Rauwhitu, Waikato, 8 Oketopa, 1859. Ko te matenga o Hami, mokopuna o Paora Ti Rua, ara ko te tamaiti o taua tamahinc —i lupu pai ia no toua lainarikitanga akeano—2o nga lauo laua lamaiii. 1 timata lona male i nga ra o Akuhala. Tokorua raua i ic maienga, ko Paora Ti i;ua, nic tana niokopuna 3 i ahua pai raua
a lae noa mai te Rata pakcha i AVaiuku, he mea tuhituhi alii nuku. I luhituhi ahau ki a te Kawana, lukua mai ana e le Kawana le Rata i runga i tc aroha ki a Paora raua ko tana mokopuna. Ka lae mai le Rata ka tirohia nga mate, ka mea te Rata kua kino to Paora; ka tirohia to Hami, e pai ana lona, ka ora ano ki tale Rata litiro. Ite 7 o Hepetema ka mate a Paora, mahue iho ko tona mokopuna. I muri iho ka tae mai nga rongoa mo Hami na te Rata, kai tonu taua tamaiti i te rongoa, a ili haere ana te mate. Kalahi ka puta ke te whakaaro o ctahi tangata, ka mea kia likina alu he tohunga maori hei tiliro i le lake o lona mate, kia mohio ai ratou lie wahi lapu ranei he makuiu ranei. Te lino haerenga mai o te tohunga tirohia ana, ka moa ia "E larna ma,hepoaka haere wahi tapu te lake ole mate o Paora raua ko lana mokopuna." Na.lieoi ano —kaiahi ka riro i le tohunga kia karakiatia maorilia, ka kaiponu ahau i te rongoa ole Rata, koiahi wiki me le liawhe, ka tiliro pea te tohunga, ka ahua he, ka wakahokia mai ki lona kainga; te wakahokinga mai mate tonu iho i te waru (8) o nga ra o Oketopa. £ hoa ma, ki laku whakaaro he likanga kohuru rawa tale tohunga maori likanga raua ko te tangata kuare. Mehemea kua kiia na te makulu, kna mole le langaia makutu, nei ra i kiia na te wahi lapu, me pehea tena e koutou? me palu ki le aha? kite tapu ?Na kite mea lioki kua mate i te tohunga raua ko i-i tangata kuare me pehea tena!* me palu ranei e le tangata ke, manaano ranei ia e palu? kahorc; me whakaaro lioki ki nga tohunga o Paara—kihai raiou i paiua e te tangata, na ratou ano ratou i patu ki a ratou nuiripi, i lahuri i haehae i a ratou ki nga maripi heke ana o ratou loto—ko te luue he whakama kilo ratou Alua —kihai hoki i whakamana la raiou inoi. Ko la Iraia inoi, mana tonu i lanaAtua i a lhowa, na refra ta raiou niihi mo le Atuao Iraia —lhowa ko la te Alua, lhowa ko la te Atua.—Makoulou e tiliro ki nga Karaipilure \ Kingi, -18. E hoa ma heinaii to koutou kuare roa kua wliakarcrea nga whakahaunga a te Atua, whai ana ki a Paara. E hoa ma, e lama ma,ara e nga iw? kaioa wliakarongo mai ki laku kupu, k ' Rere kia hohoro le hoe o te waka kia u ki uta kei rokohanga e te hau ki wucnga moana—ka tahuri te waka, ka mate nga langaia o runga—he rilenga lena mo le riri a le Atua." Naku, na llamutiti.
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Haeata, Volume I, Issue 8, 1 November 1859, Page 4
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