HE TAMAITI AROHA.
I nga manuao o Amerika e whakariterite ana mo te whawhai i Manira, ka taka -ki te moana te koti o tetahi tamaiti iti rawa o runga i te kaipuke o Atimara ( te rangatira o te ope manuao penei mete tianara ote ope hoia) Tiui. I tona tononga atu kite Atimara kia whakaaetia ia kia rere kite tiki i tona koti whakakahoretia ana. Katahi taua tamaiti ka rere kite moana i tetahi taha ote kaipuke kite hopu i tona koti, kihai ia i wehi mai i nga mango nunui o te moana, i te kupu ranei a tona ariki. I tona hokinga mai kite manuao, ka hopukia ia kite herehere mo tona takahi i te kupu a te Atimara, no te mea he mate tonu te utu mo tera tu hara. I te uinga atu mo te take i manawanui ai ia kite takahi kupu, ka ki mai taua tamaiti, te take i uaua ai ia kite tiki i tona koti, no te mea i roto ite pakete te whakaahua o tona whaea. Te rongonga o Atimara Tiui ka tangi, ka awhi i taua maia iti, mona i tuku i tona tinana kia mate mo te whakaahua o tona whaea, i karanga ano hoki ia i mea “ E kore rawa ahau e kaha kite whiu i runga i taku manuao ite tamaiti aroha ki tona whaea, i tuku hoki i a ia kia mate mo te whakaahua kau o tona whaea.” Ae, he tamaiti tino aroha tenei ano tona whaea he whaiaipo nana. Ka aroha te tamaiti ki tona whaea, hei tangata rahi ia a tona pakeketanga. Ka pai te whaea ka pai ano hoki ana tamariki, ka aroha kia ia. I muri iho i te aroha o te Atua ko te aroha o te whaea, otira kaore te nuinga o te Maori e atawhai i o ratou matua. Kite Maori ka tino kaumatua rawa nga matua, kaore e kaingakautia, engari ka waiho noa atu ma ratou ano ratou e tiaki. Kite Pakeha rereke ;ka tino hira atu te atawhai, ka rite kite tiaki ite turoro. Kua kite te kai-tuhi o enei korero i etahi kaumatua e noho mokemoke ana, he kino nga moenga, he kino he iti nga kai, he kino te whare. Ka haere nga tamariki me nga mokopuna ki nga hui, ki nga haere kurapa noa iho, ka waiho nga kaumatua kia noho pani ana. He tikanga he tenei. E kore au e ki he Karaitiana te tangata kaore e atawhai i ona matua. Whakaarohia nga mamaetanga o to whaea mou, ona aranga roa i te po, ona awangawangatanga, ona pouritanga, nga hekenga ona roimata i a koe e pangia ana e te mate, i hiahia ia kia mate ko ia, kia ora mai ko koe: whakaarohia enei mea katoa, a ka mau kino ai koe i to whaea ? Arohatia ia iaia e ora ana ahakoa tino ruruhi, kei mate ka parau noa koe kite tangi. Tera ranei ia e mohio ake ki to aroha ahe aha hoki te pai kite whakaputa ite aroha
ite mea kua mataotao ke te tangata. Arohatia i te oranga, hei whakahari i tona ngakau, hei whakamarama i ona ra whakamutunga, kia whakawhetai ai ia kite Atua mo tou whanautanga mai kite ao. Whakaarohia hoki to te Karaiti aroha ki tona whaea. E ngaua ana e te mamae i runga i te Ripeka, e aroha ara e whakaaro tonu ana mo tona whaea : “A, te kitenga o Ihu i tona whaea, mete akonga hoki i aroha ai ia e tu tahi ana, ka mea ia ki tona whaea, E tai, nana, to tamaiti ra! Katahi ia ka mea ki taua akonga, Na, to whaea! No taua haora ake ano, i tango ai taua akonga (a Hoani) i aiaki tona whare.” Hoa. ig, 26-27 Na Tamataane.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 18, 1 August 1899, Page 6
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636HE TAMAITI AROHA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 18, 1 August 1899, Page 6
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