WHAKAMARINA.
Kua tae mai nga rongo korero o Whakamarina, he awa ia i waenganui o te Taitapu, o te Wairau, i tera moutere i te whenua o te Pounamu—te moutere o Ngaitahu. Kua kitea te koura (moni nei) i taua whenua. E korerotia ana kore rawa he whenua i pena me taua whenua te hua o te koura. E rere ana nga pakeha o Nerehana, o Otakou, o nga kaiuga katoa o Ngaitahu, ki ta.ua whenua mahi ai—mahue nga mahi maori katoa, ka hui katoa ki reira
tiga maori, me nga pakeha. No naianei touu ka kitea t6 koura, kua 2000 rawa iva tangata kua tau iho ki taua walii—mea ake e kore e taea te tatau. Kei roto ite awa, i te Whakamarina, te koura e takoto ana ; e ki ana kei loto i nga tahataha o te awa te wahi e tino huhua rawa ana. Kotahi tonu te haw he haora o tetahi hunga. e mahi ana, riro ana i a ratou 5 rawa pauna taumaha ote koura—e rite ana tenei kite £250 moni. Kotahi te pakeha e kohure kau ana i te kirikiri i roto i te wai ki tona tokotoko, kitca iho ana te pokuru koura e takoto ana—e ono pauna moni terite. Toko wha nga pakeha ke atu e mahi ana i reira, riro ana i a ratou i roto i te wiki kotahi nga pokurukuru koura e rite anaki te £l9O pauna moni. Tokorua nga pakelia mete tarnaiti ka tokotoru e mahi ana i reira, riro ai a i a ratou i te rangi kotahi nga koura e riti ana kite £l5O. Tokoono nga tangata, e mahi ana i te taha ki rnnga 0 te awa, kitea ana nga koura rite kite £6OO ite wiki kotahi. Tokotoru nga maori e mahi ana i te taha ki runga o"te awa, kitea ana i te rangi kotahi nga koura rite kite £l4O. Riro ana i tetahi hunga 1 taua rangi ano £6O moni te rite. Tokorua nga tangata i taua rangi ano i tangohia, i roto i nga ipu oneoucerua, he koura rite kite £l6 pauna moni. Tokorua nga pakeha e mahi ana i reira, riro ana i a raua, i roto i nga rangi 7, nga koura rite kite £450 pauna moni. Tokorua nga tangata ke atu i kite koura i roto i te wiki kotahi e rite ana ki nga pauna moni £4BO. Ivitea ana etahi, tokotoru ratou, n<:a koura rite kite £250 pauna moni i teata tonu. Tokorua rawa nga tangata i tino waimarie ta raua mahi. Erua tonu nga haora e mahi ana aua koroke riro rawa ana i a raua nga koura rite kite £750 pauna moni ! Tetahi hoki, he lieiamana kaipuke tokoono ratou, he mea oma mai ki uta ; e iwa (9) nga rangi e mahi ana aua koroke. latea aua e ratou nga koura rite kite £ISOO pauna moni !! Otira ekore e taea te korero i te malii a nga tangata o taua whenua—kaore rawa he tangata e kore ana e kite ite rawa maua. Engari ko te kai hei orauga e kake nui rawa ana te utu i reira ai. No tenei takiwa pea no te hounga, no te itinga o te tangata, i nui ai te koura ; mea ake pea ka iti hacre.
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Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 25, 14 May 1864, Page 2
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546WHAKAMARINA. Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 25, 14 May 1864, Page 2
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