TE AUTE KARETI

Toa Takitini, Issue 99, 1 November 1929, Page 1905

TE AUTE KARETI

No te tan 1847 ka whakahaua a Atirikona Hamiora Wiremu (he minita noa i taua wa) e Pihopa Herewini kia liaere ki Otaki mahi ai. I roto i te wa poto, e warn nga kura i whakaturia eia ki nga takiwa o Otaki. Kotalu te kura mokorahi ake ki Otaki tonu. E rima tau i muri mai, i te tau 1852 ka tae a Kawana Hori Kerei ki nga takiwa o Otaki haere ai. Ko tona kainga noho ko to Mita Hamiora Wiremu. I enei wa ka timata te tono a Hori Kerei i a Hamiora Wiremu kia haere ki roto o Heretaunga mahi ai. Ko te whakahoki ate Wiremu kei te ahuareka tonu taana main i Otaki ki a ia, a ko tona tumanako kia kaua ia e whakararurarutia i te mea kua tiraataria te mahi ki Otaki. He wa i muri mai ka whakapa ano a Hori Kerei kia Hamiora Wiremu mo te haere ki Heretaunga. “Ko toku awangawanga” e ai ko ta Hori Kerei “he takiwa a Heretaunga tena e whakanohia nuitia ete pakeha, a kite kore he tangata pena i a koe hei takawaenga tena e raruraru” ‘‘Pena kite haere koe, ka hoatu eau e 4000 eka whenua hei awhina i a koe mo au mahi kura. Tena ano hoki au e whakamatau ki nga Maori kia homai ano hoki tetahi atu 4000 eka” I ki atu ano a Hori Kerei kia Hamiora Wiremu ka awhh atia ano ia kite moni hei hoko hipi, hei whakatu whare, me era atu raea e pai ai taana mahi kura.

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