HE PAREKURA NA TE AHI.
He hanga aroha te weranga i te ahi o etahi pakeha o Pararata_, he taone kei Ahitereria, e tata ana ki Merepana. O nga tangata tekau ma toru i roto i te whare e ono ano i honea. E iwa nga ruuma o te whare, kahore he whakapaparanga, he watea katoa nga taha, na reira i miharotia ai te niaha rawa o nga tangata i mate. I timata te ahi ite kitini, na tetahi tamaiti tane i kite tuatahi. I karanga ano ia : “He ahi, he ahi!” katahi ka oma ki waho, ka pohehe kua puta katoa era atu ki waho. I puta ia ia tona papa me tona whaea me ono tuahine pakupaku tokorua, ko tetahi ona taina tane ko Heteri naana ano i rere ki waho. Nga mea i mate ko tona tuahine pakeke ko Rinita e 21 nga tau, ko Kotina 11 nga tau, ko tona tuakana ko Tamati e 24 nga tau, ka tata tonu te ra e marenatia ai ia, ko Tanari ka iwa nga tau, ko tona tuahine moe tane hoki ko Mxhi Oroki me ana tamariki tokorua e 3 tau o tetahi 11 marama o tetahi. I mate ai te wahine nei na te auhi 1 ona tamariki, i tata tonu ia te puta ki waho. I te kitenga i nga tinana e whakawhirinaki ana taua wahine kite matapihi ko tona tamaiti paku ki roto tonu ona ringaringa awhi ai, ko tona tamaiti ahua pakeke ki ona waewae takoto ai, i toia naeretia pea e ia rokohanga ka he noa iho te manawa i te pawa ote ahi. Ka kitea te aroha o te koka ki nga hua o tona tinana. ! E mama noa iho te ora o taua wahine mehemea ia kaore i whakaaro ki ona whakautu. Ko tona tane kei Awherika kite tonga, no te whawhaitanga nei ka tonoa mai e ia tona wahine ki ona matua noho ai hei te Kirihimete ka haere mai ai ia kite tiki mai i a ratou ko ona tamariki. Tena te rongo aitua kei te ngau kino i tona ngakau. I mohiotia ano hoki i whawhai a Rinita raua ko Kotiria ki te mate. I tae rawa raua kite ara-roa o te whare, engari na to raua tutukitanga kite kaata-tamanki 1 mate ai raua, ko o raua waewae i uru ki roto i nga wiira ote kaata. He nui te pouri i pa mai ki nga tangata i kite i nga tinana, ko Mihi Oroki e awhi tonu ana i tana tamaiti kohungahunga.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 32, 1 October 1900, Page 11
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424HE PAREKURA NA TE AHI. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 32, 1 October 1900, Page 11
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