TE RATAPU.
Te ratapu kia tana kite maori he tino ra okiokitanga i nga mahi. Te takaro kite maori he mahi. Na reira kaore he mahi, kaore he takaro i tana ra. Heoi ano te mahi he karakia me ona whakapuputatanga katoa. Na nga mihingare i whakaako o tatou matua kite tapu 0 tenei ra. Kaore he tata wahiae, he waruwaru taewa i tana ra. Hei te rahoroi ka whakarite nga mea katoa, heoi ano ite ratapu ko te taka. Kanui te titiro korehu ake o te maori ki ta te pakeha o naianei whakatapu i te ratapu. Ko etahi kei te whakatapu, ko etahi kei te whakanoa, kei te mahi, kei te ngahau. Ko etahi ano kei te whakatapu he rake, ara i te rahoroi. Ki etahi pakeha he pai noaiho te mahi i te ratapu, haunga ano ia te “huhuti kaihe ake i te poka.” He pai noaiho nga tu ahua takaro katoa. Na te ahua pea ote whakaakoranga i tenei hunga, tapiri atu kite kore tonu e wehi ite Atua 1 penei ai ta ratou nei whakatapu i te ratapu. Tenei te maori te matakitaki nei ki tona hoa kite pakeha, mete ui ote whakaaro, ki hea ra ia. Ki ta nga mihingare ki ta te ao karaitiana, ki to nga wa ranei o naianei, he ra anake, kia ahua mama noaiho te pupuri. Ko tewhea oti te RATAPU? Ko te ra hapati ranei a te Hurai —ra tuawhitu o te Kawenata Tawhito, ko te ra Arangara tuatahi o te Wiki-Ra o te Ariki ranei e puritia nei e te ao karaitiana.
He mea Panui e Rev P. Hakiwai me P. H. Tomoana, he mea ta e te Cliff Press, Queen Street, Hastings, H.B.
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Toa Takitini, Issue 90, 1 February 1929, Page 915
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287TE RATAPU. Toa Takitini, Issue 90, 1 February 1929, Page 915
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