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Te Waka Maori o Niu Tirani 1878-1879: Volume 1, Number 27. 05 April 1879 |
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"KO TE TIKA, KO TE PONO, KO TE AROHA. "
VOL. 1. ] TURANGA, HATAREI, APERIRA 5, 1879. [No. 27.
KO TE MIRA,
KAI. HOKO TEIHANA, HOIHO, KAU, HIPI, ME
ERA ATU MEA PERA,
KEI NEPIA.
KO A. RAHERA,
ROIA, KAI TUHITUHI HOKI I NGA PUKAPUKA
WHAKARITE TIKANGA KATOA.
Ka haere ano te Rahera ki te Kooti kei Kihipone ina tonoa
e te tangata.
TEONE TIKI,
TOHUNGA PARAKIMETE NEI, KAI-HANGA
POROWHITA HOKI, ME ERA ATU MEA PERA.
E ki atu ana ki nga tangata o Kihipone kua oti tona Whare
inaianei, a kua whiwhi hoki ia ki nga Mihini me nga mea
tohunga-tanga katoa e ahei ai ia te mahi i nga mea rino katoa.
Kua oti hoki tona
WHARE HANGANGA KARETI,
A, ka hanga ia inaianei nga tu Kaata katoa, me nga Terei,
nga Kiki, me era atu mea pera katoa. He tohunga rawa ona
. kai mahi katoa. Ko tona
WHARE HU HOIHO
kua oti hoki inaianei. Ka mahia paitia nga hoiho e kawea
mai ana. ki a ia—he tangata hou no Akarana te kai mahi, he
tino tohunga.
TAMATI KIRIWINA,
ROIARA OKA HOTERA,
MATAWHERO.
Kei a ia nga Waina me nga Waipiro tino pai rawa.
Ko KOTAPERE HOKANA.
E MEA atu ana ki nga tangata katoa o Turanga kia rongo
ratou kua timata ia i te mahi
TUI PUUTU, HU HOKI
I tona Whare Hou i Ro Tram, Kihipone, e tata ana ki te
Paparikauta a Tiki.
E mea ana a ia ma te Pai o tona ahua ki nga tangata haere
mai ki tona whare, ma te Pai hoki o tana mahi, ma te Iti
marire hoki o te utu, ma reira ia e manaakitia ai e te tokomaha.
He pai, he hohoro, tana mahi i nga mea pakaru.
HAERE MAI, WHAKAMATAURIA.
TE TOA HOKO
UAWA.
KO te Toa ngawari rawa te hoko.
Haere mai kia kite!
Haere mai kia kite!
KO PARAONE MA
E ki atu ana ki nga hoa Maori, heoi rawa te Toa o te Tai
Rawhiti katoa e tomo tonu ana i nga hanga katoa e tau an a
mo nga Maori; a ko te utu e rite tonu ana ki to Kihipone.
Tera tetahi ruma kei te taha tonu o taua Toa, he ruma
whakaari i nga hanga mo te wahine.
E whakawhetai atu ana te Paraone ma ki o ratou hoa
Maori mo ta ratou manaakitanga i aua Pakeha o mua iho,
a e inoi atu ana kia manaaki tonu nga Maori i a ratou.
E kore e pai te matu nama; engari, " Ko te patu ki
tahi ringa, ko te whakapuru ki tahi ringa; noho maha ana,
haere maha ana. "
M. HAARA,
KAI HANGA TERA HOIHO, HANEHI, KARA
HOIHO HOKI,
KEI KARATITONE RORI, KIHIPONE, TURANGA.
He nui rawa he pai rawa ana Tera hoiho, Paraire, Whiu
(Wipu nei), Kipa, Kahu hoiho, me era atu mea pera.
Tetahi, he Hanehi mo te Paki hoiho rua nei, Kiapa, Kiki,
Kareti hoki. E tere tonu ana tana hanganga Tera-pikaunga,
me nga tu Hanehi katoa mo te Kaata, te Parau, me te aha
noa atu; ko te utu e ngawari rawa ana.
I a TE HAARA e timata hou nei i tana mahi ka tino
whakawhetai atu ia ki nga tangata katoa mo to ratou manaaki
nui i a ia i mua ai, a he ki atu tenei nana ka tohe tona ia
kia pai tana mahi ki nga tangata e haere mai ana ki a ia,
kia tatu ai hoki o ratou ngakau.
Tana Hanganga i nga mea pakaru He Pai, ke Hohoro,
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI
HE KUPU TENEI MO RUNGA I NGA RAWA O TE RIRE
O TURANGA KUA MATE NEI.
KI te mea he tono ta tetahi tangata, ahakoa Maori, Pakeha
ranei, ki runga ki aua rawa a taua Pakeha (ara a Te
Rire) na, he mea atu tenei na nga Kai-tiaki o aua rawa kia
rongo taua tangata tono, ka pai tonu ratou ki te ata whaka-
rite marire i aua tono i runga i tetahi ritenga tika, marama, kia
kore ai e whakaurua ki roto ki nga tikanga o te Ture—ara kia
oti pai ai i runga i te pai.
Ko te tangata e mea ana kia tono pera ia, na, me tuku
mai e ia ki au tana tono, me tuhituhi rawa ki te pukapuka
ka tuku mai ai.
Naku
Na te WAARA,
Koia mo nga Kai-tiaki o nga
rawa a te Rire.
KO TE WAORA MA,
KAI HANGA WAATI, ME ETAHI TAONGA
WHAKAPAIPAI,
KEI HEHITINGI RORI, NEPIA.
He tini noa nga mea pounamu Maori, whakapaipai nei, kei
a ia—he iti noa te utu.
KIARETI MA,
WHARE HOKO PUUTU, HU HOKI,
KARATITONE RORI, KIHIPONE.
Ko nga tu puuta katoa kei taua Whare; ko te pai, ko te iti
o te utu, e kore e taea e tetahi atu whare.
He whare hanga puutu na aua Pakeha kei Weekipiri
Tiriti, Akarana, kei Nepia hoki.
HENARE WIREMU,
TINO KAI HOKO O NGA MEA RINO KATOA.
