MAORI ORGANIZERS REPORT.

White Ribbon, Volume 17, Issue 197, 17 November 1911, Page 5

MAORI ORGANIZERS REPORT.

AHIPAPA. Oketopo 5, haere an ki Aliipura rarunga i te boibo e 80 maero te tawbiti ko ahau ana ke i te nei rori roa e haere ana i te po ka hui ka tautokona e te Parawa nga mabi a te Tniaua i te 8 ka boki mai ano ahau i te 10 karaka i te po ka tae mai ahau ki Hokianga. MANtiAMUKA. I te 0 < )ketopa, i te 8 karaka, i te ata ka haore ahau kite hui i tu te hui kite ne Horo a Hapeta Henare a i mun i te whakuatu ka tautokona e Pamari Karanga, Panibi Hapeta, Tangiwai Ngakuru, Te Auraki, koia enei ko nga inema o tenei Vniana. Tumuaki, Panibi Hapeta; Tiaki-moni, Kamari Karanga; Hekeretari, Tinoi Tuiriui. I whakahana tenei ropu kia wlmkapaia te whare karakia a i wbaka ae katoa. 9 haere ki Motukaraka, 10 Oketopa ka baereki Wbangaroa. Tae atu ki Utakura bore he boibo bei haere 1 ! ka boki mai, 15 ka haere ki Kaikohe i te kainga o Niurangi au e nobo ana i te po ka bui ki to whare hui i tautoko katoa nga iwi o konei i te po o te 15 kahomai e Niurangi nga moni o tu whare ngahau ma matou 0 Hokianga ara ma te ropu 18 0 te nui o nga moni i Te Katapu ka haere ki Te

Abuahu mete wbaka mihi kia Niurangi. mo taua a rob a kite ropu o Hokianga. I tu ana *1 Kipi Wihongi me Horni Maiowha kite taitoko.

TE AHUAHU, I bui ano i konei i te whare bui o I’orawhenua i muri i te wbaka marama ka tautokona e te iwi o Taiamai afa e te I ri taniwha i te Hi ka tae mai ki l takura Horeke a tae noa kite Kohu Kobu. KOHU KOHU. 18 ka tu te bui ki konei i roto i te Horo o te Kobu Kobu tino tini te tangata no nga wahi katoa o te awa awa o Hokianga na Moa Hare i whakapuare kite I limine mete inoi be korero boki k<» Mr Fell te tangata mo te taha Pakeha me Karanga l’uhi, a me ahau boki i nobo ano te koea o Hokianga ara o nga awa awa katoa o Hokianga kite tautoko i tenei bui bui nga ko Hohepa Mete, te Mahita o te Koea, i muri i te wbaka marama ta nga e au o nga take kia ratou ka tautoko i tae mai ano nga Tumuaki o etahi takiwa ki tenei bui ko te kohi kobi a enei iwi mo te ropu i'l 18s s£d, tino nui te tautoko a enei iwi o nga mabi o te Pniana.

TAHEKE. 20 ka tu te bui ki konei toru torn noa iho nga tangata bore i tu be r ru mo konei. OTANA. Te 21 ka bui ki tenei takiwa i te kainga o te liana te bui i te po ka bui bui nga i nga moina waliine me nga kaumatua i muri i te mihi mihi ka puare te bui a i muri i te wbaka marama ka tautokona e tenei iwi nga mabi a nga ropu o te motu, i tu auo he Komiti ropu W.C.T.U. Omo konei mete bui bui boki o nga Komiti e rua e nobo wehe wehe ana i eueim kau huri ake nei na nga mabi o te ropu ka bui bui ano ratou kia kotahi i neianei kua bui bui ano ra. Tumuaki, Peats Peruana ; Hekeretari, Koka Kopu; Peeke. Te Kiriahi Hare. Te ropu taue o Otanu nei te Heamana ko, Hoterene Tai; Hekeretari, Renata Kauere; Peeke, Noa Pohuri. Tino wbaka mihi ahau ki tenei ropu mo te ngawari ki nga akora nga a te Tniana.

WAIMA. I tu ano be ropu ano konei ora i Omanaia i whakaturia aim:—Tumuaki, Hon Mita: Hekeretari, Pereti Tokoinaru; Tiaki-moni, Pui Katete. K 29 meina o tenei ropu be nui te mihi ki tenei ropu i te mea be wahi ke i noa atu ahau e kawhau ana ka tautokona ara ka tonoa e uru kia whakatungia to ratou Komiti, mete wbaka mihi kia ratou ite nga kau hi hi ko.

OMANAIA. 2.1 ka hui kite w hare hui < hnanaia e 189 tangata i muri i te wbakamarama ka tu ano e tahi kite takapi e talii kite hapai i muri i te iiu hua o nga tohi tohi a me nga whaka marama ka tautokona e nga nienm o te Kaunihera a i w haka ae ano nga waliine kite mahi i nga mahi a te I niana :—Tumuaki, Pori Huru; Hekeretari, Toiringa Hauraki; Peeke, Havata Hone Mete. I ki tenei ropu e pooti ratou kia hi nga te waipiro. WHIRINAKI. 21 ka tu ano te bui ki konei e 58 mema ' bui mai i noho au i te kainga o te Kev. I'etubi, i W baka pai tenei iwi ki nga mabi i tohe boki nga hahi e wlia i roto o tenei tuki wa kia hui ratou ki roto ki tenei ropu kia kotahi ropu mo ratou aba koa koa. Katorika mihinare tuomona me wbaka kotahi ratou kei te noho tu tenei ropu hoi ano e wbaia ana kia roto mai nga me o ratou kei te ngaro. PAKANAE. 21, i bui ki konei i tenei po i nui te milii a te iwi mo te tautoko i nga mabi nga:—Tumuaki, Mrs Ilori Honiara; Heketari, Ani i. rainiha; Peeke, Toliu Tunhinu. FSB mema o tenei Komiti tino tini te tanguta.

