NGA HINOTA TUATAHI O TE PIHOPATANGA O WAIAPU.

Toa Takitini, Issue 38, 1 October 1924, Page 119

NGA HINOTA TUATAHI O TE PIHOPATANGA O WAIAPU.

TENEI etahi korero tawhito he mea hura mai e Atirikona Himikini (Archdeacon Simkin) no nga ripoata tuatahi tonu o tenei Pihopatanga. Ko te Hinota tuatahi i tu ki Wearenga-a-hika i te 3 o nga ra kite 5 o nga ra o Tihema ite tau 1861. Kaore a Haki Pei i roto i te Pihopatanga o Waiapu i tera wa. No te tau 1869 ka nekehia mai te rohe ote Pihopatanga o Waiapu kia uru atu ai te takiwa ki Haki Pei. Ko te reo o nga Hinota tuatahi e wha, ko te reo Maori anake. Ko nga ripoata o aua Hinota kei te reo Maori anake. Ko te rarangi tenei o nga tangata i tae kite Hinota tuatahi tonu i te tau 1861. Minita:Revd. Wiremu Renata Wiremu o Turanga; Revd. Eruera Blomfield Karaka o Tauranga; Revd. Rota Waitoa o Te Kawakawa; Revd. Raniera Kawhia o Whareponga; Revd. Tamihana Huata o Te Wairoa. Mangai-reimana.—Hakaraia Mahika, Rewi Tereanuku, Eraera Te Ripi, Mihaera Taumanu, Hunia Hapai, Wiremu Kopa, Maaka Te Ihutu, Mohi Turei, Hoani Ngatai, Rihara Paipa (Te

Horo), Kemara Te Hape, Rapata Wahawaha (Whareponga), Hirini Te Kani (Turanga), Wiremu Pere ( Waerenga-a-Hika) . Anaru Matete (Turanga), Pitihera Kopu (Te Wairoa), Henare Potae. Hei motini tenei na te Hinota tonu o tenei Pihopatanga i ata whakatakoto i te tau 1861 a pahitia ana: — ”Kite whakaaro o tenei Hinota ko te mea tika tenei ma tatou; ka whiwhi nei tatou kite Rongo-pai, kia puta hoki ta tatou koha kite kawe atu i taua Kongopai ki nga iwi e noho ana i te pouri. 99 He hanga aroha te reo o enei kaumatua rongo nui, e tangi-a-wainia mai nei, kia puta he koha ma te iwi Maori ki nga iwi kei roto i te pouri e noho ana.

HINOTA TUARUA.

No te 5 kite 9 o Hanuere te tau 1863 ka tu te Hinota tuarua ki Waerenga-a-hika ano. Ko nga tangata enei i tae ki taua hui.

Minita.Atirikona Alfred Nesbit Brown (Paraone) o Tauranga; Atirikona W. L. Wiremu o Turanga; Rev. Seymour Mills Spencer (Te Peneha) o Rotorua; Rev. Rota Waitoa o Te Kawakawa; Rev. Edward Blomfield Clarke o Tauranga; Rev. Raniera Kawhia o Whareponga; Rev. Charles Baker o Waiapu; Rev. Carl Sylvius Volkner o Opotiki; Rev. Tamihana Huata o Te Wairoa; Rev. Ihaia Te Ahu, o Maketu. Nga Mangai-reimana (Ko te ingoa mo ratou i tera wa he Hinotamana). —Wiremu Patene Whitirangi o Tauranga; Hohepa Paraone Pakuru o Tauranga; Wiremu Hoeta Paetorori o Maketu; Wiremu Watene Tarapuhi o Te Rotoiti; Wiremu Patene Wakamatai, Awa-o-te-Atua ; iHira Taiki o Rotorua; Wiremu Tamihana Te Ngarara o Tarawera! Pora Heretaunga o Whakatane; Hamiora Te Hoata o Opotiki; Pora Taia o Opotiki; Hoera Puha o Te Kawakawa; Epeniha Waikaaho o Rangitukia; Rihara Paipa o Te Horo; Hotene Te Horo o Tuparoa; Rapata Wahawaha o Wharepongo; Hori Mokoera. Uawa, Tolaga Bay; Hirini Te Kani, Turanganui; Anaru Matete, Turanga; Wiremu Pere, Waerenga-a-hika; Hamiora Maataora, Maraetaha; Hare Paihia, Nukutaurua (Nuhaka) ; Karauria Te Iwirori, Te Wairoa; Kerehona Piwaka, Te Waiau; Hone te Wainohu, Mohaka. Kaore he Hinotamana o enei kainga i tae mai, ara o Te Kaha, Te Kawakawa, o Tokomaru.

