TE WHAWHAI O NGA TANGATA MAORI KI TARANAKI.
Hua noa ake matou kua pahure noa atu te wa o te whawhai o te patu tangata ki tenei motu ki Nui Tireni. I whakaaro hoki matou kite tini o nga taonga pai kua pae nei kite aroaro o nga tangata o konei, e tau o ratou mahara ki reira ; a ka mahue te pupuri i nga tikanga o to ratou kuwaretanga, ka tango kite whakapono, kite taonga nui kua akona nei ki a ratou, e o ratou Mihanere i ia tau, i ia tau ; a e mau tonu nei ano te ako. E whakaritea ana e te nuinga o nga iwi o tenei motu te ture i tukua mai e Mohi ki a tatou ; ara, ko te ture e mca nei—"Kaua koe e patu."
Ko etahi ia e kape ana i taua ture, mete kupu ano hoki o te Atua, ina e pi.t-i tonu mai nci i te tangata. Tenei rate putake ote whawhai ki Taranaki, ara ki Puketapu : Ke mara whiti na Rawiri Waiaua i tikina atu i hutia, tahutahu rawa kite ahi, e Topia. Ka rongo Rawiri ka puta tana kupu, "Mo te aha ra i tahuna ai aku whiti, lie ngakina tawhito nei hoki naku ; te waiho noa kia tupu ana." Heoi ka pouri taua kaumatua a Waiaua, ka puta tana whakaaro kia hokona te tupuranga o ana whiti kite Pakeha. Ka haere a Rawiri kite taone, ki Ngamotu, ka korero atu kite Pakeha hokohoko whenua o reira, ara kia te Kupa (Cooper), kia hokona taua kainga : otira kihai i rite ta raua korero. Haere ana a Rawiri raua ko tana tuakana, ko te Kop&, me o raua tamariki kite whakatakoto i nga rohe ote whenua. I pai ano ia to ratou haerenga, kahore hoki he pu ; mo te kupu hoki o Rawiri, "Kaua tatou e mau pu, he tamariki hold naku nga tangata e tautohetohe mai nei kite whenua ; e mea nei kaua tatou e ruri i reira." Te taenga atu o Rawiri ma, kua noho mai a Katatorc me ona tangata, he pu anake: ka tahuri tonu mai ki tenei i a Rawiri, Ka tangi te pu tuatahi, ka tahi ka takoto mai te kapa, ka hinga etahi mate rawa ; ko etahi, ara ko Rawiri no te toru o nga ra i hemo ai. E tangihia mai nci a Rawiri Waiaua e nga tangata i matauria ai ia ; he kaumatua pai hoki ia, kahore ana hikaka ; he tangata pehi i te pakanga, he tangata whakaaro nui, arch a ki te Pakeha kite tangata Maori. No konei ra e kore e mutu te mihi'kitaua kaumatua pai, kia Rawiri Waiaua, te tama o Paora Orowhatua. Ko ana kupu pcroporoaki enei, "Kaua e rapua he utu mo toku matenga." Tenei hoki tetahi mea i whawhai ai a Taranaki. Ko te wahine o Ihaia Kirikumara i puremutia e te tangata o Ngatiruanui ; no ka pouri te ngakau o Ihaia, ka tik na atue tetahi o ana tangata taua tangata puremu ka puhia . Ka haere mai te taua o Ngatiruanui kite ngaki ite mate, tae mai kite Mamaku kite pa o Ihaia, ka whawhai ratou i reira ; —mate ake etahi o nga tangata ona o Ihaia, me o Ngatiruanui hoki. Kati, ka ea ki to te Maori whakaaro taua he ; kua mate hoki o a etahi, o a etahi. Ko te mea i tino ora ai a Ihaia i taua whawhaitanga, ko te whakaurunga o Raniera ote Hua ki a ia. No te tangihanga hoki o te pu kite Mamaku, ka whakaaro ia he mate tena mo Ihaia : katahi ratou ko tana hapu ka haere atu atu hei hoa mo to ratou whanaunga mo Ihaia. I naia tata nei auo kua whawhai o Arama Karaka Mitikakau kia Katatore; ka mate ko Topia, ko te tangata naua nei te kino i mate ai nga tupapaku. Ko te pakeha, e kore ia uru ki tenei whawhai • he noho noaiho ta ratou.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 7, 1 August 1855, Page 5
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658TE WHAWHAI O NGA TANGATA MAORI KI TARANAKI. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 7, 1 August 1855, Page 5
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