NGA MATE O TE AO.
Te Mate Uruta. E tika ho ki, purangi aho a ! Kaore ano te mate uruta kia whiti mai ki to tatou motu, a he oranga ngakau ; i te kiore ano mutu atu. Engari i pohehetia kua pangia tetahi tamaiti i ngaua e te kiore, a mauria ana ki roto o te hohipera o Akarana. No mud ka kitea e te huihuinga takuta ehara kau i te puponiki. I puta te whakamihi mo Takuta Arihi Wutuwata, he takuta wahine, me etahi wahine tiaki-turoro tokorua, mo ratou i tapae atu i a ratou ano ma te mate i to ratou whakaaetanga ma ratou e tiaki taua tamaiti. Kite whakaaro e kore e ngau te puponiki ki Niu Tireni i te matao rawa, engari kei te tupato kei te matapopore tonu te Kawanatanga. E te iwi kei tukutuku hoki te ngakau tupato, me nga mahi whakapai i nga kainga. Ehara i te mea he puponiki anake te mate e puta mai ana i roto o te paru. Kei te heke haere ano te mate uruta i Poihakena, engari kua paaha kei Pirihipane kei Merepana, me Arehanaria i Ihipa. Kei te whawhaitia e te pakeha a mete tamate tonu hoki. Te Mate Kai ki Inia. Na te mate kai ia te maara-ka-ka, te parekura whakaharahara. Kaore rawa he matekaitanga i rite mo tenei i pa ki Inia i mua atu. He hanga aroha te maori, nga pakeke tonu nga tamariki kite toha haere i te turakanga a te mate kai. Kei te hokohoko nga matua i a ratou tamariki hei utu kai; ko nga tamariki wahine anake nga mea e hokona ana, na reira ka waiho noa atu nga mea taane kia mate atu. I te whaikorero a Rore Kahana (Lord Curzon) te Tumuaki o nga Kawana o Inia, i a ia e whakaatu ana i te mate o tona iwi maori, i te hui i Karakata ka puta i a ia enei kupu : “ Mehemea kei te ruarua te ngakau o tetahi tangata rangatira o tenei taone mo te awhina i a au, ka koa ahau kite hoatu noa iho ki a ia i te tikiti mo te rerewe ki tetahi wahi o Inia e patua ana e te mate kai, a kei a ia te whakaaro mo tana e homai ai ki a au a tona hokinga mai. Tera pea ia e haere i runga i te ngakau maaro; otira hei tona hokinga mai ka hoki maru .mai tona ngakau.” Apiti atu kite mate kai ko te mate uruta ko te puponiki, a ko te mate putaputa ara ko te mooropaka. Me Aha Ngati-taua ? I te mamae o te ngkau kei te kohi moni nga waahi katoa i raro i te mana o te Kuini,
ahakoa e kohi ana ano mo te whawhai mo te mate puponiki mo te ahi ki Otawa. E te Ingarihi pai! Kua tae kei a Rore Kahana te moni a te Emepara o Tiamana me tona iwi katoa. Te kohi a tetahi piriniha o Inia He mano, he mano te moni a te Kawanatanga o Inia kua pau i te awhinatanga i tona iwi maori. Kei te kohi te iwi pakeha o tenei koroni, kaha atu, a ko te Maori kaore ano. Tawai ai ngati-taua ite pakeha mo te kore aroha, a tena ra whakaputaina to aroha e whakamanamana nei koe, ina te mate ka marama. Ete iwi, he mea tino pai rawa ki te puta to tatou aroha ki nga iwi maori o era atu waahi, hei mea whakamoemiti rawa ma ratou kite rongo ipa te ngakau ote Iwi Maori o Niu Tireni ito ratou rongo mate. Ahakoa kotahi te hereni ka maha noa atu nga ra e whiwhi ana te tangata kotahi o Inia i te kai. Hoatu a koutou kohikohi ki nga tangata a te Kawanatanga ki nga pou-tapeta ki nga minita pakeha ia wahi ia wahi me ki atu mo te “ Indian Famine Fund,” me tuku mai ranei ki a matou ma matou e tuku. Tena pehia etahi o nga hiahia, a whakaputaina ko te aroha. Ko te tino aroha nui ko te aroha i te mea kahore i kite. Te Pipiwharauroa.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 27, 1 May 1900, Page 8
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693NGA MATE O TE AO. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 27, 1 May 1900, Page 8
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