He Whakamaharatanga ki te Iwi Maori.

Mareikura, Issue XII, 1 July 1912, Page 15

He Whakamaharatanga kite Iwi Maori.

Ehoa tena koe.—Kua kite lho au 1 nga korero mo Ta hoani Rokaua Keraara, i kiia nei e te pakeha "ko te matua 0 Akarana."

He tangtata nui tenei, he tangata pai, he tangata pono—koona rawa, ko ana mom i tukua e 1a hei painga mo te katoa, inahoki ko Maungakiekie 1 tukua nei e ia kite iwi nui, e kiia ana £150,000 te utu, a tera atu ano te nuinga 0 ana mahi aroha.

Ko te take ia i hiahia ai au kite tuhitubi atumo te kohatu i waiho Dei e *a £5,000 hei haoga ki ruuga o Maungakie kie bei kohatu whakamaharataoga kite lwi pakeka kaore rawa i ware ware i a ia tona iwi Maori. Kua none noa atu i roto i tona npakau tenei wbakaaro. He kaumatua a Kemara i tino mobio kite Maori, i kite ia i te ahua o nga Maori o mua haunga nga Maori o enei ra. Ko te ahua o te kobatu ka whakaara hia nei ki Maungakiekie he poropititanga, ara ko te iwi Maori mea ake ngaro i te raata o te whenua otira abakoa ngaro taua, ora tonu lanei ka iu tenei kohatu hei whakaatu i te aroba o tenei pakeha kite iwi Maori. 1 rite rawa taoei kobatu kite kohatu ataahua i whakaarahia nei e nga pakeha o Akarana hei whakaraahara ki a Hoani Rokana Kemara.

Nooa anp e ora ana ka tu taua kohatu, no te 24 o nga ra o Mei 1906 ka tiborea I puta etabi kupu nunui i a Kemara i taua ra, i puta aao boki i a ia te kobatu ki Maungakiekie. I mea ia:—"E tono ana au ki a koutou kia han iabi me au mo te waimarietanga o tenei wahi kite puta ki wabo o te taone, he wahi lino rongo nui hoki tenei kite iwi Maori, a e tukua iho tenei wahi ki nga whukatupuraaga e heke iho nei he whakauuha rafcanpa kite iwi Maori—tenei iwi nui ratou uei te whenua e nohoia nei e tatou i enei ra, I konei tonu, i a tatou e huihui nei, te nohoanga o te tini o te Maori i nga ra ka huri nei, he iwi nui, he iwi toa, he iwi tu rangatira, l whakataetae nei to ratou matauranga ki to tatou, l mitaaro nei tatou ki to ratou mobio. Koia nei te wahi i huihui ai nga ariki o te Maori, ko ratou nei te kai paihere i fee rongo mau te kai wewete ranei.

Hei konei ano, e hoa ma. ki toku whakaaro, he turanga mo tetahi kobatu teitei, ara hei te tihi o Maungakiekie, hei kohatu whakamabarafianga kite iwi Maori mo ake tonu atu."

' Hei konei ka ahu nga kupu a Kemara mo Akarana mo Niu Tireni, a ko ana kupu whakamutunga enei,'—"Ae, kua roa rawa toku oranga i tenei ao, na konoi i fcika ai maku enei kupu na, • e fce Ariki ka inkua tail psno-

Dga kia haere 1 runga i te ranqimarie, otira he wawata na toku ngakau kia tae au ki taua ra nui e hui ai te tini o te tangata ki Maungakiekie kia kite i tetabi mea nui whakaharahara, a>*a i te pounga whakaterangi kite keokeonga 9 Maungakiekie 1 te tabi pou teitei bei whakamabara f .anga ki tenei iwi lahi ki te iwi Maori, ko ona whakapapa nei he mta tiki rawa kite po tuaikerekere." He mea pai, e te Etita, kia rongo te iwi Maori i enei kupu uciona. a kia rongo hoki mo tenei kohatu. Ki taku whakaaro e hohoro te ara 0 tenei pou, a he mea pai rawa kia noho tatari tatou kite ra e kawangia ai. Tera e karangatia le iwi Moari karoa kia hui ki Akarana ara ki Maungakiekie. Hei te tau 1913 bei te ra tuatahi 0 Tiherna ka tuwhera te Ekipibana ki Akararja, a ki taku whakaaro hei taua wa ano tihorea ai te k®hatu whakaoaabara v anga kite Iwi Maori.