He mea tuku mai ki a ia i Ingarani tonu nga mea mahi
paamu katoa. Kei a ia nga mea rino katoa; me nga pu,
he mea puru i te ngutu etahi, he purukumu etahi. He nui
nga ahua o te paura kei a ia, me nga mea katoa mo te tangata
pupuhi manu.
KEI HEHITINGI RORI, NEPIA.
KAI MAHI PU.
KUA whakaputaina mai e te Kawanatanga he raihana mahi
pu ki a
ERUETI PAATI.
Mauria mai ki Kihipone a koutou pu,
mana e hanga.
Ko nga tu paura katoa kei a ia, he ngawari marire te utu
Ko TUKEREU ! Ko TUKEREU !
PEKA WIWI NEI.
KO HONE TUKEREU e whakawhetai atu ana ki ona
hoa Maori o Turanga mo ta ratou mahi e haere tonu
nei ki tona whare ki te hoko rohi ma ratou; he reka
rawa hoki no ana rohi i pera ai ratou. Ka rongo te tangata
ki te reka o ana rohi e kore rawa ia e hiahia ki nga rohi a
tetahi atu peka. Kaore hoki he rongoa i roto i ana rohi e
mate ai te tangata—tuku hoki ki ana rarepapi ka heke te
wai o te waha i te reka. He Whare Tina tona whare mo
te tangata haere; kei reira e tu ana te kai i nga ra katoa—
HAERE MAI, E WHAI I TE WAEWAE A UENUKU KIA KAI
KOE I TE KAI !"
Engari me whakaaro koutou ki te whakatauki nei na: —
" Ko TE PATU KI TAHI RINGA, KO TE 'WHAKAPURU KI
TAHI RINGA; NOHO MAAHA ANA, HAERE MAAHA ANA !"
He tangata hoko hoki a Tukereu i te pititi, me era atu
hua rakau, i te hua pikaokao hoki, te pikaokao ano, me te
taewa, me nga mea pera katoa, ina kawea atu ki tona whare
e nga Maori. E tata ana tona whare ki te Paparikauta hou,
nui nei, kei
KARATITONE RORI, KIHIPONE.
KO KEREHAMA MA,
KIHIPONE.
HE Kai-whakahaere tikanga mo nga Teihana whangai
hipi, mo nga Kau, Hoiho, me era atu kuri, mo
nga whakahaere katoa hoki a te Pakeha; he kaa uta taonga
mai hoki ratou.
Hoko ai ano hoki ratou i te Huruhuru hipi ki te moni
tonu, i te Ngako mea taupa nei, me nga mea katoa e
whakatupuria ana e te tangata. Ko nga huruhuru, me era
atu mea e tukuna ana e ratou ki o ratou hoa i rawahi, ka
taunahatia wawetia e ratou ki te moni ki konei ano.
HE KAI UTA MAI RATOU
i nga mea katoa e tangohia ana mo nga Teihana whangai
hipi, me era atu kuri.
Tetahi, he Huka, he Ti, me nga mea pera katoa; nga tu
Hinu katoa mo te pani whare ki te peita, mo te raite, mo te
aha noa; nga mea Rino katoa; he Tera hoiho; he Waina, he
Waipiro, me nga tu Kakahu katoa kei a ratou mo te hoko.
KI NGA TANGATA KATOA.
E. K. PARAONE,
NONA te Whare iti iho te utu mo nga hanga katoa i to
nga whare katoa o te taone—he Hooro, Paraikete
Tera-hoiho, Paraire, Puutu, Kakahu, Kaheru, Poke, Kakahu
Hoiho, he Kakano Kaari, he Paraoa, he Pihikete.
Haere mai! Haere mai ! Haere mai!
KI A PARAONE ! KI A PARAONE WAIKATO !
Turanganui.
KO ROPITEONE RATOU KO TITI MA,
HE TANGATA HOKO KAHU, HUKA, TI, ME
NGA TAONGA KATOA ATU.
He Potae, he Puutu, he Kahu mo roto, hate nei, aha nei,
me nga mea whakapaipai katoa mo te wahine.
KIHIPONE.
E tui ana i nga kahu tane i taua whare.
WHARE TAHU PIA, KIHIPONE.
WIREMU KARAAWHATA.
HE PIA REKA RAWA.
E tiakina ana e te Kawanatanga te mahinga o tana Pia kia
pai ai.
KO TAAPU,
TAKUTA HOKO RONGOA
Pukapuka hoki,
KARATITONE RORI, KIHIPONE.
He tangata ata whakaranu ia i te rongoa. Ko nga Tino
Rongoa pai kei a ia e takoto tonu ana.
ERUINI WUNU,
KAI HOKO WHENUA, KAI WHAKAMAORI.
TURANGANUI.
KO TE HIIRI,
KAI mahi i nga Mata, Tini nei, me nga mea Rino papa nei,
me nga mea pera katoa mo te whare, mo te aha noa.
(E tata ana ki te Puna i pokaia i te rori).
KARATITONE RORI, KIHIPONE.
TITIRO MAI KI TENEI !
KEI wareware koutou ko te Whare e pai rawa ana te
mahi, e iti ana te utu, kei a
W. TARATA
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Kai hanga Kooti, Porowhita Kooti, he mahi Parakimete
hoki. He hu Hoiho etahi o ana mahi.
KEI TE WAAPU A RIRI, KIHIPONE.
He Paki, he Terei, kei a ia mo te Hoko, Kurutete ranei.
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI
KO TE PARAONE,
KAI-WHAKAAHUA TANGATA,
KARATITONE RORI KlHIPONE.
Ko etahi tu ahua te 10s. mo te mea kotahi; te 15s. te
utu mo nga ahua e ono; ki te mea ka mahia kia te kau ma
rua ahua, ka te 12 ano herengi te utu. Tetahi tu ahua e 5s.
mo te mea totahi; ka ono ahua, ka te 10s. te utu; te kau
ma rua ahua, ka te 12 ano herengi te utu.
Ka mahia te ahua ka homai tonu te moni, kaore e pai
te nama.
A. W. PARAMOPIRA,
ROIA, KIHIPONE.
He tangata haere ia ki te Kooti i Kihipone, i Omana, i
Uawa, ki te whakahaere i nga mahi Maori i roto i aua Kooti.
E tae ana hoki ia ki te Kooti Whenua Maori.