WAIMAMAKU. 25, ka bui ki konei i roto i te whare bui o te ropu o konei i nobo aliau kite kainga o Hone Iraia, i konei ano nga nga hapu mete iwi o konei e wbaka rougo ana i nga mabi a i tino ngawari nga tame kite hapai i nga mabi mail rawa iho na te taha waliine, nui atu te pakeke o te Heamana o tenei Komiti i rungs i te roa o nga wbaka marama ka talii ano ka tu be Komiti:—Tumuaki, Miriama Papata; Hekeretari, Hira Moetara; Peeke, Ngamoko Iraia. I wbaka mihi ahau ki nga mema Kaunihera o konei mo te kaba kite hapai i nga mabi ite ata kihai au i wbiti kite Tima bei boki ki Akarana wbiti rawa ake kua riro noa atu te tima i te.

28, ka tae mai ano ahau kite Kobu Kobu, kite tatari i te tima kite tikanga u te 8 o Noema ka boki ahau ki Akarana a ka ahu ki Takiurira e muri atu ka abu ki Otoko a wbiti atu kite Waipounamu e 3 tangata i tango pepa i tenei tuara na Hori Tuoro, Puuihi Hapeta. Hori Tai, poi auo nga mei. i tango pepa anei nga maero i haere r.gia e ahau i te Kobu Ivobu. Ki A bipara boki mai e 124 maero te roa i haere ng’a e ahau, i Kobu Kohu ki Mangamuka, 21 i te Horuke ki Kaikohe lioki mai e, 19 maero i te Kohu Kobu kite Taheke, a abu atu ki Otuna, Waima, Omanaia, W’hirinaki, Pakanae, \V r ttimaniaku, 58 maero te roa bui bui katoa te nui o nga maero, i haere ngia e

ahau i roto o tenei mamma, rarunga hoiho to hui o nga maero katoa e 211 maero i tino tini nga ai tua i |>akia hau i tenei huarahhi hi nga taku hoi lio na te Waiinaria i ora ai. Hoi nei ra na te niokai i roto i ng*a uiahi, Tk Rauhanga Hipkka Mete. Address—e o Mrs Hughes, Mount Eden.

translation. On the sth October I had a lonely ride to Ahipara, distance covering sixty miles. We held a meeting which ended in the Maoris supporting the Prohibition movement. Left Ahipara at 8 o'eock next morning for Hokianga, arriving 10 p.m. that night. On the morning of the Oth I went to Mungamuka. Committee elected : Chairman, Panihi Happeta; Secretary, Kamari Karanga ; Treasurer, Tinoi Tiurinui. At 9 a.m. I left for Motukaraka. <hi the 10th 1 staitnl for Whangaroa. hut on arriving at Ctakura, I found that I could not get a horse to relieve mine, so I had to stop there. (>n the Uth I turned back, leaving for Kaikohe on the loth. I stopped at Xiurangi. When night fell all gathered into and tilled thu meet-ing-house. I was fully confident that all who were present will support Prohibition. A subscription of 18 G was given me by Xiurangi 1 congratulated him for his willingness to carry out the desires of the Hokianga Temperance party.

The meeting at Te Ahuahu was successful. On the lfith I left for I takura Horeko and Te Kohukohu, and both places proved ready to listen to my message. We held a meeting at Te Kohukohu hall. It was attended by people from all over the district. Mr Field, European Prohibitionist, gave the first lecture, many Maoris following. Afterwards the Maoris said they would be willing to vote for No-License. Subscriptions amounted to £1 17s 5Ad. •21st—A meeting was held at Otana. A committee was organised. This committee, with another in the same district, have periodical meetings for discussing matters, and w ill keep in touch with one another.

Otana Committee —Chairman, Peata Ramana; Secretary, Koka Kopa; Treasure*, Te Kiriaha Hare. The other Committee: Chairman, Hoterene Tai; Secretary, Renata Kauere; Treasurer, Noa Pohuri.

Next I came to Waima, where I was also successful in organising a committee : Chairman, Hari Mita; Secretary, Pereti

Tokomaru; Treasurer, Rui Katete. Members numbered twenty-two. I congratulated these people for carrying on the work independently. On the 2fird a meeting was held at Te < hnanaia. The audience numbered 189 people. After my explanation, the house divided. Some opposed me, and others supported me. after the arguments were over, the Maori council, and all the women turned prohibitionists. Chairman, Rui Hutu; Secretary, Tiringa Hauraki; Treasurer, Harata Hone Mete. 24th. A meeting was held at Wliirinaki. All the people here became members of the No-license party. All the different religions here were quite willing to organise as one party, they being eager to save those who have gone astray through the drink. Pakaxae. In the night a meeting was held at Pakanae, all became members of the Nolicense party. Chairman, Mrs Hori Henare; Secretary, Ani Aramiha; Treasurer Tohu Tauhinu. The committee had fifty-six members. W aim am aka. Meeting 25th.—All the different tribes attended. 1 was listened to with eagerness. A committee was formed : (’hairman, Miriama Rapata; Secretary, Hiria Moetara; Treasurer, Xgamako Train. I go to Auckland, then to Takiurira, and Otaki, and last of all to the South Island. The total number of miles I travelled on horseback amounted to 211 miles. I have had accidents in this travel. The worst was my horse fell over, hut was miraculously saved. Rebecca Smith. Address :—c o Mrs Hughes, Mount Eden.