Obituary.
THE CHIEF TE KAPERAKAU. We have to record the death of the venerable chief Te Kaperakau of Taupo, who breathed his last surrounded by his sarrowing t!lM*Wfc9f ikwm, iBQ%,
. P,B?iewrt«d was a member of jbe f sga? byJiift countrymen on account of ibeexireme: racefalnessr of his disposition; for the Maori, notwithstanding 4iwir;vaunting and occasional outbursts; of wiW fury, retlly love as orach asaay people its cuslomon suofcoceurrenoei, tbe: tribe§,frpm;tbeadjwentcountry aueabted taweep pwev hisremains prioruMbeirbe-: ing deposited in their The is the speech. of welcome, delivered Hare Reweti Te KumeiSoaorihe deceased " Welcome aged, women; welcome young metf; wewdme boot; welbbmeOmy people. C 6&6' tfnd site death; aee meresigriingmyselft6its ravages. Comeand the representative of Motai (a irehowned ancestor? toiw^wtyibythe hand of evil. inwrapped jwiib sorrow I jmay tidiwander forili Tp'gaze uppri tbesmokethat winds its " ' /' AfTafau, borne, onward, like tbe friend Npw separatedfrora me. ' Mfcdes&atscpadiUon is as barren Kind becultivaled. , Utthwe in 1 health work bn ; I>fa f#le, crushed by a. malady why weepesi ihou? Onrpower hasvanished withibe man., Even my father hastening onward ',Vl'no^ 1 "'. t \ ' : To' [most probably the family ce« 'V ' rtetem; ; Whydoes he not come back to us again ? Tahpe, and Tarjapataj the birds •' ffc&elter on tbe ocean Suorfe,'..' Aregtmfc, andlamleft .. Uireasyand in my. home." The loud wail preceded \'. t tfce burial, after the termination of Jibe Maori' ceremo-' nies,- was Ujr ittfiyWomen who revroijtlv crying aloud, '' Farewell ! farewell!"
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 6, 25 February 1862, Page 7
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231Obituary. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 6, 25 February 1862, Page 7
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