Te Whakamomoritanga, ne te arohatanga o tetahi ngohi.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 8, 12 April 1849, Page 4

Te Whakamomoritanga, ne te arohatanga o tetahi ngohi.

I te huihuinga o tetahi o nga matau o Ingarangi ka korerotia e Rata Warika te meatanga o tetahi ngohi. Ki to matou whakaaro e tu-a-rite ana kite korero tara. Ka men a Rata Warika, I tona nohoanga kite kainga o tetahi rangatira, ka haerere i reira, tutataki noa ki tetahi hopuapua wai tukunga ngohi, liei mea kai ma te rangatira o taua kainga. Oho ana tetahi ngohi i a Rata Warika—no tc ohonga ka ruku, a whara noa te pareho i tetahi rino i titia ki tc poupou o tnita wai. He aroha ke ano tona ua tirohia atu te tokirikiritanga o taua ngohi i te maniac ! Ka ruku, a, ka maea ake. Mel reira ka ruku, a ka maea ake, nawai; a—ka peke kinta, a, takoto pakupaku ana i runga i tc parcpare o te wai. Tirohia ana i konei te mate o te ngohi. ka kitea te puianga o n<*n roro. Ka man a Rata V ariku ki tona oka hiriwa, whakahokia ana nga roro ki roto, hapainga ana tc walii tapure o te pareho o te ngohi ra, a, tukua ana ki te wai. Katahi pea ka hanguhanga nke, te mate o taua ngohi, reira tata ilio ka pekc mai ano, mirimiria tona mate, whakahokia ana, a, ka peke mai, tfhakaliokia i nna. Mei reira ka taliuri a Rata Warika raua ko te kai tiaki o tc kainga kite hanga j i tetahi urunga mo te ngohi, wailio ana i te wai, haerc ana raua. Moc iho, a« ake, ka tirohia taua ngohi e Rata Warikn, tu

nna in i te talm o to wni, te kattn'ga mni o taua ngohi, whnkn'akotonnai tona pareho ki ito wncvvae oto Rata- Tirohia nna te o niate o te ngolii ra. c ora linere ana, ka hacrerc te Rata i te taha o te wai. Ka haore, haere ngatahi, kopiko, kopiko ngatani—rokohaaga iho he matapo tctalii o°ngn karu o te n'goki ra, ka hurihia mai tana knru mate ona, ka awangawanga te ngohi ra, no te men hoki kiliai a te Rata i kitea otu, tena ko te huringa mai o tona karu ora, ano, he vrhakaoranga ngakau. Moo iho ao ake, ka haere n Rata Warika, me etahi hoa rangatira ona kite titiro i tc ngohi. Ka tae te Rata kite taha ote wai, ka kan mai taua ngohi ki a ia; otira, mataku tonu taua ngohi kite rai> atu. Muri iho o tenei ka akona tail ngohi kia rongo i te whiowhio—ka haerk. ake a Rata Warika kite taha otc hopuapua wliiowhio ni, ka kau mni tc ngohi, a, kai anal i roto i te paro o tona riiign. I tino miharo a Rata Warika kite main whakanroha o taua ngohi, mo tona whakaorangn—n, no tona rongongo kite korowhiti, ka kitea, e rite katon ana te matauranga o to ngolii ki era atu uica wnirua kore,