TE WHAKAMA.
I te whaikorero a Te Tatana, kai whakaako 0 Te Ante, i panuitia te whakarapopototanga 1 te Nama 19 o ‘Te Pipiwharauroa,’ i mea taua tangata no te Maori ano tetahi he, ara no nga matua, i kaha ai te puremu o a ratou tamariki - —“ kei te paru o te kupu, kei te kore o tenei mea o te whakama e whakatupuria kei taonga ma a ratou tamahine.” . He mea tino nui rawa tenei hei whakaarohanga ma te Maori, mehemea ratou e hiahia ana kia tipu a ratou tamahine i runga i te ingoa pai, ite makenu-kore, ite taitamahinetanga. Kite ngaro tenei mea te whakama 1 te tamaiti wahine ko tona matenga ano tena, ko tona tino weriweritanga, ko tona rerenga kite aopruri . Whanau ana mai te wahine whakatokia ana e te Atua te purapura o te whakama ki roto o tona ngakau. He malm nga main, me nga kupu e pai nca iho ana kite titiro atu, mete whakarongo ate tamaiti tane, otira he mea whakama rawa kite tamaiti wahine, he mea hei whakamumura i ona paparinga. E lino wehi ana te pakeha kei rongo a ratou wahine, me a ratou tamahine i nga korero kino, i nga kanga, he mea whakama hold ki ie wahine. Ko tenei tu whakama ote wahine he mea whakato na te kai-hanga ki roto ote piho hei whakangohengohe i a ratou, hei whakaaroha, hei pupuri i a ratou kei rere totoa kite kino. Kite ki aTe Tatana ko te Maori ano kite patu ite purapura ote whakama i whakatokia nei e te Atua ki roto i nga ngakau o a ratou tamahine. Ite taenga ote tamaiti wahine kite kura ka whakarahia tona whakama ki nga mahi kino e nga whakaakoranga e homai ana ki a ia, otira i tona hokinga mai kite kainga ka whawhaitia te whakama 1 roto i a ia. I te tuatahi ka nui tona wetiweti ki nga korero whakarihariha e rongo ana ia, ka nui te oho o tona wairua, otira ia ra, ia ra e rongo tonu ana ia, ana wai ra kua kore noa
iho ia e oho kite rongo ia i nga kupu kino, engari pea ka kata i etahi takiwa. Ko te purapura o te whakama kua pirau haere i roto i tona ngakau. Ka haere pea ia ki nga teihana hipi, hei piriho ; hei reira ka rongo ia i nga korero kino katoa, ka tae mai nga tamaiiki tane ki a ia tinihanga mai ai; kaore i 1 e whakahoki atu. I te tuatahi ka tuohu, i te roanga kua kore noa iho e aro ake. Ko te whakama kei te patua i roto i a ia, kua mutu tona wetiweti mo te kino. I te tunga o te kanikani ka haere ia. I mua e kino ana ia ki te kanikani, inaianei kua ahua pai noa iho, he mahi ngahau. Ka kanikani ka awhitia ia e nga tu tamariki tane katca, pai, kino, kino rawa atu ; kaore hold he whiriwidri inaianei. Kua ngaro tona whakama, a i te ngaronga o te whakama, ka ngaro tor a wehinga, tona tapunga ; kua kore nga tamariki tane e wehi kite korero atu ki a ia, kua atca hold te huarahi, kua heke iho te anahera i tona torona kia awhitia tona hope e nga ringavinga paruparu o te rewera. Te ngarema g 1 o te whakama he puremu te mutunga e kore e kaha te tono i a ia kia takakino i tona puhingr, kia takatakahi i tona ingoa atahua ki roto o te paru. Kua taka, kua taka, he anahera! Tangihia, kia maringi te roimata! Ka mat te whakama i roto i te poho o te tamaiti wahine, e kore e roa kua puremu, a te putanga ki waho he punua poriro hei tohu kite ao i tona takanga iho i te turanga tapu o te taitamahine. Kei te mohio tonu au he korero taikaha tenei korero, he korero whakama, otira na te ki o taku ngakau i te pouri i te aroha ki nga tamariki wahine kua weriweri nei, kua taka nei, a he whakaaro hold me kore nga matua e kaha kite tiaki i a ratou potiki wahine kei uru kite whakamakanga nui atu kaore hoki he mate nui atu i tenei e pa mai kite tamaiti wahine, ara te whanau i te tamaiti poriro. E koro ma, e kui ma, e tama ma, kia manaaki kia aroha, kia tupato i a koutou tamahine.
i o koutou tuahine kei taka ki tenei mate whakaharahara atu ite ao. Kite korero kino mai te tangata kaua e kata atu engari riria atu, whakahaweatia kia kore ai e rekareka a muri atu. Kei te pehea koutou mo a tatou tamariki kua whanau ponro net, nga mea 1 tae ki nga kura nunui, nga mea kaore 1 te kura, a tae rawa ki nga tamariki tino rangatira te tapuhi haere ite tamariki poriro ? He mate tenei, e te iwi, he mate, he mate; patua, rongoatia, takahia ki raro ! Heoi ano. Na Te Mahara.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 25, 1 March 1900, Page 2
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838TE WHAKAMA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 25, 1 March 1900, Page 2
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