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MERE KIRIHIMETE.

Kua whakatata haere tatou kite ra whanau o to tatou Ariki, i rang on a ai nga kai-waiata o te rangi e hirnene iho ana i ta ratou waiata : “Kia whai kororia Atua i runga rawa, kia man te rongo ki runga lei te whenua, mete whakaaro pai ki nga tangata.’' E tika ana kia whakanuia tenei ra e te iwi Maori notemea i rangona tuatahitia e o tatou tipuna te rongopai ote Karaiti i te ra o te Kirihimete i te tau 1814. Ka Hamuera Matenga (Samuel Marsden) i whakapuaki tuatahi ki Niu Tireni tana rongapai, ko tana rarangi tenei : “Kaua e mataku : ta te mea he kaikauwhau tenei ahau ki a koutou mo te liari nui, meake puta mai ki to iwi katoa.” Kua tae tenei kite 112 tau e painaina ana tatou i roto ite mahanatanga oto tatou whakapono. Kei te pehea te pupuri ato iwi Maori i nga hua ote whakapono i tenei wa? Kaore he tangata e kaha kite korero kei te pai rawa ta tatou hapai ito tatou whakapono. He tika ra kei te pupuri tatou i te taonga i tukuna mai nei Id a tatou e te hunga kua rnoe, engari ko ta tatou pupuri he pupuri ngoikore noa iho. Kaore te maara nei i te ngakia i runga i te whakaaro ngakau nui. Ko te “hari nui” i kauwhautia mai ra e te Matenga ki o tatou tipuna, kaore ite whakawhiwhia ki a tatou. Kia noho rawa te Tamaiti i whanau nei i tenei ra kite torona o tatou ngakau, katahi ano ka whiwhi tatou kite tuturutanga ote hari mo to tatou whakapono. Kaore i te whakapono te he, engari kei a tatou tonu. Kua kaha rawa nga whakawai a te ao, a te kikokiko, a te rewera, kua turi haere te taringa kite whakarongo i te reo whaka-te-Atua. Xo reira e te iwi, whakahoutia i tenei wa to tatou whakapono. Kaua hei waiho te ra i whanau ai to tatou Ariki a te Karaiti hei ra hakari mo te taha lei o tatou kikokiko anake, a ka mahue te taha wairua. Ko te taonga nui mo tenei ra ki a tatou kite hunga e pupuri ana ite whakapono, ko te huihui tain atu o tatou kite teepu tapu a te Atua ki reira tango ai i te Hapa a te Ariki. Ko ta tatou karakia whakawhetai tera mo nga manaakitanga a te Kaihanga i a tatou i te iwi Maori. Titiro ki nga iwi o te ao e tangi haere ra, ki nga iwi kiri pango e tutetutea haeretia ra, ki era atu iwi e whakamokaitia ra, a ko tatou ko te iwi Maori, ahakoa he iwi pakupaku rawa i roto i nga iwi o te ao, kei te noho rangatira rawa tatou, kei te puare katoa nga huarahi mo tatou, kei te watea katoa mai a mua ote ara. Kite kore tatou e eke ki nga taumata marama

a. nga wa e takoto mai nei, ehara i te mea i takahia tatou, i araitia ranei te huarahi, kaore, engari na te ngoikore tonu i a tatou. He ra tenei e manaaki ai tatou i a tatou tamariki, Ho tikanga no mua iho te tuku aroha ki nga tamariki i tenei ra. Hi* ra tika rawa tenei hei mihinga ma tatou rna nga matua ki a tatou tamariki e tipu alee nei. Kia pai kia mamma nga tohntohn, nga akoako i a ratou. lioatu nga leupu e tika ana hei whakan i o ratou whakaaro, kia neke atu ai to ratou na pai i te pai o tatou o nga matua. I tipu nooake tatou un nga matua i roto i to pouritanga, engari ratou nga tamariki, kua kalia ko to tiaho ote maramatanga. Horahia atu nga whakaaro papai mo to taha ki o ratou tinana, mo to taha ki o ratou wairua. Kia mahara kei a ratou kei nga tamariki e tipu alee nei to houoro mo te iwi Maori e heke iho nei, te whakama ranei mo ratou. Xoreira kia kaha tatou ki to tope haere i nga wahi ururua Ida marama ai ta ratou whai haere i te huarahi ki to pai, lei to ora, ki to honore, o te taha tinana, o te taha wairua. MERE KIRI HI METE HARE XU 1A KI XOA TAMARIKI () TE IWI MAORI TAE XOA KI O KOUTOU MATUA.

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Toa Takitini, Issue 64, 1 December 1926, Page 500

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MERE KIRIHIMETE. Toa Takitini, Issue 64, 1 December 1926, Page 500

MERE KIRIHIMETE. Toa Takitini, Issue 64, 1 December 1926, Page 500

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