KI TE ETITA O TE MATUHI.
Me tou Komiti i raro ia koe, kia ora matea tua koe. E tiaki i nga taumaha katoi kaati tena tenei maaku kupu.
Tomtoru hai tuku atu mau ki iiga pito e wha o te ao, i haere an me tooku karapu whutu pooro, i runga i te tono a nga Rangatira o Kgati Pukeko ara a te karapu katoa, ko matau, i haere kotahi tekau to matau taenga kite poroporo i te poo ka whakaatu hia te poi a Ngati Pukeko kia matau, ko nga nama o taua poi e wha tekau, iho mai kia matau, heuui atu to matou whakamihi ki taua poi i te ao nga ake o taua ra ka haere matau ko Ngati Pukeko kite ma tata kite purei Hutu Paoro kia Te Arawa. Ito matau taenga atu kite kainga o taua iwi i taua ra tonu katu te purei katu tetahi tangata kote wera paura. Temetera kaki ia ki nga kara puerua kia pai te purei kaati kaore taua iwi i whakarongo, kite ana ahau ko nga mahi ano a nga tipuna rano ta ratou mahi e mau taiaha nei e man meremere nei e mau patu paraoa nei kaore i haere i te tare o te ra mea o te whutu pooro. Ko taua iwi ka toru tekau tau e mahi ana i taua mahi, ko matau kotaku karapu, ka kotahi marama tonu e mahi ana i taua mahi, i te ra tuatahi i riro ia ratou e 20 paina i muri mai ka riro ia matau 9 e torn ia ratou kamutu uoki te purei kaati e hoa ma ka kino taku ha«sre Paratiana korakora ana i runga i te ruuri hou nei o te nei mea o te whutu pooro, he pao koi anei taku pai kia koe Pukeko katu mai o mahi ma koi ana.
Kua kawa te kai pukeko ko takua roha ka whanui rawa e au. Heoi ano tiato koutou hoaaroha nui kia koutou.
Na Teraiona, Tekauru. Ruatoki, Akuhata 16, 1904.
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Matuhi, Volume I, Issue 51, 31 August 1904, Page 8
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339KI TE ETITA O TE MATUHI. Matuhi, Volume I, Issue 51, 31 August 1904, Page 8
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