KERENENE.
TE MAORI I TU HEI KAI-KAUWHAU
Ko Kerenene i whanau ki Rumupiko, he wahi e tata ana ki Opunake, Taranaki. Kaore ite mohiotia te tau i whanau ai ia. He penei tonu te ahua onga kaumatua maori, ara kaore e mohio ki 0 ratou tau e whanau ai. Heoi ano nga mea e mohio ana ia ratou ko nga Pakanga ko nga whawhai. No te whawhai a Tau kawau ki Puharaterangi i Whanau ai a Kerenene e tata ana kite tau 1812 kaore 1 maha nga tau imuri iho ka whakaekea a Taranaki eTe Whero ratou ko tana ope. Ka hinga a Taranaki, he nui te parekura. Te hokinga ote taua ka whakaraua etahi onga morehu, kariro i roto otenei whakarau a Kerenene, tona papa, tona whaea, me ona whanaunga. Muri tata iho ka whabamatea tona papa, ka kainga. Ka noho herehere tonu raua ko tona whaea. Ka kawea ia ki Paki Paki e Ngatitipa, a taka noa nga tau e rua, I tenei takiwa, ka haere ona rangatira ki Peiwhaerangi, ka mauriaano hoki ia. Te taenga atu ki reira, ka hokana ia hei hoko pu, hei hoko paura. I hiahia ai ratou ki enei mea, he whakaaro kua rite ia ratau, kia whakaekea ario a Tatanaki, kiatinowhakangaromia nga morehu tangata. , I Peiwhairangi ka kite ano ia i tona whaea i mauriaatu ki reira ra-tetahi atu huarahi, ahobona atu aria peratia ana ano nie ia. I tenei takiwa, ka ronga ia kei te kerikeri etahi Pakeha e kauwhau ana i te Rongo Pai ote Rangimarie, Na, ko Kerenene he tangata i whabatipuria i e nga kinotia tangata. Na tona rongonga i tenei whakaakoranga hou; ka hiahia kia tino mohio ia. Ka whakarerea tona rangatira, maori, ka oma kite kainga onga minita Pakeha, ara kite Kerikeri. Rokohina atu e ia tokotoru nga minita i reira, ko Te Peka (papa o Te Peka 0 Wai.tara) ko Te keepa ko Hamurini. Kamanao kotia, ia ka whakaakona kite korerp Pukapuka .kite Tuhituhi. Te kitenga onga minita i tona .ngakau nui ka ata whakaakona ia hei Kai-Kau-whau ki tona iwi ake. Ka tono aia kite kauwhau •\ R° n g° P fl i ki tenei tangata no weuwhua engari kua whakatahutia mai kite Ronga Pai. He roa te takiwa i mahi tahi ai raua. Muri iho i tenei ka iriiria a Kerenene e Wiremu Parata minita ki Waimate a muri tata iho ka whakaungia e Pihopa Herewini i tona taenga houtangamai ki Nui Tireni nei. I muri i tona whakaunga ka haere ia ki Kororareka hei hoa mo Te Teira minita. To raua hokinga mai ki Peiwhairaugi ka rongo kua mate a Te meihana, tetahi onga minita tuatahi a Pihopa Herewine, i riro i te wai i Whangaehu, ka tona a Te Teira hei riwhi mona. I tenei takiwa, ka : moe a Kerenene i tetahi wahine no Taranaki. Ko.taua wahine i pera ano me ia. ara i riro herehere i tona itinga.
Ka pangia tona hoa wahine e te mate. 'Katahi ka puta to raua whakaaro, kia hoki ki o raua wh anaunga. Tae pai atu raua ki Hawera. Ka waiho tana wahine i reira i tona whaeaka hoki ano ia ki tona hoa kia Te Teira ki Putiki-wharanui. E taimaha haere atu ana tana wahine i nga ra featoa. Ka hoki ia ki Hawera, po-rua ano. NaTe Teira i nehu. Ite hunga 0 tetahi hui nui ki Hawera ko Te Teira ano te tumuaki, i whakaritea kia noho tonu a Kerenene ki Hawera kauvvhau ai, Kihai i roa ka tae mai ; nga Weteriana ki reira mahi ai ka tipu he raruraru. Ka puta te kupu a Kerenene kia neke atu ratou ko tona hui ki Rangitapu i reira hoki te whare karakia nui Tere tonu te pai haere 0 te iwi i raro i to ratou kai whakaako I tenei .wa. ka arahe pakanga i wkenganui ia Ngatiawa raua ko Ngatiruariui. Whakamarie noa a Kerenene kihai i taea, muri tata iho i tenei ka kite ia ia Porana minita, i haere atu rate ngaherehere i muri 0 Taranaki maunga. He kitenga whakamutunga no raua, kihai hoki i roa ka mate a Porana ki Nui Paremata. Katah; a Kerenene ka noho ki Waitaka e tata ana ki Rahotu. Kaha rawa atu tana mahi kite awhina ia Kowete minita, riwhi 0 Porana, ka noho tuturu hoki ia i konei tae noa kite takiwa ote whawhai, katahi ka haere atu ki nui Paremata noho ai. Tona hokinga mai i reira. ka haere mai i te taha tai ki Okato, mete kauwhau haere tonu ite Rongo Pai raua ko Porikapa. Ka hoki mai ano ia ki' Rahotu, Engari e rahi haere ana te whakaakoranga aTe Whiti i tenei wa, a riro katoa atu ana nga tangata ki reira. Nui atu te pouri 0 Kerenene mo te kotititanga 0 tona iwi, a hoki ana ia ki Okato noho ai, a kei reira ano ia i.tenei ra, E haerere tonu ana ia kia Paora Whare Karakia, kite karakia, e tango tonu ana i te Hapa Tapu. He kaumatua pai rawa tenei, e hopohopongia e maniakitia ana, e whakanuia ana, e arohaina ana e nga Pakeha e noho tata ana.
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Jubilee : Te Tiupiri, Volume 1, Issue 6, 8 February 1898, Page 4
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859KERENENE. Jubilee : Te Tiupiri, Volume 1, Issue 6, 8 February 1898, Page 4
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