KI TE ETITA O TE MATUHI.
E hoa, ten a koe, me to Komi ti i raro ia koe, kia ora koutou ma te mea i te waahi ngaro, mana tatou e tiaki i nga wa katoa, heoi tena, He panuitanga tena, kia mohio ai nga tangata, e noho ana i Ruatoki nei tae noa ki Ruatahuna, tae noa ki Waikaremoana, he whakaatu naaku kia koutou, ara he ngakan tupato no te mea, he iwi koroke a Tuhoe kite mea a te tahi, ka whakaatu au i te rarangi i raro nei—1. Kaua te tangata e tahu ahi moona i te ranga a te pihi nei, tamariki ranei kaua e tahu ahi.
2. Koi wera te puihi, mehemea kite wera i te tangata mau ai taua tangata £ls pauna te whaina, mehemea kite kore taua tangata e utu ka tae i an maua kite ture.
3. Heoi ma au e whakamarama mai te ture o4e tahu noa iho a te tangata i te puihi ngahere.
1. Me wnakahoki au i nga korero a Hone Heke e haere nei i roto i Te Matuhi.
2. Ara kia awhina to tatau Kawanatanga ia tatau, i te iwi Maori, ara Ida tuwhera nga Tari tuku moni a te Kawanatanga kia tatau kite iwi Maori kia pera te awhina i te iwi Pakeha.
3. He pai taua take a Hone Heke, mehemea ka mana mai i to tatou Kawanatanga. 4. raaku mahara kaore e mana mai te take e mohio ana Te Kawanatanga kaore e rite i te Maori tana moni.
5. No te mea kaore he mahi e pahure i te iwi Maori, no reira kaore Te Kawanatanga e whakaae mo taua take, koi pau noa iho tana moni monaa hui a te Maori, mo nga tangi ma te me nga ahnareka katoa a te Maori. 6. I tuwhera ai kite iwi Pakeha e mohio ana ia ka rite ana moni i te Pakeha no reira ka tuwhera kia ratau. 7. Ko taua take a Hone Heke he pai.
8. Ki taaku mahara me penei pea e ngawari ai Te Kawanatanga me kaha tatau kite whakapai i o tatou whenua. 9. Mehemea ka oti e 200 eka i te tangata kotahi, i te hapu ranei, taeatu kite 400 eka e topea ana ete tangata, e te hapu ranei.
10. Me mahi i runga i te tikanga Maori taua puihi, ara i te kore utu. 11. Me penei he tikanga e ngawari ai to tatau Kawanatanga whakatuwhera i nga Tari tuku moni.
12. Hai taonga mo runga i taua waani kua oti rate whakapai ko nga hua o taua waahi hai whakahoki i tanga mokete, me pena he ronga tika mo taua take a Hone Heke. Heoi an.o Na Nania Te Ahikaiata. Ruatoki, Akuhata 26, 1904.
[Koia na tonu te ritenga he kimikimi mai ia tangata i taua ritenga, koia na hold ta tatou e whai nei ko nga tikanga pai a Te Kawanatanga, e hangai ai hoki ki o tatou whenua, a e kore ai e taumahatanga kia tatau ki te iwi Maori. Heoi kia ora. Na Tk Etita.]
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Matuhi, Volume II, Issue 53, 14 September 1904, Page 6
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516KI TE ETITA O TE MATUHI. Matuhi, Volume II, Issue 53, 14 September 1904, Page 6
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