KIA TE KUINI.
E Tai, Tena ra ko koe. Tenei ta matou pukapuka, ta nga Rangatira Maori o Niu Tirene ki a koe, kia rongo mai koe ki o matou whakaaro. Na, kua rongo matou, tenei tetahi puknpuka kua tae mai ki a Kawana Kerci, (Governor Grey) na tetahi oau kaumatua i tuhituhi, nra, na te Kerei (Earl Grey) i te 3 o nga ra o Akuhata, 1848, mo nga tangata herehere kia tukua mai ki tenei Motu noho ai. Na, e mea ana matou kanaka. Kaun hoki e whakarere i to mua korero, i to whakariteritcnga niataati kia whnknnohoia tenei whenua e ton iwi i takoto i reira nga tikanga mo tenei motu, i mea hoki, ko nga taugata pera, ko nga tahae, ekore o kawea mai ki konei. Kia man ra tenei, me o latott ritenga katoa kia uiau. E Ktii! Ka raruraru tatou i nga tahae, kite 'mea ka tae mai ralou ki konei. E kore o (akoto nga taonga a te pakeha, ka keiatia e rntou, ka mea, na te maori i tahae, na ka pouri matou ki teuci, ka kino ra, ka tupu he he ma tatou.
Kn telahi, ekore pea rat on e noho tonu ki nga kninga pakoha, ka haere mai ki o matou kainga maori whakararuraru ai i a matou. Ko o matou wahine ka arahina kite he, ko nga tangata, ka whakaakona ki u ratou inalii tiuihanga, tutu, aha noa iho. E kore matou o pai kia peratia o matou kninga. Ko tctahi, ka welii nga rangatira pakcha, ekore o haere mai ki to matou motu, kite mea ka uohuia to whonuanei e ana tangata herehore. Na ka pouri matou ki tenei, tateniea, o hiuhia ana matou ki nga pakeha ata noho, ki:i haere mai mo matou. Hokonei matou ka mea nci, kaua rawa koc e whakaao ki tenei tikanga. E inni.i ana matou ki tc tubituhi ata i o matou whakaaro ki a koe, no to mea, kua pai koe ki era pukapuka a matou i mua, waihoki kia pai koe ki tenei, me whakarere tena whakaaro. Kngari nga Rangatira, nga tr.ngata tils*, noho, tukua mai, c pai ana matou ki enei kia tokomalia mai, c nui ana hoki te whenua. Heoi ano.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 8, 12 April 1849, Page 2
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373KIA TE KUINI. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 1, Issue 8, 12 April 1849, Page 2
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