HE WHAWHAI MO TE PONO MO TE TIKA.
Ko etahi enei o nga kupu a Mihi Ruihi te tuahine o te Pirimia o Keepa Koroni, te tangata i tautoko nei i te Poa, ahakoa kei raro ia i te mana o Ingarangi. I rere ke nga whakaaro o tona tuahine i ona. I mea taua wahine ; “ Mehemea he whawhai mo te Atua o nga Mano, mehemea he whawhai mo te pono mo te tika, mo te peehi i te tukino i te he, mo te whakaora i tetahi iwi (maori) kaore nei e kaha kite whakaora i a ratou ano, kua tae nei te reo o o ratou mamaetanga kite rangi, a heke iho ana te Ariki ki le whakaora, — ko taua whawhai tenei I raro i te mana o Taranawaara e ungutu tonu ana te kohuru, — kohuru a te ture, kohuru whakahawea, kohuru a-ringa, i te iwi mangumangu kahore nei e ahei te tu o te ringa kite karo i te patu, i roto i waho ranei a Taranawaara, ano kahore kau he kai-whaka-ora mo ratou, a katahi ano. Kite tangata
aroha kite tika i matakitaki ki enei tukinotanga, i rite ki tetahi moenioea kino rawa. Ahakoa i enei tau o te maramatanga, i te whenua e ulna nei tetahi pito e te kara a Ingarangi, e tukinotia ana tetahi iwi e tetahi iwi, i runga i nga ture i nga tikanga, he tukino tino kaha rawa, mete mohio iho ote ngakau kei te kohurutia noatia iho tetahi iwi ngoikore a ehara i te mea na te iwi whakapono-kore, engari na tetahi o nga iwi e mea nei he Karaitiana ratou, na te iwi e whakamanamana nei mo to ratou kaha kite whakapono, e tapuhi nei ite Paipera, e inoi tonu nei kite Atua, otira e kohuru kino ana i nga maori i te wa o te whawhai i te wa o te rangimarie, kahore rawa nei i penei nga kinonga o nga iwi mohoao o tenei whenua ki nga pakeha i nga wa o te pakanga katahi ano taru aroha.”
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 31, 1 September 1900, Page 7
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342HE WHAWHAI MO TE PONO MO TE TIKA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 31, 1 September 1900, Page 7
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