Te tohuga o te Kuri o Haipiria.—l te taha Tuarake o te ao, he kuri te mea e nui ake ana i nga kararehe katoa. I nga wahi katoa, he kuri te hoa o te tangata; ahakoa noho ki nga moana i te Tonga, i to wahi e kai ai ia i te pnnana, ahakoa noho ki nga walii matao o te ao, e kai nei i ai to ngohi. I ana whenua liinkai, tera ke le mahi o tenei mca te kuri. Ko to te kuri malii ki aua whenua makariri, ho to i n<fa kaia, lie tangata i runga i nga kata, he taonga lioki. Ko nga kainga enei e waiho nei te kuri he to kata—ko Kirinirana, ko Kamukata, ko nga motu o Kurire. Ko tcaliua o mm knri erite nna kite Wiiruhi. lie iliu kcokeo a ratou, ho taringa tu tonu, punui ana nga huruhuruo te hiawero. Ko nga huruhuru o etalii e koromengemengo ana, ko te huruhuru o etalii e mahoro ana. Ko te aliua o etalii e mangu i ana, ko elahi e pakaka ana, ko etahi c kopurepure ana. E rere ke ana te nunui o aua kuri. Ko nga kuri c pningia ana liei to kata, kei nga pulu c rua, cwhitu inihi me tc awlie, to tcitei, ko te roa haere mai i te ihu, etoru pulu kotalii inihi, (lie mchua lugarihi.) Ko to ratou tail e penoi ana mete wliakao o te wuruhi. Ekore era kurj e noho ki roto kite whnre ; i te raumntc kn tahuri raloii kite kcri rua hci nohoauga kia honliou ai. I-Ic nu-a ano ka liaerc kite wai takoto oi, kei
mate ito wneroa. Ite lioloke, ka liacre k : . roto ki to hukarere noho ai, ko te hiore ka wliiua mai kite ilm liei arai ite makariri.— Ko nga kinvao nwlia ka ivliiua kite wai, ko nga mea e toliungia ana liei whakawhanau, ka ata tiukina. Ko to tourawhi anake e wailio ana. I te tnutalii i te whanautanga inai, ka timata to malii to o nga kuri, otira, ekore e tukua ki tawhiti ; engari kia taea te toru o nga lau ka lino tolninga kite mahi. —■ Kia matau te tangata hei whangai, liei ako, hei aralii i nga kuri, kia tika ai, ekore tera mahi e pni mo te kuware. Ko nga kuri tohiinga ka wailio i mua, ko nga mea tuakuare Ui niuri mai. Kotalii tckau ma rua o nga kuri kite kata ;ko te tikanga ia mo te ata haere o te kata kei nga kuri o mua. li ia wlutkaako tonu i nga kuri kia matau ai kite reo o te tangata wltiu, kei rere kc ki ' • aruaru mea liei kai ma ratou. He mea' .ino ka rere katoa raiou, kite aruaru mea, riri noa ana to kai wliiu, noliea e rongo. I nga peneitanga, kei nga kuri i inua te whakaaro e tika nile liacre o hoa. Me he mea, e aim ke ana te rere o nga kuri ki taliaki kite aru mea, ka liuri wliakarere mai te kuri o mua, ka aim ke te tan, kia ai e nga hoa, lie mea kei reira, lie mea nrio, ka taliuri katoa mai ratou, ka aru i ana takakanga, kahore lie wlwkatikanga kaittanga tena i a ratou kite ura. I roto i te hiiiakipouritanga, i roto i te puroroliu, i roto i te awlia, ko te ora o te tangata ite kata kei te kuri aralii. Me he mea, kua kaerc taua kuri i tenci watii i mua atu, ahakoa ngaro te whare i te hukarere, ekore c puta tetalii wahi ki runga—aliakoa he hukarere anake te mea e kitea am ana, ka tika marirc te kuri ki le wliare, ka tu ki reira, ka kcria te hukarcio i te wahi i tu ai te kuri, a, ka kitea te wliare.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 2, Issue 37, 23 May 1850, Page 4
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641Untitled Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 2, Issue 37, 23 May 1850, Page 4
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