TE MATENGA O TE TAMA A TIANARA RAPATA.
Kua puta a matou korero mo Tianara Raprta i tera rerenga o ta tatou manu. He Kauwhau toa tona kauwhau, no mua iho no ona tipuna, tuku iho nei ki a ia; kaore hoki taua kauwhau i he i tana tama, Kotahi tonu te tamaiti tane a Tianara Rapata, a i te itinga ano o taua tamaiti ka hiahia kite mau i te noari a tona papa, kite takahi hoki i nga tapuae ona tipuna. Tona tangatatanga ake, ka uru ki roto ki etahi whawhai o mua ake nei, ka kitea hoki tona toa. I riro ano i a ia etahi tohu mo te toa. I tetahi o aua whawhai ka
tu tona whatu, riro rawa te karu ki waho ; otira kaore tera i kiia e ia he mate nui rawa, heoi i haere whatu-kotahi tonu ki roto o nga pakanga. He koanga ngakau ki a Tianara Rapata tenei ahua o tana tama. I te aranga nei o te whawhai ki Awherika, ka tono a Rapata (tamaiti) Ida haere ia kite whawhai, whakaaetia ana ; i whakaritea hoki ia ki rare i a Tianara Haimona. Otira kua mate ke a Tianara Haimona i mua atu o tona taenga ki Awherika, heoi i noho ia ki raro i a Tianara Pura. I te whawhai tuatahi a Tianara Pura ki “ Tugela River ” i hinga ai te Ingarihi, i reira ano a Rapata ; ko ia tetahi o nga apiha taitamariki. Ka waenganui te whawhai ka kitea kua tino mate tetahi wehenga o te Ingarihi. Ko nga hoiho to i nga pu nunui, mete nuinga 0 nga tangata mahi i ana pu, kua matemate ; ko nga morehu kua riro kei nga wahi pai e whakaruru ana. Te kitenga o Rapata kua mahue nga pu, tino nm atu tona rin ; katahi ka karanga ki etahi o ona hoa apiha, kia haere ratou kite whakaora i aua pu. Tokotoru ratou i haere, mete mau ano i nga hoiho hei to mai. Kaore i tirohia te mata e whakaheke nei, kaha tonu tona reo kite whakakaha i ona hoa. E rua nga pu i riro mai i a ratou, katahi ia ka tu. Ka mutu nei ano o aua pu i ora mai, ko etahi 10 i riro katoa atu i te Poa. - I te putanga o te ripoata a Tiarara Pura mo taua whawhai, ka puta ano ana kupu whakamihi mo te toa o tetahi apiha taitamariki, engari kaore i mohiotia te ingoa. Otira 1 muri iho katahi ka kitea ko Rapata taua tangata, i te hohipera hoki ia e taknto ana. He nui nga whakamihi mona, otira, kaore i maha rawa ona ra e ora ana ka mate, i te tino kino rawa ona tuunga. I mua atu o tona matenga, ka whakapiria te Ripeka o Wikitoria ki tona poho. (Ko te tino tohu tenei o Ingarangi mo te toa.) He koanga ngakau ano hoki ki a ia te rironga o taua tohu i ona hoa i awhina ra i a ia, i mua atu o tona matenga. Ahakoa kua mate, ka mau tonu tona ingoa i runga o te rarangi ingoa o nga tangata toa, i whiwhi kite Ripeka o Wikitoria. No te rangi ano i tae ai te whakaatu ki a Tianara Rapata o te matenga o tana tama, ka puta hoki te whakahaunga a te Kawanatanga o Ingarangi, kia tu ia hei Tumuaki mo te whawhai ki Awherika. He nui te aroha o te iwi kia Tianara Rapata i te matenga o tana tama. Otira kei Awherika ia inaianei, maana hoki e ngaki te mate o tana tama.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 24, 1 February 1900, Page 8
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603TE MATENGA O TE TAMA A TIANARA RAPATA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 24, 1 February 1900, Page 8
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