Me homai nga korero ki a
TEONE PURUKINI,
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_Kai-Whakamaori.
KO TAMATI URENE
E MEA atu ana kia rongo mai nga tangata katoa, katahi
ano ia ka hoki mai i Akarana me ana tini TAONGA
RAUMATI he mea ata whiriwhiri nana mo tenei kainga no
roto i nga tino taonga pai o te koroni katoa, ara he mea
WHAKAPAIPAI WAHINE,
NGA MEA WHATU KATOA, ME
NGA KAKAHU MO TE TINANA,
Ko te utu e rite tonu ana te ngawari ki to Akarana, ki to Kihi-
pone hoki.
HE KAHU TANE, HE KAHU WAHINE MO KOTO.
Nga mea katoa mo te Hoiho, he Kahu whakapaipai, he Tokena,
nga Tini mea rawe a te Pakeha, he Kariko, he Kaone, he Potae,
he Kiapa, he Potae Wahine, he mea ahua hou katoa, ko te iti
o te utu e kore e taea e tetahi atu tangata te whai.
TAMATI URENE,
KAI-HOKO TOA, MAKAKAKA.
TAKUTA PUKAKA.
HE panuitanga tenei naku, na TAKUTA PURAKA, ki nga
tangata Maori katoa o te takiwa o Turanga. E hoa
ma, tena koutou. Kua tae mai ahau ki konei ki te mahi i nga
mate katoa o nga turoro Maori. Ko taku mahi tena i nga
tau e rima kua pahure ake nei, i au e noho ana i Hauraki i
Ohinemuri. Ko au te takuta o nga rangatira me nga tangata
Maori katoa o aua takiwa, ko Te Hira, Tukokino, Te Moananui,
ara ratou katoa. Kei au nga rongoa katoa hei hoko ki nga
Maori. Ko taku whare te whare i nohoia e Paati, kai-hanga
pu i Kihipone i te rori nui e tika ana ki uta.
KO ATENE RAUA • KO WEHITANA
(Ko Houra i mua ai).
KO te Whare ngawari rawa tenei te utu o Haake Pei
katoa mo nga Tera hoiho, nga Hanehi, Tera-pikaunga,
me era tu mea katoa—he pai hoki te hanganga.
KEI NEPIA, KEI HEHITINGI HOKI
(Heretaunga).
HAERE MAI! HAERE MAI!
KIA whiwhi toutou ki te Puutu kaha rawa i te Whare o
TEKUPA RAUA KO KIRIWHINI
(Ko Te Pereki anake i mua ai).
He mohio rawa aua Pakeha ki te tui Puutu, he kiri pai
anake a raua kiri e tangohia ana. Ko te whare tena e ata
ruritia ai o koutou waewae kia rawe ai nga puutu. Ko
te whare puutu whakahihi rawa tenei. He puutu tere haere
etahi i nga taha; he Puutu Werengitana, he hawhe Were-
ngitana etahi, he Puutu kore e uru te wai, me nga tu puutu
katoa atu, he mea tatai te waewae, muri iho ka tuia nga pu-
utu. Kia kotahi tau tinana e takahia ana a raua puutu, e
kore e pakaru.
KARATITONE RORI, KIHIPONE.
KIHIPONE *
MIKA PARAOA KOROHU NEI.
HE PARAOA PAI RAWA kei reira e tuna, ko a te
Tohu (Parani nei) o taua paraoa he Kani Porowhita.
He Tino Paraoa,
He Paraoa Papapa,
He Papapa tonu,
He Witi whangai Pikaokao
Me Moni tonu me whakarite ke ranei—" Noho maaha ana,
haere maaha ana. "
NA KINGI MA.
NAHIMETI MA.
KAI-HANGA WATI, KARAKA HOKI.
KEI tetahi taha o te rori i te hangaitanga ki te Peek
o Atareeri, Karatitone Rori, Kihipone.
He tangata hanga ratou i nga Wati pakaru, me nga
Karaka, me nga Whakakai, me. nga mea whakapaipai pera
katoa.
He tini o ratou Wati Koura, Hiriwa, mo te Tane, mo te
Wahine hoki.
Kia kotahi tau tinana e haere ana e kore e kino.
He nui nga mea whakapaipai katoa kei tana Whare e tu
ana.
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KO TE METI,
KAI TUI PUUTU, HU HOKI,
KARATITONE RORI, KIHIPONE,
Kei te taha o te Toa o Hame Tiwingitone.
E MAHIA ana e ia ki te Mihini he taha tere haere ki
nga puutu tawhito. E mea ana ia kia matakitakina ana
puutu kore e uru te wai, kaore he hononga o te tuinga, he
mea rawe ia mo nga tangata Ruri Whenua, me nga tu tangata
pera.
Ka tuia e ia mo te utu iti nga Puutu me nga Hu mo te
Kanikani, mo te Haere, mo te haere ki te Pupuhi manu, me
nga Puutu tere haere hoki nga taha.
He Ora mo te waewae, he Rawe, he Ataahua, tana mahinga,
KO W HERIHI RAUA KO PITI.
E MEA atu ana ki o raua hoa Maori katoa o Turanga kia
rongo mai ratou he tangata hoko raua i te Witi, te
Taewa, te Purapura patiti, me era atu mea pena katoa, ina
mauria mai ki to raua whare i Kihipone. E kore e rahi ake
te moni a etahi Pateha i ta raua e hoatu ai mo aua tu mea.
Tetahi, he tangata makete raua i nga Hoiho, Kau, Hipi,
Whare, me nga toonga noa atu a te tangata. Ka hiahia
etahi Maori ti te tuku i etahi mea pera kia akihanatia, ara
kia maketetia, me haere mai ki a raua ma raua e mahi. Ko
raua hoki nga tangata e manaakitia ana e te Pakeha katoa ki
runga ki taua mahi— he tika hoki no to raua mahi.
KARATITONE HOKI, KIHIPONE.
PANUITANGA.
KO nga Rangatira e haereere mai ana ki Werengitana, a,
e hiahia ana Ma pai he kakahu, mo ratou, pai te tabu,
pai te tuhinga, pai te utu, na me haere mai ratou ki te ta-
ngata e mau nei tona ingoa ki raro iho.
