"E TAKA I TO MARAE."
Kei tetahi ake wahi o tenei putanga o ta tatau pepa nga whakamarama mo te mate hou e patu mai nei i te tangata i tawahi, e kiia nei ko te " Puponiki." Ko te rarangi tera mo ta tatau korero ka tataitia ake nei e au. E mohiotia ana na nga mea whakaparahako rawa o te ao i taki haere, i whakatupu haere taua mate, na te kiore, na te kutukutu, na te rango, na nga toenga o nga mea huhua ate tangata e aia ana ki tahataha. Ko te wahi i te puranga paru ko te wao tonu tena o taua mate. Ko te wahi e muia ana ete kiore he ana tupapaku tena. Na, i rofo i nga ra o te pakanga a te Poa raua ko te Ingarihi, ka ara ake ko tenei pakanga nui, ara ko ta te tangata raua ko te mate uruta. Engari ia te mata e rere haere ra i Taranawaara he whakapai kanohi tana, e titaha ana ano i nga wahine, i nga tamariki, i nga turoro, i nga herehere, e whiriwhiri ana i te uunga atu mona i raro ano i nga ture e whai mana ana i waenganui o nga Iwi Nunui ote ao. Ko tenei hoa-riri e haere mai nei, kaore ana tirotiro, he tipi tonu, he taoro tonu i te iti, i te rah!, 1 te p*ani, i te pouaru, e kerekere ana i te kiri tangata. Otira e tirotiro ana ano, inahoki kei aia ano te mohio kite ata wehe ite tinana e paru ana, ite marae e kiao ana ko tona hemonga hoki tena. E te Iwi Maori, he aha he kupu kia tatau ? Kaore pea he kupu ke ko tenei anake e mau i te whaka-upoko o te kauwhau nei, ara " E taka ito marae." Whakangaromia te kiore raua ko te kutukutu, patua rawatia ano, ko te mutunga mai ena mea o te kino. Huna atu nga wahi e muia ana e te rango, te putunga o nga anga kina, te okenga o nga poaka, te tahoronga o nga paru. He kokiri tenei ka tata te paaha ki to marae tonu. Eta ma e rika nei kite haere ki Awherika rawa kawe ai i o koutou toa, ina nga parepare tutata hei whakaarahanga, ko nga parepare e noho mai ai tenei mate vvhahaharahara, whakarihariha, i waho. Me pehea oti ? Me tatari rawa ranei kia tae mai ka pana ai ? Ae, tatari kia tiwehe to maara kumara i te poaka ka ai kite whakaora ite taiapa. Ehara tena 3 ite mahi. Na Apirana T. Ngata.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 26, 1 April 1900, Page 10
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434"E TAKA I TO MARAE." Pipiwharauroa, Issue 26, 1 April 1900, Page 10
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