MOTUEKA.
Kua mea te kupu a te Kawana kia taia ki "Te Manuhiri" nei, te pukapuka a nga tangata Maori o Motueka (ara, ko Ngatirarua,) ki a Te Make, te Hoa Hekeretari Maori, kei Aorere, mete reta wliakahokinga a taua Pakeha ; te mea i taia ai, kia kitea nuitia nga korero :■?— Motueka, Hepetema 12, iB6O. Haere atu ra, eta matou pukapuka ki Aorere, ki aTe Make. E hoa, tena koe—koutou ko ou hoa Pakeha me ou hoa Maori. E hoa, he kupu ui atu tenei na matou ki a koe mo to whakaaro kua kite iho nei matou. Eui mai na koe ki o matou nei whakaaro. Kahora ano matou i kite. Kotahi ano to matou i kite iho, ko te pai anake. E hoa, e Te Make, me tu a Hatana, me tu ki Tarauaki: mo tu te Atua, me tu ki lenei motu, kite Waipounamu; koia matou ko o matou hoa Pakeha ka karanga nei;—Haere mai, e nga wahine, e nga tamariki, haere mai i te kino o Hatana, haere mai kite motu ote Atua ! Kua oti te wliakarite e te Kawana tenei motu ko Whitiora, ko te nohoanga mo nga tamariki, no te Pakeha, no te Maori. Ko te Atua mete Kuini hei tiaki i a ratou, ake, ake. E hoa, eTe Make, kite kite iho koe i a matou korero, e pai ana ia ki to titiro iho, mau a hoatu kia taia kite perehi. Kite kite iho koe e he ana a matou nei korero, tuhia mai o koe kite reta kia kite iho matou itehe oto matou nei korero. Heoi ano. Na matou, na te runanga o Ngatirarua, Na Ihaka Pukeroa, Na Hakopa Hotu, Na Perehama Panak enable, Na Pene Te Poa-Karoro, Na Pita Taitea. Aorere, Hepetema 24, 1860. KI A APERAHAMA RATOU KO NGA TANGATA O NGATIRARUA, KEI MOTUEKA. Tena ra koutou f Kua tae mai ta koutou nei pukapuka ki au. Koia kau te pai o nga kupu: marama rawa o koutou kupu. Heoi ra te whakaaro mo tatou, ko te pai anake. E tika ana ta koutou nei kupu, me waifco nga mahi a Hatana ki tena moutere, ko nga mahi o te Atua hei mahi ma tatou. Ko to te Kawanatanga whakaaro hoki tenei. Ahakoa whawhai ana nga Maori o Taranaki ki a te Kawanatanga, kahore o te whakaare p'ouri
ki etahi atu Maori, ki nga tangata e nolio an© ki runga kite tikanga ote hohounga rongo. He;>i ra toku kupu. E mohio ana ahau, he tangata pai koutou, he tangata no te K^uini. Ko te o toa koutou pukapuka, me tuhituhi ahau ki a te Kawana, a, ka whakaaro ia kia taia aua koreio i te perehi, e pai ana. JJa to koutou hoa aroha, Ka Tiemi Make, Hoa Hekeretari Maori.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 1, 1 March 1861, Page 9
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462MOTUEKA. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 1, 1 March 1861, Page 9
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