He tini noa nga kakahu pai kei a ia; he mea hanga etahi
i nga Koroni, he mea hanga etahi i Rawahi.
ERUERA WIRIHANA,
TEERA TUI KAHU,
RAMITANA KI, WERENGITANA.
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI
IN THE MATTER OP THE ESTATE OF G. E. READ,
LATE OF GISBORNE, DECEASED.
IF any person or persons, Native or European, have any
Claim or Claims to make against this Estate, the Trustees
will be glad to entertain them in the most liberal and equitable
spirit; and will, so far as in their power lies, do everything
feasible to settle disputes without recourse to legal proceedings.
It is requested that any such Claim or Claims against the
Estate be sent in writing to the undersigned.
EDWD. FFRAS. WARD, JUN.,
Solicitor to the Trustees,
Gisborne.
NEWTON, IRVINE & CO.,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GENERAL MER-
CHANTS AND COMMISSION AGENTS,
HASTINGS STREET, NAPIER.
Agencies in London, Wolverhampton, and Glasgow.
Agents for the Wheeler and Wilson Sewing Machine Com-
pany.
Importers of General Drapery, Hosiery, Household Furnish-
ings, Men's Youths' and Boys' Clothing, Boots, Shoes, and
Slippers, &c., &c., &c.
General Grocery Goods of all descriptions. Wines and
Spirits, Ales and Stouts, Patent Medicines, Builders and
General Ironmongery, Hollow-ware, Tinware, Electro-Plated
ware, Lamps, Lampware and Kerosene Oils, Brushware,
Combs, &c., Cutlery, Earthenware and Glassware.
GISBORNE STEAM FLOUR MILL.
ON HAND
SUPERIOR FLOUR (Circular Saw Brand).
Superior Flour (Household),
Sharps,
Bran,
Fowl Wheat.
TERMS CASH, OR THE EQUAL.
KING & C O.
J. PARR,
PRACTICAL GASFITTER, Locksmith, Bellhanger and
General Jobbing Smith,
SHAKESPEARE ROAD, NAPIER.
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. N. B. —Old Metals Bought. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
JAMES MILLNER,
TINSMITH, PLUMBER, &c.
BEGS to return his best thanks to the people of the town
of Gisborne and country districts for the very liberal
support which they have accorded him since he commenced
business, and to assure them that no effort shall be wanting
on his part to merit a continuance of their favors.
'Tis not in mortals to command success,
But we'll do more, Sempronius, we'll deserve it.
\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_PEEL STREET, GISBORNE. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
THE MISSES SCHULTZ,
DRESSMAKERS & MILLINERS, GLADSTONE ROAD,
GISBORNE, are in regular receipt of the latest Euro-
pean fashions, and therefore have much pleasure in guaran-
teeing perfect fits and newest styles.
They would also take this opportunity of thanking the
ladies of Poverty Bay for the very liberal support accorded
them during the past twelve months, and further to state that
they will leave nothing undone to merit a continuance of such
favors.
D. E. SMITH,
BOOT & SHOE MAKER, GLADSTONE ROAD, GISBORNE
(Next to Mr. S. Stevenson's Store).
Elastic Sides put in Old Boots by Jones's Arm Machine,
specially adapted for the purpose.
Particular attention is directed to the Seamless Watertight
Boots, made specially for Surveys, &c.
Dancing, Walking, Shooting, and Elastic-side Boots and Shoes
made to order at the most reasonable rates.
COMFORT, EASE, FIT, AND STYLE GUARANTEED.
ARGYLL HOTEL, GISBORNE.
SAMUEL MASON WILSON, PROPRIETOR.
THIS first-class Hotel is replete with every convenience
and comfort for the accommodation of Travellers and
families, and is under the personal superintendence of the
Proprietor.
Wines, Spirits, and Malt Liquors of the finest quality.
LIVERY AND BAIT STABLES.
Conveyances sent to the Wharf on the arrival and depar-
ture of the Steamers. Also, to order, to any part of the town
or suburbs.
MASONIC LIVERY & BAIT STABLES
GISBORNE.
SADDLE HORSES, TRAPS & BUGGIES
ALWAYS ON HIRE.
Horses can be left at Livery and every care taken of them,
but no responsibility.
Good and secure Paddocking.
Good Accommodation for Race Horses and the best of
Fodder always on hand.
Persons sending Horses to the Bay will, by wiring to the
undersigned, ensure that they will receive every attention oa
arrival in Gisborne. -
The Veterinary treatment of Horses is a speciality with the
undersigned.
E. V. LUTTRELL.
BOARD AND RESIDENCE
at the COTTAGE of CONTENT, opposite the old
Block House, GISBORNE.
L E O N POSWILLO,
(Late Chief Cook of the s. s. "Pretty Jane" and " Go-Ahead. ")
A. MANOY & CO.,
WHOLESALE & RETAIL GROCERS
And Wine and Spirit Merchants, Napier.
N. B. Port Wine for invalids at 80s, per dozen, recommended
by the faculty.
W. G O O D.
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELLER,
GLADSTONE ROAD, GISBORNE.
Clocks, Watches, and Jewellery, of every description bought,
sold, or taken in exchange.
JAMES MACINTOSH,
NAPIER,
ENGINEER, BOILER MAKER
Iron and Brass Founder,
General Jobbing Blacksmith, hopes by strict attention to
business, and supplying a first-class article at a moderate
price, to inherit a fair share of public patronage.
BLYTHE & CO.,
DRAPERS, MILLINERS
Dressmakers and Outfitters,
EMERSON STREET, NAPIER.
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI.
HE RONGO NUI TENEI,
KA TUKUA. KEI KI, NGA MAORI!
KUA whiwhi a Hohepa H. Kiriwhini ki tetahi Whare hou,
i wera ra hoki tona Whare tawhito. Tenei ano ia kai
te tui tonu i nga PUUTU pai rawa ake i nga puutu katoa o
Kihipone. He puutu whakapaipai; he puutu kaha; he puutu
pai. Haere mai te kotahi, haere mai te katoa, ki te whaka-
matau.
TEO KIRIWHINI,
KARATITONE RORI, KIHIPONE.
