HE AHI WHAKAHARAHARA.
No te 27 o nga ra o Aperira nei ka timata te kai a te ahi i Otawa, te taone o te Kawanatanga o Kanata, he whenua kei te pito ki te hauraro o Amerika, he wahi hoki kei raro i te mana o to tatou Kuini. He ahi tino nui whakaharahara! I timata te ka i tetahi taha 0 te awa, ka puhia e te hau, ka whiti ki tetahi taha; no te paunga ote whare tuku raiti mo te taone ka tu katoa te taone, nga whare i roto 1 te pouri, heoi ano te kai-whakamarama ko te mura ote ahi. I haere mai nga tima tinei ahi 0 etahi atu taone, i whakangaua nga hoia kite tinei kore rawa i taea, kaore he tangata e patata atu ite kaha ote hana ote ahi. Ka pupu ana te ahi ka puta te arero mura e rua macro te roa, e toru koata macro te whanui, katahi ka whakananua kite pawa kauruki, — ano ko te reinga te rite. E rima koea maero ara e 3200 eka, o te taone kei te tu marake i te kainga ate ahi. Neke ake ite 15000 nga tangata kei waho e noho ana i te kore whare. 1 eke pea kite i ngaro i tenei ahi. Kua timata te kohikohi a nga parirau katoa o te mana o te Kuini hei awhina mo te hunga i rawa-kore i tenei aitua. Ta te mana nunui pai! I kitea te kaha o Rore Minito (Lord Minto) te Kawana Tumuaki o taua whenua, i haere ano ia kite tinei i te ahi, nana hoki i whakaora tetahi tangata ; ko tana kohi £IOOO. Taukiri! Taukiri! te mate o enei ra, te tau te manawa ki raro! Kei te whawhai ka puta te mate uruta, te mate kai, te wera i te ahi, te pupuhi kohuru i te Piriniha, a kei te korerorerotia tera pea e ara he pakanga ma nga iwi nunui. E ! koia nei pea ia nga mate e whakaaturia mai nei e te Pukapuka nei:—“A e rongo koutou ki nga pakanga, ki nga rongo pakanga : kia tupato kei ohorere koutou : ta te mea kua takoto he putanga mai mo enei mea katoa, taihoa ia te mutunga. E whakatika mai hoki tetahi iwi ki tetahi iwi, tetahi rangatiratanga hoki ki tetahi rangatiratanga: a e puta nga po mate kai, me nga mate uruta, me nga ru, kite tini ote wahi. Otiia ko te limatanga enei mea katoa o nga mamae.” Kia tupato kei ohorere koutou (te hunga whakapono.) “ E tika ho ... ki!” mo enei kupu whakamarie i te ngakau, e ki ana ko te pakeha, ‘ Tai-kiu !’
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 27, 1 May 1900, Page 9
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443HE AHI WHAKAHARAHARA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 27, 1 May 1900, Page 9
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