TE KAI NEI TE TAEWA,
He taonga rawa tenei kai te taewa. Na te mea kua nui haere i tenei whakatupuranga ikiai he mea noa; tena ko mua ko Kahu ote Rangi te rite. Ko te take o tenei kai ko Amerika. (Te whenua e whakahuatia nei, ko Merikana ; otira, e he ana tena ingoa—ko te tikanga o te ingoa koia tenei, ko Amerika.) I te kitenga o te pakeha i taua whenua i mua ai e whakatupuria ana taua kai e nga Iniana. o reira ; ara, nga mangumangu oreira—nga tangata i rokohanga atu e te pakeha i reira e noho ana. Ko toua ingoa, o taua kai, ki a ratou, nga tangata noua te kai,. he " patata"—na te pakeha nei i tapa i muri mai he "poteito." No te tau 1565 ka mauria mai taua kai ki Aerana (Ireland) whakatupu ai—he moutere kei te taha o Ingaraui. No te tupuranga ka hengia ete tangata nana i whakatupu. Mahara ana a ia ko nga huakuru e tautau nei i nga tata e kai nga ana ; katahi ka katohia. ka patatia, no te kainga, aue ! he kaivn ia—heoi, he mahtio sitjakv. No muri. iho ka kilt-a nga tac.va i nga putake, ka whakamatauria kite kai—katahi ka mohiotia he tino kai ia. He k:tipuke \;:>r ki uia kite takutai £• lugarani nana i honuii te taewa ki reira i taua takiwa ano. Otirn uo muri rawa mai i mahia luiiiiu ai. I tau 1610, tae ivi 1G25, e nia n;o te pauna kotahi te utu ote taewa ki lugarani. No tetau 1730 ra a;io ka mohiotia ai e nga pakeha o Kotarani taua kai ; otira no muri rawa mai ano i taua tail katahi ka mil haere ai te mahi i laua whenua. Ka kitcae te tamariki i reira ai i tana paku taewa ka kawea ki ro pouaka takoto ai, ki rawa,. hei kai mana. I tenei takiwa ko ton a kai tonu ia o nga. tangata rawa kore o Aerana. I te tau 1845, tae ki 1850, ka matemate katoa nga taewa o taua whenua ; kaore i mohiotia te taru nana i kai. He mate nui rawa te mate o nga tangata o reira i taua takiwa i te kore kai. Pukai noa ana nga tupapaku ite taha o nga rori; takoto atu, takotomai. ko nga iwi anake— na te ngaronga o te taewa i mate ai. Ite tai timo ka kapi katoa a tatai i te tangata e kohi pipi ana,, e mahi rimurimu ana, hei kai ma ratou.. Hui nga mea i hemo rawa i roto i taua takiwa, hira noa ake i te rua te kau mauu. Ko nga whenua katoa ote ao kite kohikohi moni hei hoko kai ma ratou, ka utaina, atu ki runga kaipuke ki taua whenua—koia i whai morehu ai. He manu tini i heke atu ki Amerika noho ai na runga i nga kaipuke o taua whenua i tonoa mai hei tiki ake.
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Waka Maori, Volume II, Issue 27, 11 June 1864, Page 2
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490TE KAI NEI TE TAEWA, Waka Maori, Volume II, Issue 27, 11 June 1864, Page 2
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