KUA KITEA tetahi moni. Ka riro i te tangata nana, ins
utu ia i tenei panui, ka whakaatu tika mai hoki i nga
tikanga.
HE KUPU WHAKAHOKI KI NGA HOA TUHI MAI.
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Tupotahi, o Kopua, Arekahanara, Waikato. —Hei tera wiki
panuitia ai to reta.
H. Houkamau. —Hei tera wiki to reta.
Reihana Moari, o te Kawakawa. —E whakaae ana matou ki
nga mea ma te Piriniha mo nga moni utu mo te Waka, ina
kohikohi ia ka tuku mai ai ki a matou.
Tamata te Angi, me etahi atu. —Kaore he ahuarekatanga o
nga korero o ta koutou reta. Ehara i te mea tikanga.
Ko Henare Rahera, o Nepia; ko te Para, Kai-hoko pukapuka,
o Kerehama Taone, Akarana; ko J. A. Hatingi, o Waipiro;
ko W. W, Paraone, o Uawa, kai-hoko toa, kua whakaritea
katoatia hei tangata tango moni mo te Waka.
E hiahia ana matou kia whakaturia etahi tangata tika hei
whakahaere i te hoko o te Waka i nga takiwa Maori. Ko te
tangata e pai ana me tuhi mai ki te Etita kei Turanga nei, me
te whakaatu mai i tana utu e pai ai ia mo taua mahi—ara te
herengi mana i roto i te pauna kotahi.
He mea atu tenei ki nga tangata tuhituhi mai, me utu e ra-
tou te meera mo te mauranga mai o a ratou reta, ara me wha-
kapiri nga upoko Kuini e rite ana, ka kore, e kore e tangohia e
matou aua reta.. \_\_
Kia rongo mai nga tangata katoa e
tongo ana i te WAKA MAORI, me hohoro
te tuku mai i nga moni utu mo te WAKA;
ka kore, me pewhea e ora ai. Kua hae-
haetia atu e matou inaianei nga ingoa o
nga tangata kaore e whakaaro mai. He
aha te pai kia mahi kau noa te tangata.
Ka whakamutua taua tikanga, kua hoha
hoki.
Kaore he tikanga korero mai o te Keepa o muri
mai o tera Waka.
I tae ki te toru te kau mano rawa nga peeke witi,
oti, i utaina ki runga ki nga rerewe o Katapere
(Kaiapoi) i te Parairei, te 28 o Maehe. Hui katoa
nga peeke i kawea i runga i aua rerewe i taua wiki,
ka kotahi rau e waru te kau ma tahi mano, e whitu
rau e waru te kau ma ono.
Kaore he korero hou mai o Waimate o muri nei.
Ka tu te Kooti a Kapene Katiana, Kai-whakawa,
ki te Awanui i te Taitei te 10 o nga ra o Aperira;
ka tu hoki ki Tuparoa ki Tokomaru i nga ra o muri
iho ki te ai he tikanga e tu ai. Ko nga tangata e
hiahia ana ki te tango hamene, me haere ki te Kara-
ka o te Kooti i te Awanui; me whakaatu hoki ki a
ia ko tewhea ranei o aua kainga e toru e pai ai ratou
hei kainga whakawakanga i o ratou take.
FOUND, a sum of Money. The Owner can have the same
on giving full particulars, and paying for this advertise-
ment. —Apply at the Office of this Paper.
M. R. MILLER,
STOCK & STATION AGENT
\_\_\_\_\_\_ NAPIER.
ROUTLEDGE, KENNEDY & CO.
COMMISSION AGENTS
Merchants and Auctioneers,
NAPIER.
NOTICES AND ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.
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Tupotahi, of Kopua, Alexandra. —We shall publish your
letter next week.
H. Houkamau. —Letter next week.
Reihana Moari, of Kawakawa. —We will allow Piriniha the
commission he asks on any subscriptions he may obtain.
Tamati te Angi, and others. —The subject of your letter is
not in any way interesting or important.
Mr. Henry Lascelles, of Napier; Mr. Burra, of Grahams-
town. Auckland, bookseller; Mr. J. A. Harding, of Waipiro
Bay; and Mr. W. W. Brown, of Tologa Bay, storekeeper, have
been appointed agents for the Waka Maori, and are authorised
to collect and receive money on our behalf.
Responsible agents are required for the sale of the Waka in
Native districts. Address applications, stating terms, to the
Editor at Gisborne.
We beg to inform our correspondents that we shall
not receive letters for publication unless the postage be
prepaid.
We have liabilities to meet which
admit of no delay; we therefore beg to
notify to persons indebted to the WAKA
MAORI, who CAN pay but WILL NOT,
that, unless they settle their accounts at
once, we shall, most unwillingly, be forced
to take legal action to enforce payment.
We hope we shall not be driven to adopt
so unpleasant a course. This notice is not
intended for Gisborne only.
No further news of importance has been received
from the Cape since our last.
The grain in transit for the Canterbury lines on
Friday, March 28th, amounted to thirty thousand
bags. During that week there was carried from the
various stations on the Christchurch section 181, 786
bags of grain.
No further news of importance about the Waimate
plains.
Captain Gudgeon will hold a Court at Te Awa-
nui on Thursday, the 10th April, and at Tuparoa
and Tokomaru on succeeding days if required. Per-
sons requiring summonses should apply to the
Clerk of the Court at Te Awanui and name one of
these places where they wish their cases to he heard.
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374 TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI.
TE UTU MO TE WAKA.
Ko te utu mo te Waka Maori i te tau ka £1—me homai
taua moni ki mua. Ka tukuna atu te nupepa i te Meera ki te
tangata e hiahia ana me ka tukua mai e ia taua moni ki a te
Hekeretari, o te Kamupane kei Kihipone (Turanga nei).
\_\_\_\_Te Waka Maori.
TURANGA, HATAREI, APERIRA 5, 1879.
No te timatanga mai ra ano matou i ki ai e kore e
whai tikanga ki ta matou whakaaro te naahi a te Hi-
hana e tohe nei kia tatu te ngakau Maori, kia wha-
kapono ratou, ki te Kawanatanga o te motu nei, kia
ori pai hoki nga raruraru o ratou ko nga Pakeha,
kua ki noa matou e kore e taea i a ia ena tikanga
pai, he pouritanga tona mutunga o tana naahi. Te take
i puaki ai i a matou tena whakaaro, na te tika ki ta
matou mohio—he matau hoki matou ki te ahua o te
iwi Maori, no mua ano hoki matou—tetahi take, he
titiro matatau na matou ki te ahua o te Hihana ano.
