Maori Mission News.

Waiapu Church Gazette, 1 August 1910, Page 28

Maori Mission News.

TE HAHI I ROTORUA. No te 30 o nga ra o Hune ka mate a Tahuriorango ki Mourea. Ko ona tau c 67. He maha ana tamariki i niahue ki te ao nei hei tangi ki a ia, ko tetahi ko Eev. Eopere, Minita ki te takiwa ki Waikato. Ko tetahi tenei o nga kaurnatua rangatira o Te Arawa nui tonu. I haere katoa ona kawai ki nga hapu katoa o Te Arawa, ara o Pikiao, 0 Tawakeheiinoa, Uenukukopako, Whakaue, Tuhourangi, Eangitihi, Waitaha, Eaukawa me era atu hapu. He kaumatua ngawari, pai hoki ana whakahaere ki te iwi, kaore he kupu taumaha c puta ana i ona ngutu. He rangatira hoki i uru ki nga pakanga o tenei wahi o te motu ara i Tapuaeharuru, i te Kaokaoroa, i Ngatapa, i Whangamarama, i Euatahuna me era atu whawhai ate Arawa. Ko tetahi tenei o nga rangatira toa o te Arawa. Na Tahuriorangi raua ko tana teina 1 hohou te rongo o te pakanga a Ngati Pikiao raua ko Ngati Whakaue i Maketu mo Paengaroa te take. He Kaumatua i inau tonu ki te whakapono mai ano o te mutunga iho o nga pakanga a taea noatia mai tenei wa. He nui atu te pouri oTe Arawa mo to ratou rangatira kua wehe atu nei i tenei ao.

HE HOIA TAMARIKI. Kua tv he peka o nga Hoia tamariki ki Ohinemutu. Kua uru mai hoki e.tahi o nga tamariki o Te Whakarewarewa; E 24 to ratou tokomaha inaianei, Ko ta ratou whakahaere kei raro i te mana o te Whakapono. Mo tetahi putanga ka ata whakamarama ai te ahuatanga o tenei mahi. Kei te kimi hereni ratou inianei hei hoko i o ratou kakahu hoia. ROTORUA. Death ov a Eangatira.— On the 30th of June there passed away a well-known old chief of the Ngati Pikiao tribe named Tahuriorangi, age 67. He leaves several sons to mourn his loss, amongst them being Eev. Eopere Tahuriorangi, one of the Maori Clergy now working m the Auckland Diocese. Most of his life was spent at Mourea, a native settlement on the channel between Lakes Eotorua and Eotoiti. He was a man of high rank and was much respected. He had an interesting career, having m his younger days taken part m a number of wars, viz. : — Tapuaeharuru, Kaokaoroa, Ngatapa, Whangamarama, Euatahuna, and others. When the Ngati Pikiao and the Ngati Whakaue were fighting over Paengaroa, near Maketu, it was through the services and influence of Tahuriorangi and his younger brother that the fight was stopped. After the fighting days were over he embraced Christianity, and has been a faithful adherent of the Church ever since. His influence has always been for good. Large numbers of natives have come from various quarters to do honour to the memory of a man who was highly respected. MAORI SCOUTS. A branch of the Boy Scouts movement has been started amongst the Ohinemutu and Whakarewarewa boys. The total on the roll at present is 24. It is proposed to hold' a Scouts Entertainment some time m August to raise funds enough to purchase proper uniforms for our Maori Branch of the Boy Scouts movement. CHILDREN'S SERVICE. On the 17th July a Children's Service was held m the Mission Church when the largest number of children we have ever had at Ohinemutu assembled together and more than half filled the Church. The children were most attentive and keen m replying to the catechising. Their reading m English and Maori was very good, likewise the singing. Miss Grant

aud her Maori assistants are doing a magnificent work. Out Sunday School has never reached such a state of efficiency as it is at present. We are arranging for a special Children's Sunday, when the elder scholars will read appointed lessons, the school recite certain Psalms, and the children sing their favourite hymns. WHAKAREWAREWA. A lavge meeting has just been held m this place. The main purpose of the gathering was to consolidate and hand down to posterity the genealogy of the Arawa people. Although there were over 200 people present and attending the meeting for a week, there was not a single case of drunkenness, though the publichouse was within a couple of hundred yards. Eev. Eopere and Mr. Hemana conducted the services during the " hui." TE RAU COLLEGE. On July 9th Ngira Kanika, one of the Maori students who had been at the College over two years, died of typhoid fever at the age of 22. He came from Taranaki, and was the only student from that district. He had spent two years at Te Aute College before coming to Te Eau, and last year passed the Ist grade of the Board of Theological Studies. He was kindly and unselfish, and took a deep interest m his work. His faith was simple and his moral character irreproachable, and his death cast quite a gloom over the College. At the request of his parents his body was sent back to Taranaki, the Eev. Pine Tamatiou, Assistant Tutor, going with it to convey to the tribe the deep sympathy of the College staff and students with them m their loss.