Kei te ngutu o to matou pa e noho ana tetahi tangata, ko Raniera te ingoa, he tangata mahaki, he tangata mahi, ko tona hoa hoki, kahore he rite mona, te mohio te uaua kite mahi; ka takiri te ata inamata e tangi ana te pere a Raniera, a huihuimai ana nga tangata o tona kainga kite karakia, kite kura, Mutu raw a iho te kura, kua maoa te kai a te hoa, kuaoti te ware te wakapai, mete moenga, me nga aha katoa o te Whare, e takoto ana i tona wahi i tona wahi; ko a ran a tamariki tokowha hoki, horoi rawa, wakapaipai rawa; kai ana, ka mutu, na ka pau te haere e Raniera ki tana mara, ko te hoa, ko Mere, ko tana mahi he noho i te whare kite tiaki i nga tamariki, ki te wakaako. I reira ahau e matakitaki ana, e wakarongo atu ana, he oranga ngakau te mahi a Mere, me ana tini wakaaro pai mo tenei mea mo tena mea, kihai i rite ona kakahu ki o te tini o nga wahine maori. He kaone rinena mangu te kaone tatua rawa, kei poke, kei pakore. Te ngaromanga o te tahu inamata e haere ana ia kite ruke i nga kongakonga ma nga poaka, E toru tahi ana poaka kei roto ano i tetahi taiepa i hanga e Raniera kei pau nga mahinga a te Pa; ka mutu, na ka karanga ia ki nga tamariki, kua mau kite ratari, wakararangitia ana ratou ka tahi ia ka wakaari atu i te ratari ki a ratou, kia kite ai tenei tamaiti, tenei tamaiti, ko te kaumatua o nga tamariki
kahore ano ono noa ona tau, he nohinohi nei, he ahakoa, e wakaako ana ano te whaea, ko nga mea nohinohi e tu marie ana e wakarongo ana ki a raua tuakana. Te mahinga o te kura, na ka haere a Mere kite mea kai mo te tina, mo te hoki rawa mai o te tahu kua takoto te kai kei roa ia ki tana mahi. Ko Raniera hoki, rite tahi ano raua ko tona hoa. I tana mara ahau e matakitaki ana, kihai ia i pai ki ta etahi ritenga, kite noho mangere noa iho, ko tana i pai ai ko tana marakia tiakina, ko nga taiepa pakaru kia houhia, ko tona whare kia uhia, ko 'tetahi wahie kia tikina, kia marama ai tana korero i tona pukapuka i te po; ahakoa rau aku hokinga kite pa ekore ahau e kite i a Raniera e noho ana i roto i te runanga tangata, ko ena tangata e noho ana, e korerorero ana, e kai ana i a ratou paipa, e takaro ana, a po noa, ekore a Raniera e pai ki tena. E wakaaro ana ia kite kupu " Kaua e mangere kite mahi,'" no reira hoki i rere ke ai te ahua o tona kainga, me he mea ka tae koe *ki tena pa ki Tawitiroa, e kore e Toa te rapunga i tona kainga mau xi titiro iho, te kainga kua tahia te marae, me nga taiepa kua houhia 'houtia, mete ware e tu ora ana kahore he pakaru, kahore he aha, otiia kahore a Raniera i pena i mua, rite tahi tona ahua i niua ki to nga tini tangata maori, ka rongo ia ki te kupu nei " kua pahure nga mea tawito, kua wakahoutia nga mea katoa" (Kei 2 Kor. 5, 17) na ka wakaaro ia, ka kapo ahau kite ritenga hou, kia hou ano hoki aku mahi. iKei tetahi Nuipepa atu ka wakamutua tenei korero.)
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 5, 2 May 1842, Page 21
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