He kupu tika rawa tenei na matou, ara,—E kuare
rawa ana te Hihana ki te ahua o te iwi e mahi nei
in, ki to ratou rerenga whakaaro hoki, ara, to te iwi
Maori ; ki te mea kaore ia e kuare ana, kati ha, he
whakawai marire taua i te Paremete me te motu
katoa i ana korero whakakake, korero patere ruhai-
raro nei, i ki ra ia ka tino oti i a ia nga tikanga
Maori o te motu nei. Ki ta matou nei whakaaro, ko
te tino take nui i he ai aua mahi he kuare rawa nona
ki te ahua me te rerenga whakaaro o nga tangata
rangatira o te iwi Maori (tera ke marire te tu o ana
hoa Maori e mohio ai ia) ; tetahi he whakahi he
whakapehapeha; tetahi ko tana mahi whakahoa ki
nga tangata koroke o te iwi Maori. Me he mea i
whai ia ki te tauira rangatira o Ta Tanara Makarini
kua ngaro nei, penei he turanga ke tona turanga i
tenei rangi i to tenei e tu nei ia, ara me he mea i
vvhakaaro ia ki te rangatiratanga o tona turanga
minita. Me he mea ko te Makarini te tangata, kua
kore rawa e pera he korero whakakuare ma te Whiti
ki a ia me tana korero i korero ai ki tenei Minita
Maori. I mua atu 6 te tuunga o tenei Kawanatanga
e ahua pai ana nga tikanga o te taha Maori i te
motu nei (kotahi anake te hunga i raruraru, he
hunga iti marire i Nepia—ko te Hihana ano hoki te
kai-whakahau i a ratou) ; ahakoa, ka kore i ata tatu
te ngakau o etahi Maori i reira ai, engari e ata mahi
pai marire aua i nga mahi Maori i o ratou kainga,
kaore i kitea he riri, he paweratanga, he pouritanga,
he ahatanga noatanga atu i roto i a ratou. Ko tenei,
e pewhea ana koia te ahua inaianei ? He raruraru
ra, he ngakau oho kei nga Maori i te motu katoa ;
heoi te mahi inaianei, he whakarere i nga mahi ahu-
whenua, ka haere pohuhu ai ki nga hui e karangatia
ana i nga wahi katoa hei korero tikanga mo te motu
(e pau noa nei nga moni a te Kawanatanga) ; kua
nui haere nga korero inaianei i te motu mo nga
tikanga o te taha Maori, kua rite ki te maunga te
teitei; kua kapi katoa nga nupepa Pakeha i aua
korero, kua raruraru katoa te whakaaro o te tangata.
Tena, he aha anake te tikanga e oho nei te ngakau o
te Maori inaianei, ara o te nui korero, te mahi hui-
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
The subscription to ihe Waka Maari is £1 per year,
payable in advance. Persons desirous of becoming subscribers
can have the paper posted to their address by transmitting that
amount to the Secretary of the Company at Gisborne.
\_\_\_\_Te Waka Maori.
GISBORNE, SATURDAY, APRIL 5, 1879.
WE have, from the first, consistently declared it to
be our opinion that Mr. Sheehan's efforts to conci-
liate the Natives, induce in their minds a feeling of
confidence in the Government of the country, and
bring about a satisfactory settlement of the differ-
ences between them and the Europeans, would end
in failure and disappointment. And we have given
expression* to this opinion from an, honest conviction
of its correctness ; a conviction founded upon a life-
time's experience of the Native character, and a care-
ful observation of the character of Mr. Sheehan him-
self. One of two things is quite clear—either that
Mr. Sheehan has misapprehended the temperament
and distinctive qualities of the Maori people with
whom he has been called to deal, or that he has deli-
berately attempted to mislead the House and the
country by vain-boasting and charlatanry. Our own
opinion is that his signal failure is to be attributed,
in no small degree, to ignorance of the Native cha-
racter as it exists in chiefs of standing, overweening
conceit, and too much familiarity with a certain
class of the Natives. If he had followed the digni-
fied example of the late Sir Donald McLean, if he
had been a little more careful of his reputation as
Native Minister, he would this day have stood in a
very different position to that in which he now
stands. We are quite sure that the Whiti would
not have treated "the late Sir Donald McLean with
the contempt which he has manifested towards the
present Native Minister. Before the present Govern-
ment came into office, Native affairs throughout the
country were in a peaceful state (except among a
small clique at Napier led by Mr. Sheehan himself) ;
the Natives, if not altogether satisfied, were at least
quietly attending to their domestic pursuits; there was
no excitement, no agitation, or perturbation of spirit
among them. But what is the state of things now V
There is little else but confusion and excitement in
the Native mind all over the country ; large bodies
of Natives are leaving their industrial avocations and
flocking to attend political meetings and feasts iu
every direction (got up, for the most part, at the ex-
pense of the Government) ; the Native question has
again assumed the proportions of a mountain; the
i papers are teeming with " Native Intelligence;" and
men's minds generally are in perplexity and doubt,
What is the meaning of all this excitement and
bustle, political gatherings, and what not, among the
Natives ? Can it be possible that any one really
supposes they intend to confer a benefit on the
colony by making some important concessions to Sir
George Grey and Mr. Sheehan, " free, gratis, and for
nothing ?" Will the result of the long expected
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI,
hui, te turituri noa, te aha noa, e tu nei te puehu i
roto i a ratou inaianei? E mahara ana ranei te
tangata ko te homai noa ratou i tetahi taonga nui
mo te koroni, ara he tuku noa mai i tetahi tikanga
nui ki a Kerei raua ko te Hihana ? Tena ranei e
oti he tikanga i te hui taringa roa o Maehe kia wha-
katuwheratia te whenua o Waikato kia nohoia kia
mahia e te Pakeha, e ai ki ta etahi i whakaaro ai ?
