HE AROHA KI TONA HOA MAORI.
No tenei ra i tae mai ai nga pukapuka whakaahua ki an, na Ata (Ada Crossley), i tonoa mai i Ranana (London) taua vvahine ko te tahi o nga manu, reka, ataahua te reo kite waiata o te Ao katoa, i tae mai ia ki Niu Tireni nei, vvaiata ai ia Tihema o te ra tan (1903) te taenga mai ki Mahitaone, ka haere ahau me toku hoa taane, me aku whaitaane, ara e Puhara Te Tau, a Hapeta Whakamairu me Te Ao Anaru, kia kite i taua wahino, he roa matau ki tona whare, heuauahoki matau i puta mai ai, hoinai e ia kia matau he whakaahua o ona ake, a hoatu ana e matau he taonga Maori mana hei hohou i te aroha Ida ia mo nga tau mutunga kore, ahakoa kaore au i tuhi i te tahi reta kia kotahi nei ki aia, kore rawa te wahine nei e ware wfire ana kite tono nupepa, reta, e tahi mea whakamahara ranei ki au mo taua aroha o maua, kore ake aue aroha
penei, me taku aroha kia Ata, ina hoki ahakoa kei whea te whenua e haere ai ia, kei kona ano e re re mai ana tona aroha ma runga i te kare o te moana. Kua tono mai ano aTe lietana (Te Pirimia) raua ko tona hoa wahine, kia tuhi reta au. ki tana hoa oku me tuhi Id Kanana, kaore i rite i an tana tono, kaati i tenei vvaa ka whakaritea e an, i mahara hoki e rua pea nga marama kua wareware ke ki au, i te tini i te mano o ona hoa i te aokatoa. Tae ata ki nga Pakeha o te taone neitemaaha mo te mau o te aroha o Ata ki ona hoa Maori, riro ata nga pukapuka nei ki tena ki tena o ratau titiro ai, a kua taunaha noa, kite mutu te titiro a etahi me hoatu kia ratau. Heoi e taku hoa i tawhiti kia ora. Ma Te Atua koe e tiaki. Na Pani Te Tau, Etita. Mahitaone, Akuhata 15, 1904.
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Matuhi, Volume I, Issue 49, 17 August 1904, Page 9
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352HE AROHA KI TONA HOA MAORI. Matuhi, Volume I, Issue 49, 17 August 1904, Page 9
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