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HE KUPU MIHI

Ka hari te hamama kia Ta Apirana Ngata e nga iwi, 0 Aotearoa mete Waipounamu. Whakarongo kia ia i runga te koa, waiata haere ki nga tikanga e korerotia mai ana e ia Kaua i tau ano. Ehara hoki ia i a tatou i pooti, na Te Tairawhiti ke. Otira i a ia ka tu hei Minita Maori, ka tika ko tatou ana hipi e hepara ai. Na ka rongo nei tatou ki ana kupu tohutohu mo Te Tiriti-o -Waitangi mete tikanga ote ahuwhenua, kaua hei whakamaroo ke i o taton kakii, ka whakarere i a te mea mohio i tohutohu ai, kei pera taton me o te whakatoinga me o te whakamatautauranga i nga mahi kotiti ke. Timata mai ite rima o nga ra o Maehe, tae mai kite mutunga o teua hui nui he whakamiharo taaku mahi i te ao i te po i an ka tae mai ki okn iwi mo ana putake nui, whakaharahara, whakawhaititia ai e Ta Apirana Ngata i runga i tona turanga maori noa nei katahi, i runga i tona turanga mema Paramata ka rua, i tona turanga Minita Maori ka torn. Kia ora a Ngatiporou, me nga iwi o Turanga, otira o Te Tairawhiti katoa. He nui te mihi mete tangi kia koutou katoa mo te nui o te manaaki i a Tepuea. Ahakoa koia i tae atu, haruru ana nga tapuwae whakate-wairua ona tupuna me Kingi Te Rata laia ka tae ki roto ite riu o Waiapu mete Takutairoa oTe Tairawhiti. I taua wa ano hoki ka u a Taranaki, e rua enei waka i kiia he waka whakakeke i nga ra o mua. Otira i tenei ra kua heke tera korero. Ka tika i konei tenei maiohar — Whiti ana te ra ki tua o Tawauwau . Ka ivehe tenei an huraa! Ka tika e te iwi te haerenga ki reira. Ko koutou tenei e manaakitia nei i raro i te mana o Kingi Hori Te Tuawhitu, ko Ta Apirana Ngata nei tona mangai i tenei wa mo runga i nga mea epa ana kite Ture Tangata me Te Iwi Maori nui tonu. Kia mau e te iwi kia u ki nga korero o aua hui.

E Te Atua tohungia Te Kingi me Te Kawana Hou Na Te Take Te Tomo Etita ma. _ Tohaina atu ra enei maioha, enei kupu whakamihi aku a ie Taiti Te Tomo ki nga iwi o Te Tairawhiti ara kia Porourangi raua ko Te Poho o Rawiri mo nga manaaki maha i uhia nei ki runga i nga ope waewae tapu ki runga i ou marae maha, i kitea ai, i rangona ai hoki te liana o tenei mea o te aroha tuturu. Tena koutou katoa. (Ina ra o pao e Ite!— P. H. T.) le Wai-o-Mata-Tini maringi ki a Tai-Timu Te Poho-o-Raiviri ki a Tai-pari e au. Maaku e tapa he ingoa tau mohou Ko Tia-Taitimu ko Tia-Taipari e au Waiho mai e Taitimu i te hana o te aroha Ko te per a urunga ki a Taipari e au Aga mihi a te iivi tukua ki a Taitimu Ko te aroha nui ki a Taipari e au Haere e Taitimu me taku aroha nui Ma Taipari e whakahoki mai e au Kaati nei Rawhiti te maioha hotu roto Mo Tia Taitimu me Tin Taipari e au

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Toa Takitini, Issue 103, 1 April 1930, Page 2034

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HE KUPU MIHI Toa Takitini, Issue 103, 1 April 1930, Page 2034

HE KUPU MIHI Toa Takitini, Issue 103, 1 April 1930, Page 2034

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