Ehara i te mea he komai oranga nui ki te Pakeha i
karangatia ai enei tu hui e nga Maori, engari he mea
kia hoatu e te Pakeha he tikanga e ora ai ratou, nga
Maori. E whakakotahi ana i o ratou whakaaro
pupuri whenua i nga wahi katoa o te motu inaianei;
ko te tino take hoki o te Kingitanga he pupuri i nga
whenua e toe ana ki a ratou, he pupuri hoki i te iwi
kei heke haere, kei ngaro. Na, ko nga take enei i
kii ai matou e kore e riro mai he tikanga nui mo te
koroni i a Kerei raua ko te Hihana i nga Maori te
homai.
E kore hoki tenei e ngaro i te ahua o te mahi ki a
to Hihana i Parihaka; he tohu hoki ia e mohiotia ai
te whakaaro o etahi wahi, no te mea e kore e wehe
ke i enei ra te mahi a nga iwi i runga i nga tikanga
nui, ara nga tikanga e pa ana ki te iwi nui katoa o
te Maori i te motu. E kore e mohiotia nga whaka-
hoatanga me nga whaka-iwi-kotahitanga o ratou i
tenei wa. Kua rongo matou kotahi tenei rangatira
o te Rawhiti i tae mai ai he tono na te Whiti kia
haere atu ia ki a ia; e mohio ana hoki matou e nui
haere ana te mana o te Kingi i roto i nga iwi i etahi
wahi o te motu, e kore hoki e tika te ki he mana
tautoko i te Kawanatanga tona mana, he mea hapai
ranei i te mana o te iwi Pakeha kia nui haere ai i
tenei motu; e mohio ana hoki matou he nui nga
tangata nanakia, ngakau tutu, kei roto i nga iwi e
noho ana, a ko ta ratou mahi tena he whawhai e pai
ai e hari rawa ai aua tu tangata. E kore matou e
whakaaro tera e waiho e te Kawanatanga ko te mahi
Kianga a te Whiti mo Waimate me te koroke kohuru,
a Hiroki, hei take e rere kuare noa ai ratou ki tetahi
whawhai hou ki te iwi Maori. E tika ana ano ra, e
kore rawa e pai kia tu he pa whakaora tangata
kohuru i te motu nei; engari me matua whakamatau
ki nga tikanga ngawari, te korero, te aha, me i kore
o oti pai nga raruraru o te motu—hei mea whakamu-
tanga rawatanga tena mahi kino te riri. Ki te mea
ka karangatia he whawhai ka mate ano ia nga
Maori, e mohiotia ana ano tena; engari, he kino, he
nui nga mate e puta ana i roto i te whawhai, o tetahi,
o tetahi.
Tera e ui etahi o a matou hoa Pakeha, he aha
anake nga tikanga e tonoa ana e nga Maori e riri
mai nei, ara e pouri mai nei ? Tenei, ma matou e
whakaatu. E tono aua kia whakahokia nga whenua
i tangohia i runga i te rau o te patu; e hiahia ana
kia waiho ma ratou ake ano e hanga he ture whaka-
haere i o ratou tikanga; e hiahia ana kia whakamu-
tua rawatia te mahi hoko i nga whenua a nga Maori;
ara, e mea ana kia motu ko ratou i te Pakeha nae te
Kawanatanga a te Pakeha—a, ki ta matou whakaaro
e penei una ano hoki te whaka o te ngakau o etahi
o nga iwi e whakahoa aua ki te Pakeha, nga
Waikato meeting be to throw open the Waikato
country, as many have been led to expect, for Euro-
pean settlement and enterprise ? The real object of
the Natives in getting up these political meetings is
not to confer benefits upon the Pakeha, but to receive
benefits from him. Cliques are being formed every-
where for the avowed purpose of holding on to the
lands; and the prominent characteristic of the King
movement itself is to resist the alienation of the
Native lands now remaining in their possession, and,
if possible, arrest the decadence of their race. Bear-
ing this in mind, we think it is not likely that Sir
George Grey and Mr. Sheehan will obtain any con-
cessions of much importance to the colony.
We think the reception lately accorded to Mr. Sheehan
at Parihaka ought to be sufficient to show this; for
the Maories do not in. these days act without con-
cert, especially in matters of great importance affect-
ing their welfare generally as a people. It is impos-
sible to say what combinations exist among them at
the present rime. We hear that at least one chief
on this coast has received an invitation from the
Whiti to join him; we know that the King has been
slowly but surely extending his influence among the
tribes in various parts of the country—an influence
which cannot be said to be in favor of the Govern-
ment, or any extension of the power of the Pakeha
in the country: and we know, too, that there are
many discontented and daring spirits among the
tribes who would rejoice iri the excitement and ad-
venture of war. We cannot, however, think the
Government will rush headlong rato another Maori
war in consequence of the insane action of the Whiti
and his party in reference to the Waimate plains
and the murderer Hiroki. It is certain that cities
of refuge for murderers cannot be tolerated in the
land, hut all peaceable measures-should first be tried
to bring about a settlement of existing difficulties
before proceeding to the dread alternative of war.
We know, of course, that the Maories would even-
tually be beaten, but it would be at a cost probably
little calculated on. We shall not, for obvious
reasons, enlarge on this view of the subject.
Some of our readers will probably ask what the
disaffected tribes really want. We will enlighten
them in a few words. They ask that the confiscated
lands may be returned to them; they desire to make
their own laws and govern themselves; they want
all land purchasing from Maories to be peremptorily
forbidden; in fact, they desire to be independent of
the Pakeha and his Government—and the desire for
these things we believe is more or less participated
in by many of the friendly tribes, the heretofore
supporters of the Government. Notwithstanding all
this, we think that many of the chiefs and thought-
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI.
iwi i tautoko i te Kawanatanga i mua ai. Aha-
koa tena whakaaro o nga Maori, he tokomaha nga
rangatira me nga tangata whai whakaaro o ratou e
mohio ana ki te tika, e ata whakarongo ana ki te
korero tika; a, ki te mea he tika he mohio te whaka-
haeretanga tikanga mo te taha Maori, tera e oti pai
nga raruraru o tenei wa.
