TE NGAKAU O INGARANGI.
( Na A. T. Ngata, M.A., LL.B.) Mehemea pea kaore te whawhai a te Ingarihi kite Poa e kore rawa taua te Maori, me era atu iwi e matau kite ngakau o Ingarangi, kite wairua e takoto ngaro nei i ro:o i ana tamariki i ia wahi, i ia wahi. He waha no te pu i tangi mai i Reirimete naana i whakaoho katahi te ao katoa ka matakitaki, ka whakapaho he wairua hou i runga i te kare o nga wai, ko te wairua nana i tuhonohono nga Korcni maha i raro i te mana o Ingarangi, tetahi ki tetahi, te katoa kite matua kotahi e e tau mai ra i tawahi. Ko Inia, ko Kanata, ko Ahitereiria, ko Niu Tireni, ko Keepa Koroni, ko Nataara, ko era atu tini noa iho, kotahi ano te ohonga. Kotahi ano te huanga o te whakaaro kia awhinatia te matua o te katoa i te ra o tona whakamatautauranga, ahakoa ia e taea e tona kotahi i runga i tona ake kaha te whakahaere tana pakanga ki tenei iwi tohetohe kite Poa. Na konei tatau i rongo ake ai i tuku hoia a Niu Tireni, a Ahitereiria, me era atu Koroni ki Awherika. Ko te mea nui o roto ko te whakaaro, ko te whakakotahitanga 0 nga wehewehenga katoa o te Ingarihi ahakoa kei hea wahi o te ao. Ko wai e noho i te kainga i te mea kua paku te pu, i te riri ka hangai kite aroaro ? Me tuku atu kite rori kite tahora. I rokohanga mai e hama ana te kamura, e pao ana te parakimete, e hokohoko ana nga toa, e whiu hipi ana nga hepara, e rongoa ana nga takuta, e koa ana, e takaro ana. Ka oho ano 1 hoki ake i te moe reka, te wairua o nga tupuna nana i raupatu a Kanata, i herehere a Neporiana Ponipaata, ka oho ake i te moe roa.
Na ka titiro te ao kite iwi i tawaitia nei e Neporiana, “ He hokohoko taonga, he mahi moni te mea i pahure ite Ingarihi.” No te mea e kore e rereke te toto, te momo. He tama na te Pirimia o Ingarangi, he huinga no nga toto rangatira o ia wahi, o ia wahi, he tama na te kuki he tangata ware, i te mea kua paku te pu, kotahi ano te wairua i toko ake i roto, ko te hapai i te mana o Ingarangi, ko te whakahonore kia te Kuini, kotahi tonu to raua ahua, he hoia na te Kuini. “ Mo te kororia o Ingarangi, mo te honore o te Kuini, mo te ingoa ote Atua.” E kore e pai kia mate wheke noa te tangata kite kainga. Mehemea i tukua nga hiahia kia puta, e kore e mutu mai i te 200,000 nga hoia ma te Kuini ki Awherika, engari ka whai atu kite 2,000,000 Mehemea e whakaaetia mai ana kia 100,000 nga hoia hei tukunga atu ma nga Koroni i raro i te mana o Ingarangi, he mea mama noa tena, ma te ahua tonu o nga moni e whakarite te tokomaha o nga tangata. He maha noa atu nga miriona moni e takoto mangere ana i Ingarangi e hiahiatia ana kia tukua kite Kawanatanga kia whakarnahia kia nui ai nga hua. E kore e taea te ngakau o Ingarangi te peehi. Kei te matakitaki nga iwi nunui, te Wiwi, te Ruhia, te Tiamana, a kei te wiri. Kei te mohio ratou, kite whakaara pakanga ratou ki Ingarangi, ehara i te mea ko Ingarangi anake he whawhaitanga ma ratou, engari ka whai waahi ano a Inia, a Kanata, a Ahitereiria, me Niu Tireni. Kia orate Ingarihi! Ete Atua tohungia te Kuini !
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 28, 1 June 1900, Page 1
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620TE NGAKAU O INGARANGI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 28, 1 June 1900, Page 1
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