HE APAKURA.
Kua rongo katoa te tangata kite maten ga toa o te tama kotahi a Rore Rapata i te whawhai kite Awa o Tukera, i a Tianara Pura e whai ana kite whakaora i Reirimete. I mate a Rewheteneti te Honore Perere Rapata i te whakaoranga i nga pu-repo. Tae atu ana te rongo kia Rore Rapata i Ingarangi kua hinga tona tama, ko te ra ano tera i tonoa mai ai ia e te Kawanatanga kia haere mai ki Awherika hei kai-whakahaere mo te whawhai. I maringi mai ona roimata kite huarahi, ko tona wahine me ona tamaahine i whakarerea atu i roto i te whare-pouri. I ki a Reiri
Rapata kua tino rereke rawa te ahua o tona hoa i te matenga o ta raua tama, ara kua tere rawa te kaumatua. Kaati, e koro, kua ea i a koe te mate o to tama, uta atu hoki ! “ E haere ana a Rore Rapata,” he karanga i rangona e te katoa, E haere ana te marohirohi o mua iho kite hapai i te patu, I te karanga a tona whenua mo te karauna o Ingarangi I te ra pu ano i hinga ai tana tama. Whakauruuru ana te had mete tangi ite tirohanga atu Ki ta te hoia whakarongo kau i te kupu tono; He whakanui, he waiata mo tenei kaumatua, He apakura ia mo tana tama kotahi. Tu ana te toa kaumatua nei, ko tona poho kei te mamae, Ko tona whare kei te mokemoke i roto i te pouri, Otira ko tona pouri ka pehia e ia ki raro, Ka mau la ko nga tumanakotanga o tona whenua. Kei mua ano ia o a tatou ope e whakahau ana, A ko Ingarangi i hikitia e ia i era atu whawhaitanga, Kei te titiro whakamanamana ano ki tenei kaumatua, Ko te pouri, ko te roimata, ka ringihia ki tana tama kotahi. A ! kei hea i nga mahi ate tangata, i te ao katoa He rite mo tenei, te rangatira, te aroha ? 1 te hinganga o te tamaiti i te pakanga, Ka tu atu ko te papa kite turanga ote tama. E te rahi, e te hakahaka, e te kai-mahi, E te rawa-kore, e te rangatira, kia kotahi Te tangihanga o te ngakau mo tenei kaumatua, Mo te matenga kororia hoki o tana tama kotahi. Tukua tenei kupu : kahore o matou tumatateatanga; Ko a matou hanga ka rite kite tutira o mua iho, E tama ma ! kua ara a Ingarangi, kei te ringa te patu! Tena ra ko tenei pakanga whakatutukitia. Nui ke atu te pawera inaianei, i te timatanga o te rid Kia riro i a tatou te ra, kia mate te hoa-rid. Kei te powhiri te wikitoria i to tatou kaumatua Kite whenua i takoto ai i te moenga-roa, tana tama kotahi. Na Te Irirangi.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 30, 1 August 1900, Page 6
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470HE APAKURA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 30, 1 August 1900, Page 6
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