HE PEKA NO TE KOTAHITANGA O TE AUTE.
Kite Etita oTe Pipiwharauroa. E hoa, tena koe! Ko te tuarua tenei o nga tukunga atu i tenei korero kia panuitia ki roto i ta tatau nupepa. Te tuatahi i te 3 o nga ra o Pepuere ka hori ake nei, kihai i panuitia. Inaianei ka tukua atu ano kia panuitia, koia nga korero e whai ake nei, mehemea kite pai te Etita. I te 30 o nga ra o Hanuere ka tu tetahi Hui a nga tamariki taane wahine hoki o Te Aute me Hukarere o te takiwa o Ngatiporou nei, ki Tuparoa. Ko te ingoa o taua Hui me
ki ake ko te Peka o te Kotahitanga o nga tamariki oTe Aute. He tumanakotanga ake no te ngakau ka karangatia e maua ko te mahita ara e Mr. Blathwayt, kia tu taua Hui, a tona unga ki tahaki he taonga tino nui. I te 7 o nga haora i te ahiahi o te ra i karangatia ai ara i te Rahoroi ka Huihui katoa kite whare kura. I tu te tiamana ara te mahita kite pohiri i nga tamariki i hui mai, i whakaputa ia i tona hari, koa mo te whakaritenga a nga tamariki i ta maua karanga. Tera atu ano te roanga o ana mihi. I muri iho ka tu au he tautoko ake i nga mihi manaaki a toku hoa mahita mo ta maua manuhiri ka mutu aku mihi ka tono au ki a Apirana T. Ngata kia whakamaramatia mai ki a matau nga tikanga a te Kotahitanga o nga tamariki OTe Aute. Ka heke au ka tu a Apirana kite whakahoki i taku tono, marama tiahoaho ana taana whakamarama whakaatu i nga mahi whakahaere a te kotahitanga, kite ana te matapo. Ite mutunga o nga whakamarama a Apirana he waiata he harakoa nga mahi. No te 120 nga haora i te po ka mutu te hui. 1 tetahi rangi, he Ratapu, he karakia te mahi. I te ahiahi ka tu he karakia pakeha i te whare kura, ko Reweti T. M. Kohere to matou kaikarakia. Nui atu to maua whakamihi ko te Mahita mona i runga i tona pai mo te karakia, kauwhau hoki. Ka mutu tenei ka haere matau ki Taumata-o-Mihi i runga i te powhiri mai a Hirini' Wiremu raua ko taana wahine kia haere atu kite karakia pakeha a Rev. Hapata Wiremu. I muri i tena ka pakaru to matau huihuinga, he nui te pouri awangawanga i pa mai. Kati ra, he wero ki ia iwi ki ia iwi kia hopukina, puritia, tenei tikanga ara te whakatu i tetahi peka o te Kotahitanga o Te Aute me Hukarere hoki, ki tena marae kite tena marae, koia tenei ara ko te Huihui mai i nga tamariki taane wahine hoki o Te Aute me Hukarere kite rapu i etahi tikanga whakahaere e ora ai te iwi Maori i nga takiwa e noho ana ratou i o ratou kainga. Kei te hiahiatia kia karangatia ano he hui ki konei a te wa e mutu mai ai te kura o Te Aute me Hukarere. Na to mokai, Heoi ra, e Te Pipi, na Wiremu R. Kerehi, [E tino tautoko ana matou i tenei tikanga kua timatatia nei ki Tuparoa, ara te whakahuihui a nga matua o nga tamariki kura i a ratou tamariki i nga wa i te kainga te whakahuihui kite ngahau kite whakakaha i a ratou ano hei titiro ma te iwi, te huihui hoki kite karakia. Ma wai e whai tenei tauira ataahua ? Etita.]
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 32, 1 October 1900, Page 10
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590HE PEKA NO TE KOTAHITANGA O TE AUTE. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 32, 1 October 1900, Page 10
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