HINOTA TUATORU.

No te tau 1864 ka tu te Hinota tuatoru ki Waerenga-a-hika ano ko nga tangata enei i tae ki taua Hinota: — Minita.Yen. Archdeacon A. N. Brown, Tauranga; Yen. Archdeacon W. L. Williams, Turanga; Rev. Seymour Mills Spencer, Rotorua; Rev. Rota Waitoa, Kawakawa; Rev. Edward Blomfield Clarke, Waerenga-a-hika; Rev. Raniera Kawhia.

Whareponga; Rev. Charles Baker, Waiapu; Rev. Carl Svlvins Volkner, Opotiki; Rev. Tamihana Huata, Te Wairoa;’ Rev. lhaia Te Ahu, Maketu; Rev. Matiaha Pahewa, Tokomaru; Rev. James Hamlin, Te Wairoa. Hinotamana.—Hori Ngangaro, Te Kawakawa; Epiniha Waikaaho, Rangitukia; Hone Pirihi Te Rangi, Te Hore; Hotene le Horo, Tuparoa; Rapata Wahawaha, Whareponga; Patara le Wahaaruhe, Tokomaru; HonMokoera, Uawa; Apiata Parenuia, Turangannl; Wiremu Pere, Waerenga-a-hika; Renata Atopaki, Turanga; Hamiora Mataora, Maraetaha; Pita Tauhou Nukutaurua; Pitiera Kopuparapara, Te Wairoa; Karauria Te iwiron, Te Waiau; lehu Kupa, Mohaka. Kaore he Hinotamana o enei kainga:-—Tauranga. Maketu. Awa-a-te-atua, Rotoiti, Rotorua, Tarawera, Opotiki, Tunapahore, Te Kaha. r

HINOTA TUAWHA (1865).

Minita. Archdeacon A. N. Brown, Tauranga; Yen. Archdeacon W L. Williams, Tauranga; Rev. Charles Baker, Waiapu; Rev. Edward Blomfield Clarke, Waerenga-a-hika; Rev Tamihana Huata, Te Wairoa; Rev. Raniera Kawhia, Whareponga; Rev. Watene Moeke, Nukutaurua; Rev. Matiaha Pahewa, Tokomaru; Rev. Seymour Mills Spencer, Rotorua: Rev Hare Tawhaa, Turanga; Rev. lhaia Te Ahu, Maketu: Rev. Moln Turei, Rangitukia; Rev. Carl Sylvius Volkner, Opotiki; Rev. Rota Waitoa, Kawakawa.

Hinotamana. R. Te Hoenoa, Te Kawakawa; Te Mokena Kohere, Rangitukia; H. P. Te Rangi, Te Horo; H. Te Horo, Tuparoa; P. Kaiwarua, Whareponga; Rev. Tamawhaikai, Tokomaru; H. Keu, Uawa; N. Tamitami, Turanganui; P. Tamaturi. Waerenga-a-hika; A. Matete, Turanga; H. Paihia, Maraetaha; P. lauhou, Nukutaurua; K. Piwaka, Te Waiau; H. Te Tau, Mohaka. ’ Kaore he Hinotamana o enei kainga:— Tauranga, Maketu. Awa-a-te-Atua, Rotoiti, Rotorua, Tarawera, Whakatane. Opotiki, Tunapahore, Te Kaha, Te Wairoa.