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Vienna about 1850. A VIENNA JOURNAL Ma te maia tonu e haere tenei mea te kaipuke i to maua rerenga mai i Akarana, e toru wiki e noho ana i runga i te kaipuke. Kaore e pa ki te kai, he aroha no maua ki te kainga. Kaore he mate, engari ko te anini kau o te mahunga. Muri iho kua mahi maua i te mahi heramana. Kua kite ahau i nga mahi o tenei hanga o te kaipuke: ka nui te kino, te nui o tona mahi, e ki ana ahau he mama taua mahi. Kua iti te taimaha te taenga ki Otiati. Ka kite maua i taua motu kaore i tino rahi iti nei me tana taone hoki iti nei. Ko nga whare kei roto i nga rakau i te panana i te kokonati. I runga i nga rakau katoa e piri ana i te pari taua, taone. Ko te oneone o taua whenua ngangana ana te oneone i te ngaunga a te ra. Kaore e tupu tona riwai. Ko Waiparaihe he piri pari ano taua taone engari he nui taua taone he pai. Ko nga maero i Akarana ki Te Riete 11,500. This is the second part of a fascinating diary left by Wiremu Toetoe Tumohe and Te Hemara Rerehau Paraone, who visited Vienna in 1859. They noted down their impressions of sacred processions, factories, exotic fountains and the Imperial zoological gardens, showing themselves keen observers, naive but shrewd at the same time. While in Vienna they learned the printing trade and were presented with a printing press which they took back with them to New Zealand. The Kingite magazine. Te Hokioi, was printed on this press. One needs to be strong to be able to travel by sailing ship. When we left Auckland we were on the ship for three weeks. We did not eat any food, as we were pining for home. We were not

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