HE RETA MAI NO PONEKE.
Kihipane, Oketopa 29th, igoo. Ki te Etita oTe Pipiwharauroa. E manu, tena koe ! Kua tae mai tenei kite mahanatanga ka puawai nga rakau o te tau ka pao te kakara kite ihu o te tangata ka puta ano hoki koe ki runga tioro ai: Tioro i te whitu ! Tioro i te warn ! Me Tioro haere ano e koe tenei reta e whai ake nei ki nga marae o tama ma o hine ma, ara, me, kui kui, whiti, whiti, whitiwhitiora. Na Tuta Nihoniho. Poneke, Oketopa, 26th, 1900. Ki a Tuta Nihoniho. E tama, tena ra koe. Kaore he Pitihana i oti, he ture, i tenei tau i te nui o te mahi mo nga ture maori ara mo te Ture Kaunihera Whenua Maori, mo te ture tiaki hoki i te tinana o te iwi Maori, ara te Pire Kiore. Ko ona mema 12, me Maori anake ; kei aua mema te taake kuri, mete whakapai marae, i nga whare i nga moenga, me nga takuta, me era atu mahi e tipu ai te iwi Maori. Ko te Pire whenua, e 3 pakeha e 4 maori a terae whakaturia he Tari ki Poneke nei hei huinga mai mo nga kaunihera katoa o Aotearoa. Ko te rohe o te Kaunihera Whenua, kei Potikirua ki Waikari no tatau tena; Waikari ki Wairarapara, no Ngatikahungunu. Potikirua ki Wairakei, no Te Arawa; ka torn ai wahanga o te Tai Rawhiti. Ko nga rohe o te Pire Marae, Wairakei ki Te Matataa ; Matataa ki Tarakeha; Tarakeha ki Tawhiti-a-Pawa, Tawhiti ki Te Paritu, Te Paritu ki Porangahau, Porangahau ki Turakirae: ka ono ai nga wehenga marae o te Tai Rawhiti. Ko nga mema 12, mo ia wehenga, me whiriwhiri i nga tamariki matau mo taua mahi. E tama, kua tutuki taku hiahia e tohe nei au ia tau ia tau, me nga hiahia hoki o nga iwi o te Tai Rawhiti, a kua maaha toku ngakau, ahakoa e ahua he ana e tahi waahi, mo tetahi tau ka whakatikatika ai. E tama, kia kaha te hapai i enei ture, heoi ano pea te whiwhinga, kite whakahaweatia e tatou, heoi ano ko te matenga tena, e kore rawa e ara mai a muri atu notemea he taonga tenei i pakangatia e te Tai Rawhiti i nga tau maha ka hori nei. Tena a Apirana Ngata mana e whakamarama ki nga iwi o te Tai Rawhiti katoa no te mea kei te pehia tonutia ahau e toku mate.
Nui atu taku mihi ki a Apirana kite rite o tona mahara ki toku, a kei runga i a ia aku kupu tohutohu, kite pai ake ahau tera ano au e kite i a Ngatiporou. Te ingoa o te Pire Marae o kona ko Horouta, to Turanga ko Takitimu, to Nepia ko Tamatea, to Wairarapa ko te Upoko-o-te-Ika. Mau e panui ki a Ngatiporou katoa. Na to matua aroha, na W1 Pere.
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 33, 1 November 1900, Page 8
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485HE RETA MAI NO PONEKE. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 33, 1 November 1900, Page 8
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