite whakapono, kia u. Ko te rua tenei o nga Kirihimete e takahia aha e ahau to marae na reira i tika ai te mihi kia koe“Meri Kirihimete, Hapi Nuia.” Na to pononga iti rawa “Te Toa Takitini.”

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Bibliographic details

Toa Takitini, Issue 17, 1 December 1922, Page 10

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He Mihi Kia, Waikato. Toa Takitini, Issue 17, 1 December 1922, Page 10

He Mihi Kia, Waikato. Toa Takitini, Issue 17, 1 December 1922, Page 10

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