A i te timatanga o to maua nohonanga ki taua whenua te marama ko Hepetema 1859 a kawea ana maua ki tetahi rangatira nui runanga o taua whenua. Te take mana e whakarite te wahi hei nohoanga mo maua. A rite ana, karangatia ana ki te whare perehi a te rangatira nui, noho ai enei rua Maori taihoa kia tata nga ra o to raua hokinga ki to raua kainga, ka haere ai kia kite i te Emepara. A, i te tekau ma ono o nga ra o Mei i 1860 a ka tae ake a te Hokiteta, haere ana ko ia te mea i tae wawe ki te Kingi. A tuhituhi ana ia ki a Hata i te Riete ka mea atu kua hiahia te rangatira nui kia haere atu enei rua Maori kia kite i a ia, a whakaae ana a Hata mo te rua o nga wiki ka haere atu ai ahau. Ko tana korero mai tera ki a te Hokiteta, mo te paraire i te rua o nga wiki haere atu ai enei rua Maori ki tetahi whare huinga o nga rangatira o te Nowara i Remihe Kaihe. No te Paraire haere ana matau, ka uru ki roto i taua whare. He whare korero whakahari mo nga rangatira o to ratou nei manuao mo te hokinga mai i te titiro i nga whenua katoa o te ao, mo maua hoki tetahi wahi o taua korero mo to ratou kitenga i te Maori moko. I kite atu maua i to maua rangatira ki roto i taua whare, notemea e rua marama e wehe atu ana i a maua e noho ana ia e mahi ana i nga korero o nga whenua i haere ai te kaipuke. Taua pa e tata ana ki Itari, te ingoa te Riete. He nui te matara o taua pa no te Tariana, he wehenga ano no Haramane, engari no te Taiti ano taua iwi, kotahi tonu te kingitanga ko Paranihi Hohepa. Otiia e toru kingitanga i roto o taua whenua kotahi o Haramane e wha: te tuatahi Paranihi Hohepa; tuarua kei tetahi wehenga o Haramane —te ingoa o taua pa Rewaria, tona kingitanga Makimiriana; tuatoru no Wiatene Peaka tona kingitanga ko Wiremu Wiatene Peaka; tuawha ko te kingitanga o Puruhia moe te tamahine a te kuini i te kingitanga o taua whenua. No Haramane anake enei kingitanga.* The Germanic Confederation (doubtless this is what the author means by ‘Haramane’ in this context) was created by the Vienna Congress in 1815 and bound Austria and the German States, at least nominally, together. The Austrian Emperor was in fact no more than the senior partner in this Confederation. Within it, there were two more small Kingdoms not mentioned by the author, namely Saxony and Hanover, as well as a large number of German Principalities. The Confederation was dissolved a few years after the visit of the Maori chiefs. Obviously it was a favourite topic of conversation in Vienna while the Maoris were there and their Austrian informants could easily have given them an exaggerated idea of the Emperor's power. (Ed.) Ka hoki ano tenei korero ki to maua kitenga i te Kingi tuatahi i a Paranihi Hohepa koia te mea i nuku ake i roto i enei kingitanga o Haramane. of our stay. He did so and we were made welcome at the printing house of that great gentleman. And here these two Maoris stayed until it was near the time for them to return to their homeland, when a visit to the Emperor was to be arranged. On the 16th of May Hochstetter arrived, who had already seen the Emperor. He had then written to Hata from Trieste saying that the great chief had expressed a wish to meet the two Maoris, and Hata had consented to an interview in two week's time. That was what Hochstetter was told. On the second Friday these two Maoris were to go to the hotel “Zum Roemischen Kaiser” where the officers of the Novara were to meet. On the Friday we went there and entered the building. The occasion was a welcome to the officers of this warship which had returned after seeing all the lands of the earth. Part of the welcome was for us, the first tattooed Maoris they had seen. The Government Printing Works in Vienna were among the famous presses of the nineteenth century. In various processes, such as colour printing, their standard was almost unequalled. It was here that Wiremu Toetoe Tumohe and Te Hemara Rerehau Paraone learnt the trade. (After an engraving of about 1850.)