TE MATENGA O TE TANA PUKEKOHATU, RANGATIRA MAORI NO WHAKATU.
I hemo a Te Tana Pukekohatu ki tona kainga ki Wairau ite 11 o Aperira 1862. He mokopuna ia no Turangapeka, ko te whakamutunga o nga kaumatua rangatira o Ngatirarua. E mea ana te kupu a ona whanaunga aTe Rore, aTe Meilia,—•• Mamae katoa te iwi ki tona matenga, no le mea, ekore ia e hoki mai ki a matou ; ekore lioki matou e kite alu i a ia; kua whiti atu ia ki te wahi ora " I tona hokinga mai i te bui i lu ki Aorere, i le 3 o Okeiopa, 4861, ka pa te male ki a Te Tana Pukekowhalu, a. i te limaianga o te Maramao Aperira, 1862, ka maiau ia, mo le langata am hoki. kua tulata le loenelauga o lona ra. I le 3 o Aperira, ka huibui mai tona iwi kite lakotorangao te luroro ra, a kiia alu ana he kupu kowha ranei tana, a puia ana i reira i a ia enei kupu: " Hei konei ra e boa ma ! Kia alawhai i a koulou, i o kouiou matua hoki ara i a Rangitane. Ele iwi, i muri iau nei, e ngaro laku kanohi, kia mati le pupuru i nga lure a lo koulou maiua a Kawana Hori Kerei. H«i matua ia mo koulou. Whakarougo mai ki laku kupu,—E kuhu ki raro i nga parirau o lo koulou matua wahine o te I Kuini, me to koulou matua mete Kawana, hei alawhai mo koutou, hei maru mo kou- ! tou." I te 2 o nga ra ka nni le mate; a knrereI lia ana lana lama a Te Rore me era alu i wbanaunga. Tae lonu ake i taua rangi, rojkohanga mai e takolo ana i te moenga e I whakaliemohemo ana. I tangi te matua ra- ! tou ko nga iamariki v a ka marire nga wba- : kaaro o Te Tana ka puaki i a ia enei kupu. —-" E lama ma hei konei ra ! Kia atawha'i i te langata i muri i au, kia pai te noho. Kali ano komou i te kainga i-mate ai maua ko laku luakana. Heoi ano te mahi nni mo koulou ko le whakapono kite Atua, hei oranga mo te wairua. Tetahi, ahu am ki to kouiou matua ki a te Kawana hei maiua mo kouiou." Ile J2 o Aperira ka huthui mai nga hapu ki le tangilianga mo te matenga o te rangaiira ra; a Ngatitoa, a Rangitana, a Ngatikuia, a Ngatiawa, a Ngatirarua. Ka hapainga ake o ratou reo, ka mea—" Haere am ra e pa i te ringaringa o aitua, te langata nui."
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 11, 1 July 1862, Page 14
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437TE MATENGA O TE TANA PUKEKOHATU, RANGATIRA MAORI NO WHAKATU. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume II, Issue 11, 1 July 1862, Page 14
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