Mo te Karere o Poneke.
Waikanae, Oketopa 12, 1857. E hoa ma; —E tika ana nga korero mo te kuri kia whakamatea, kaore hoki he tikanga o tenei hanga, o te kuri inaianei. Erangi pea imua i nga kaumatua e whai tikanga aua, I wbai tikanga ai imua, waiho ana hei hurahura kari, hei topuui, hei kahuwhaero; ka kakahu te tangata i toua kahu he rangatira, he toa ka haere ai kite taua, kite whawhai.* Ko-
/*hi hoki fe kari i rongo ake ai au d fnu a—ko Piti te ingoa o taua kuri—na fe Puoho. Ko tana mahi he whai tnngata me ka haere ki nga taua. Te ingoa o fana taua i haere ai ko Piti ano. Ko nga painga euei o nga kuri o mua. Na, e hoa ma, he lini nga kuri kino e noho nei i to matou nei kainga Ko aua kuri, kite litiio ma te tangata e tuawhewheti ana ki (e t.itiro atu. Heoti ano mo te kuri. Na, e nga hoa pakeha, ka tika ta koutou mahi, e la mai nei i nga Nnpepa kia rongo tahi atu matou i nga rongo o tenei hanga o te whawhai, e hau mai nei ki runga i a maiou. Maumau nga tangata kite mate i runga i te p-ikanga. Otira, kua whakataukitea e te maori tana whakataki, he wahine, be whenua. hei matenga mo te tangata. Koia ra tena e whakarangona atu nei ki nga hau o tenei hunga o te pakanga. Tenei hoki tetahi painga o te Nupepa ki toku whakaaro, ko te whakaatu mai i nga utu o te witi, o nga mea katoa, kia rongo tahi atu matou. Ko te ako mai hoki ki a mateu, kia whiwhi tahi matou kite mohiotanga ki nga ritenga pakeha. Otira, ko etahi o matou kua mohia kite whika: haere atu ana kite kawe i o matou nei kapunga witi kite hoko—heoti ha, hei aha ma tenei hanga ma te pakeha—whiriwhiria ketia tnai ana te tikanga e te pakeha. E hoa ma, e tatoa e nga maori, e tika ana hoki ta Wi Tako Ngatata-i-te-rangi: whakahe ibo ki o tatou ritenga maori kia whakarerea kei tupu haere tonu aua ritenga i a tatou, a tupu ibo ki a tatou tamariki, a tupu iho ano ki a tatou mokopuna. Na huki kua tuauhaenga ke tatou e haere ana i roto i nga ritenga pakeha, kaore ano i mahue i a tatou nga ritenga maori. Me karanga atu au ikonei, Haere mai e nga ritenga pai a te pakeha ki a matou. Heoti ar;o. Na Wiremu Tamihaxa TE Nekk.
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Karere o Poneke, Volume I, Issue 9, 19 November 1857, Page 2
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432Mo te Karere o Poneke. Karere o Poneke, Volume I, Issue 9, 19 November 1857, Page 2
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