TE MATENGA O TE RORE.
I te 30 o nga ra o Maehe ka mate a Rev. Wata Rore, he kaumatua no te Hahi Weteriana. He tangata whakapono ia no tona taitamarikitanga. I tima a tana mahi minita i Ingarangi i te tau 1817, a haere tonu mai ia ki Poi Hakena hei kaikanwhau mo reira. I te I o Me«\ 1818, ka u ki tana whenua, ka noho ki Paramata, ka haore tonu ki nga kainga kite kauwhau i te kupu o te Alua. A noho ana ia i reira i nga lau e wha kaiahi ka whakarilea e te Ivonriii i lawahi kia haere ia ki Tongaiapu. I te lau 1822 ka rere tona kaipuke kite kawe i a ia, ralou ko
lona hoa me lana tamaiti ki Tongatapu. I to ratou rerenga ka u te kaipuke ki Tokerau,kakite ia i a Hongihika ma i reira.* Rokohanga atu e ia e noho maori ana le iwi o Tongalapu, e nui ana te kino, e karokia whakapakoko ana ratou, e wiiawhai ana, e patu ana tetahi i leiahi, he nanakia rawa hoki. Ko te minita tuatahi ki reira a le Rore, ka nui tona mate i te kino o nga tangata. He ahakoa noho ana i waengauui o ratou. ako ana, rui ana i nga purapura pai. Koialii tona tau luturu ki reira katahi ka hoki ki fngarangi. Tekau ma iwa ona tau i Ingurangi e mahi ana, ara, e kauwhau ana i le kupu ki nga wahi niaha, kaiahi ka moa nga kaumatua o te Hahi kia haere mai ki Niu Tirene liei katiniuiua mo nga Hahi o tenei taha. Tekau ma tain ona tau i mahi ai ia ki konei. I tae atu ia ki Hokianga, ki Waikato, ki Waipa. ki Waingaroa, ki Aotea, ki Kawhia, ki Taranaki, ki Poneke, ki Tongatapu, ki Whihi hoki, a kauwhau haere ana i te kupu, e liiiro ana i nga mahi o nga Hahi, i kite hoki koutou nga tangata o aaa wahi i a ia, i rongo hoki koutou ki lana ivo. Ka haere ia ka knroheketia kaiahi ka hoki ki Parjmaia, i le lau 1854 i hoki ia ki reira. Na, ka paangia ete male pararutiki, hpoi ano ka mutu tana mahi. A, i te 50 o nga ra o Maehe, i le 66 o ona lau, ka moe taua kacmatna, moe ana i runga i a te Kara'ni. Ko nga kupu i kauvvhaulia e ia i tona oranga tona haringa era i roto i tona mate. '' Ka haii te hunga mate e male ana i roto i te Ariki no konei ake ano : ra, c ai tale Wairua, kia okioki :ii r;.tou i a ratou mahi, na, ko a ratou mahi e ara tahi ana me ratou."
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Haeata, Volume I, Issue 4, 1 July 1859, Page 4
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460TE MATENGA O TE RORE. Haeata, Volume I, Issue 4, 1 July 1859, Page 4
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