HE KUPU WHAKARITE.
4. Te Popokorua raua ko te Kowhitiwhiti.
He iwi tohunga rawa te popokorua. Ite raumati ka whakaemi ratou i nga kai katoa ote whenua. I pono kite wahi witi, paare
ranei, kaanga ranei, 10 ralou nohoanga, ka ? kawekawea e ratou nga pata ngahoro' noa ki o ralou ma i raroi te whenua, ki rei--ra pukai ai ; aki le kore nga hua pena, ka kimihia ko nga lini kakano maori nei, na ka rongoa ki o ratou nei rua, hei o mo te hotoke. I noho tetalii pu popokorua i raro itetahi rakau nui. Ile na le rangi, he ua nui; ko le wa ok* makariri hoki ra. Ara, kua routu- tenei te ua* kua paki, whiti ana le ra. Kei le harihari ake i nga hua i whakaemia ile raumati; ka horahora kite ra, kia marokeai. Kua maku ra hoki ki rolo ki nga rua ite ua nui na. Mahi ana nga popokorua ra i ta ratou na mahi; tarapekepekehaere ana mai ko leiahi kowhitiwhiii; ka lae mai ki a ralou, e wiri noa ana ia i te* makariri, ka hono ka ngaro ile nianawfr hemo. Ko le kiatiga atu-ki nga popokorua ra, "Maku tetahi kai, kia iti nei. Kahore kauaku kai." Ka ki mai tetahi o nga popokorua ki tekowhitiwhiti. "E hoa, iteaha koe ite roU ote raumati ? He aha te mahia maf ai i reira etahi mau mo le makariri nei? te pera ai koe me matou nei?" Ka ki ake te kowhitiwhiti ra. '• Ha, he rangitira ra k-ahorc ahaw i pai'ki te mahi. I whakapaua oka ra i le raumaii ki a le rangatira mahi. I kai au, i inn, i waiata au, i tarapekepeke haere ki tenei wahi ki tera wahi." Ka mea mui te popokorua. "Ne? he rangatira nou i kore ai mau mahi i le raumati? na, he lika ra kia kore hoki he oranga mau-i lehotoke." Te Ri'tenga. "Kite meae koreepai tetahi tangata kite mahi, kei kai ia." "Hetoa lurangarau; hetoa kai-paoi.^' "Ta te raumaii; whakapiri ngahuru." "Bohonu kaki; papaku uaua."
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 9, 30 September 1856, Page 13
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341HE KUPU WHAKARITE. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 9, 30 September 1856, Page 13
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