KUINI WIKITORIA.
No te 24 o nga ra o tenei marama ka eke nga tau o to tatou Kuini kite warn tekau ma tahi; i tino whakanuia tenei ra e nga wahi katoa i raro i tona mana. He mea tika pea kia mohio tatou ki nga whakapapa, ki nga korero, ki nga mahi, kite ahua o te hakui e kawana nei i a tatou, te upoko o te rangatiratanga whakaharahara atu i te ao, e whakataukitia nei, “ Kahore he toonga o te ra.” No te tau 1819 ka whanau a Kuini Wikitoria; ka tekau ma waru ano ona tau, i te matenga o tona papa keke, o Wiremu te Tuawha, i a Hune 20, 1837, ka tu ia hei Kuini. I te whakaaturanga atu ki a ia ko ia te kuini, i to te tamariki tu, ka tangi, a hangaia tonutia atu e Tenihana he waiata mana, “ Nga Roimata o te Kuini.” I te tau 1840 ka marenatia ki tona tungaane keke ki a Piriniha Arapeti no tetahi whenua o Tiamana; hei te tau 19 — ka mate, e tangi ai te tini te mano o tona iwi puta noa i te ao katoa. I te tau 1887 te Tiupiri tuatahi o te Kuini, i tae ai kite rima tekau nga tau i kuini ai ia; i te tau 1897 ko tona Taimana Tiupiri, i tae ai nga tau i kuini ai ia kite ono tekau, i hira ake ai i o Hori 111. O nga kingi me nga Kuini katoa o Ingarangi ko te Kuini te mea i nui ake ona tau i kuini ai, na reira i tino whakarahia ai a Hune 20, 1897 e nga wahi katoa o tona mana, te ra i tae nei nga hoia Maori ki Ingarangi. Kite timata mai i a Wiremu I. tae mai ki a Kuini Wikitoria ka toru tekau ma whitu katoa nga kingi, nga kuini o Ingarangi; tokorima nga kuini, ko Mere I, ko Irihapeti, ko Mere 11, ko Ane, ko Wikitoria. Tokorima nga tamariki a te Kuini: ko Wikitoria, i moe i a Pereriki HI. kingi o Puruhia, Emepara o Tiamana, papa o Wiremu 11. te Emepara o Tiamana inaianei; ko Arapeti Eruera, Piriniha o Weiri, te kingi mo muri iho i te Kuini, i moe ia i a Arehanara te tamahine a te kingi o Tenemaaka; ko Arihi, kua mate; ko Arawhe, te Tiuka o Erinipara, i tae mai ki Niu Tireni i te tau 1869; ko Herena; ko Ruihi; ko Aata, te Tiuka o Konoto, he hoia; ko Reoporo, kua mate; ko Piatirihi te whakamutunga ; tokowha nga taane, tokorima nga wahine. Ko te tama a te Piriniha o Weiri ko Wikita no te tau 1892 i mate ai, na reira ko Piriniha Hori, te Tiuka o loka, he heramana, hei kingi i muri iho i te Piriniha o Weiri. Nui atu nga mokopuna a te Kuini; kua whiwhi mokopuna tuarua rawa hoki ia. Kaore pea etahi tangata i te mohio
he tamaiti whangai Maori ta te Kuini, ko te tamaiti a Pomare, no Ngapuhi. I whanau tana tamaiti i te haerenga o nga matua kia kite i te Kuini, na reira ka huaina e te Kuini ko Arapeti. Te rongonga whakamutunga o taua tamaiti i eke ki runga manu-ao. No te tau 1861 ka mate te hoa o te Kuini, he tangata tino pai, kaha kite whakahaere tikanga e piki ai te mana o tana wahine. E karangatia ana ia ko Arapeti te Pai. He wahine paku noa iho te Kuini, he poto, engari he tetere ; he wahine mohio. He tino mohio ia kite whakairo ahua, he maha hoki nga reo ke e mohio ana i a ia. He wahine whakapono, o tona taitamarikitanga mai ra ano ; i whakaakona hoki e ia ana tamariki kia haere i ona turanga waewae. He nui nga korero pai mo te Kuini. Tetahi ona whare noho kei Kotarana, kei te tuawhenua. E tata ana ki tona whare ko te whare o tetahi tino hakui, he whare i ahua rite kite whare Maori. He mahi tonu na ta Kuini te haere kia kite i taua hakui; he maha o raua kainga tahi, 0 raua inoinga. I tetahi tangata e haere aria ka rongo ia kite reo wahine e inoi ana i roto i te whare o te hakui, a tino miharo atu ia i tona kitenga i te Kuini —te kuini nui atu i te ao katoa. Hei mea whakamoemiti rawa tenei ki a Ihowa: i ia ata, i ia ata, i ia ahiahi, iia ahiahi, e koropiko ana nga turi o te Kuini ki te “ Kingi o nga kingi, kite Ariki o nga ariki.” I nui noa, i kaha noa te mana o Ingarangi! “ Te rangatiratanga e kore nei e toongia ete ra.” Kite u a Ingarangi ki a Ihowa, ka u ano hoki a Ihowa ki Ingarangi, ka man tonu tona kaha, tona wehi tona mana, “ Ma te tika hoki ka kake ai te iwi,” e ki ana a Horomona. Tenei etahi tangata kei te whai ma te whakaparahako kite whakapono ka kake ai ratou. Ehara ite hanga, etama ! Hei tuatahi tonu pea mo te Atua te hinga i te tangata, ina hinga 1 a koutou. Me whakawhetai taua te iwi Maori mo to tatou waingohia kite tau ki raro ite mana o te Ingarihi, me he mea ko te Wiwi, ko Ruhia, ko te Paniora ranei to tatou ariki, kua tino rere ke noa atu te ahua o te iwi Maori i enei ra. Na konei ra ete iwi, kite inoi atu tatou ki te Runga-rawa, “ Kia tirohia atawhaitia mai to matou Rangatira pai, a Kuini Wikitoria,” kia a-ngakau te inoi, kia tumanako, no te mea kua whakamana mai a tatou inoi o enei tau maha kua pahure nei; kite waiata tatou mo te Kuini kia hamama te waha, kia tangatanga te poho:—
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 27, 1 May 1900, Page 4
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975KUINI WIKITORIA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 27, 1 May 1900, Page 4
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