E toru ngā upoko tekoteko kei waenganui o te pae. Ko ēnei tekoteko he whakarite mō te Matua, te Tama me te Wairua Tapu, ā, he whakarite anō mō ngā wāhanga o te tangata—te tinana, te ngākau me te wairua. Ko te tuhituhinga e mea ana: a, mā te atua pū anō o te rangimārie e tino whakatapu rawa koutou: kia tiakina hoki ō koutou wairua, ō koutou ngākau, ō koutou tinana kia toitū, kia hē kore, a te taenga mai o tō tātou ariki o Ihu Karaiti. Nā, tokowhā ngā tekoteko kua whakairongia ki runga ki ia pou o te matapihi nei. Kotahi anō arero o te mea tuatahi. Ko tēnei e whakaatu ana i ō tāua tīpuna i mua i te taenga mai o te whakapono Karaitiana. Ko te mea tuarua me tōna arero he whakatau mō ngā rangatira o Waikato me ō Ngāpuhi, nā rātou nei i āwhina ngā kaikauwhau me ngā kaiwhakamāori i te Paipera. Ko te tuatoru, he tekoteko me te arero e wāhanga rua ana; arā, he tohu nō te tangata e mātau ana ki te kōrero i ngā reo e rua. Ko te tuawhā o ngā tekoteko he wāhanga rua ana anō te arero, e tohu ana i te āhua o te Māori o ngā rā o muri nei, me te takiruatanga o ā rātou mahi. Nā, kei te pae o te matapihi nei te tohu o te Manaia. Ko tēnei e rite ana ki te manu, he tohu mō ngā hapu katoa o Aotearoa, arā, tō taua Māoritanga e awhi ana i te Karaitianatanga. Nō reira, ko te waihanga katoatanga o te matapihi, me ōna tohu katoa, e whakawhirinaki pū ana ki runga ki te whakapono o te Hāhi Māori. He maha atu anō i ēnei ngā whakāmarama o ngā whakairo nei, ēngari me waiho anō mā te wā koe e ārahi kia kite kanohi koe i tō tāua nei taonga. Ka huri ake taku kōrero ka pātai ahau, ‘Ko wai te Hāhi Māori?’ He poto tonu taku whakahoki, ‘Ko te whanaungatanga o ngā hāhi.’ Ko tāua te iwi Māori e rapu nei i te tānga manawa mō tāua i roto i ngā tau e heke mai nei, e kore e kitea i te mātauranga anake, ēngari, i ngā wāhi whaka te Atua. Ko te huri a te ao o ēnei rā kei te titiro whānuitia. Kua noho tēnei rōpū hei parepare mō tāua, hei hōmai i ngā huarahi e kitea atu he whakakotahitanga mō ō tātou hāhi. He uaua te mahi nei, ēngari i te mea kua mau ngā ringaringa ki te parau, e kore e āhei kia titiro whakamuri. Nā, he mihi, he inoi hoki tēnei ki a koutou katoa, ki te Perehepitiriana, ki te Mihingare, ki te Wēteriana me te Iriiritanga, tae atu anō ki ngā kaiāwhina mai, rautia mai ā koutou rourou—te taara me te heneti—hei rongoā mō ngā pahoretanga o ngā pakehiwi me ngā waewae, kia pai ai te tō i te parau me te rakaraka i te māra hei whakatō i ngā purapura o te whakapono. E rau rangatira mā, meinga he Rātapu karakia mā koutou ki ngā wāhi karakia, hoatu ō koutou ngākau whakapono kia mihitia e tō tāua iwi Māori, he iwi whai whakaaro, he iwi aroha ki ngā mea whaka te Atua. Tonoa atu ā koutou koha mō tā tātou taonga ki a: Rev. L. M. Tauroa, 5 Mission Street, NEW PLYMOUTH. Hei mihi whakamutunga māku: He maha ngā manaakitanga me ngā mea ātaahua o te wairua e whakawhiwhia ana e te Runga Rawa ki te hunga whai whakaaro, ko taku inoi ki a koutou, tautokona mai tēnei mō tā tāua iwi kia tuwhera ō tātou ngākau āno he matapihi he tomokanga mō te māramatanga, arā, tō tātou Ariki, a Ihu Karaiti. Nā tō koutou teina, pononga o te kupu a te Atau Nā Maitai.