HE AITUA - HE PAREKURA TAMARIKI.
I tangi, i mamae te ngakau, i te taenga mai 0 nga vvaea o Opotiki he whakaatu mai i te parekura o nga tamariki Maori o te Whanau-a-Apanui ki Maraenui, i te whakawhitinga 1 Motu i runga waka, i te Ratapu te 5 o nga ra o tenei marama. Tekau-ma-waru tenei parekura,— kotahi tekau ma ono nga tamariki tokorua nga pakeke, he tare he wahine kore rawa he morehu. E hold ana te whanau ki te kura iOn aio ka aitua nei. Ki e whakaaro i kawhakina te waka ete waipuke kite moana a, tahuri tonu atu. Kaore i mohiotia kua mate, no te korenga o nga tamariki i puta atu ki Omaio ka haere mai he tangata kite whakataki, kitea ana tokotoru nga tamariki e pae ana ite akau. Kaore ano nga tinana o etahi kia kitea. I kitea nga kakahu ote wahine e pukai ana i tahaki na reira i whakaarotia ai i rere ia kite wai kite whakaora i nga tamariki. Ko nga matua enei o nga tamariki i mate: na Arapeta, kotahi te tama kotahi te tamahine; na Te Waewae, kotahi te tama kotahi te tamahine ; na Henare Akuhata, kotahi te tama kotahi te tamahine; na Wiremu Hope, e rua ng 1 tama ; na Te Puke Kou e rua.nga tama ; na Ropi Hamiora, e rua nga tama ; na Arapeta te Rua, kotahi te tamahine ; na Akuhata Reweti, kotahi te tamahine; na Nita Marino, kotahi te tamahine; na Pani Ratimira (te tangata hoe ite waka, i mate hold) kotahi te tama. I mate koutou e nga whakautu i te whainga i te matauranga o te pakeha, waiho ma muri nei e ngaki to koutou mate to koutou mate pouri, aroha. Waiho iho ki o koutou matua, ki o koutou tipuna, kite iwi te mamae, te pouri, te aue. Haere, haere, haere, i runga i te ringa kino i te ringa ohorere o aitua. “ I rangona he reo kite Awa i Motu, He uhunga, he tangi, he aue nui, Ko Materoa e tangi ana ki ana mokopuna, A kihai i pai kia whakamarietia, No te mea kua kahore ratou.”
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 30, 1 August 1900, Page 5
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356HE AITUA – HE PAREKURA TAMARIKI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 30, 1 August 1900, Page 5
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