Heoi tena. He kupu tenei ka whakapuakina atu
e matou ki nga iwi Maori e takahi mai nei i te ture
—he kupu aroha na matou. He tono ta matou kia
- ata haere ratou, kei rarua ratou. Me titiro ratou ki
nga whawhai katoa a te Maori ki te Pakeha o mua
iho; a ma ratou e ki mai, he aha anake nga mea pai
i riro i a ratou i aua whawhai ? He aha rawa te
oranga i kitea e ratou i te karakia Hau-Hau ? I nga
rangi o te pai, o te aroha, o mua, i te wa e rangona
ana te pere mihinare e tangi ana i nga kainga katoa,
e karanga aua i nga tangata kia hui ki te karakia ki
te Atua Pono, na e noho ora ana nga tangata i taua
wa, e noho rangatira ana te Maori i tona kainga i
reira ai. No te horapatanga. o te karakia kino nei,
o te Hau-Hau, katahi ratou ka whakahautia e nga
poropiti teka kia whawhai ki te Pakeha; tona tuku-
nga iho, ka mate o ratou rangatira toa rawa, ka mate
hoki nga whenua. Ko nga mate i pa ki a koutou i
mua ai i te whawhai, ma te whawhai ano e whaka-
hoki mai e hoki mai ai. E ki ana koutou he mate
nui no koutou te rironga o a koutou whenua; otira,
ki te mea ka rere kuare noa ano koutou ki te wha-
whai, ko te ara tena e riro ai ano etahi o a koutou
whenua. No te mea e kore rawa e mate, te Pakeha
i a koutou me he mea ka whawhai koutou. Ahakoa
toa koutou, ahakoa maia rawa rawa koutou, he mate
tona mutunga. E kore rawa e taea e koutou te wha-
kahoki i te mana me te kaha o te iwi Pakeha ka
whakaputaina hei patu i a koutou. Ki te mea ka
tohe koutou kia whawhai te Pakeha, akuanei he
whawhai whakamutunga ia; no te mea e kore e ngata
tona ngakau, ka pa ra ano kia mate rawa koe, kia
kore ai koe e kaha ki te tahuri mai ki a ia riri ai i
muri iho. Kia mohio koutou, e kore rawa te Kawa-
natanga e pai kia waiho enei tu riri mea noa nei kia
puta auau ana hei whakararuraru i te kakenga haere-
tanga o te motu; ki te mea ka toia ratou ki roto ki
te riri a muri ake nei, akuanei he riri tikanga ia.
Kaore rawa atu he hiahia o te Pakeha ki te tukino i
a koutou. E noho ana nga mema Maori i te Pare-
mete ki te kimi tahi ratou ko nga mema Pakeha i
nga tikanga e pai ai te motu, e ora ai nga iwi e rua;
a ko nga tikanga pai katoa e mau ana i te iwi Pakeha
kua tukua katoatia atu ki a koutou. Ki te mea he
mate kei a koutou, me kawe ki te aroaro o te Pare-
mete, me pitihana, me aha ranei, a e tino mohio ana
matou tera e korerotia e nga mema i runga i te wha-
kaaro aroha; ko te ara Hoki tena e whiwhi ai koutou
i te pai nui atu i to te ara whawhai. Heoi, kia
mohio koutou i te wa e ora ana koutou.
Kua nekehia atu nga ra o te Kooti Whenua. KO
tenei he te 10 o nga ra o Mei ka noho ki Makaraka;
kei te 21 o Hune ka noho ki te Wairoa; kei te 25 o
nga ra o Hurae ka noho ki Waiomatatini,
ful men among them are amenable to reason, and
that, by the exercise of a wise and prudent policy, all
these difficulties may be peaceably arranged.
Before concluding we would say a few words to
the tribes who are setting the law at defiance. We
ask them to pause in their career ere it be too late.
Let them look back upon all the wars in which the
Maories have engaged against the Pakeha, and say
have they gained a single advantage ? What has
Hau-Hauism done for them ? In the good old days
when the missionary bell was heard in every village
calling the people to the service of the true God, the
Maori dwelt in. peace and safety, and verily they
were rangatiras in their own land. But when Hau-
Hauism spread its baneful influence over them, they
were excited to war against the Pakeha by infatuated
false prophets, the bravest of their chiefs were
slain, and their lands confiscated. The misfortunes
which war brought upon you in times past it will
bring again. Tou complain of the confiscation of
your lands as a great grievance; but if you rush into
war, you will be taking the direct course to bring
about a further confiscation of your lands. For you
cannot expect to be victorious in a conflict with the
Pakeha. No matter how brave you may be, you are
sure to he beaten in the end. It would be impossi-
ble for you to successfully withstand the power
which could and would be brought against you. If
you force another war upon the Pakeha, it will be
the last; for he will not rest satisfied till you are so
thoroughly beaten that you will never again be able
to make head against him. Depend upon it; the
Government will not allow a series of petty wars to
obstruct the progress of the colony; if they should
be compelled to fight again, they will do so effectu-
ally. There is no desire on the part of the Pakeha
to oppress you in the slightest degree. Maori mem-
bers sit in Parliament to discuss together with the
, Pakeha members measures for the good government
of the colony and the welfare of both races; and
every privilege which the Pakehas enjoy has been
freely accorded to you. If you have any grievances
• to complain of, let them be brought before the Par •
liament, by petition or otherwise, and we are sure
. they will he discussed in a generous spirit, and that
you will make better terms by adopting such a course
' than you can possibly expect to obtain by rushing
into war. Be warned in time.
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI.
HE RETA TUHI MAI.
Ki te Etita o te Waka Maori.
Waikato, 27 o Maehe, 1879.
E HOA, —Utaina atu tenei ki runga i te Waka
na, nona nei tenei tauparapara, —" Toia Tainui,
tapatu ki te moana. " Ma wai e to ? Ma Hori
Kerei raua ko te Hiana (ko te Hianga ranei) ki te
wai tonu atu. Ko te tauparapara tenei a Ta Hori
Kerei i tona whakahokinga mai i te Keipa hei Ka-
wana mo Niu Tirani. I whakaaro hoki pea te
Kawanatanga o tawahi heoi nei te tangata maua e
mau ai te rongo ki te Maori. Otiia, hoki noa mai
ia ko ana purapura i whakatipu ai kua puawai. Na,
whakaarahia aua e ia ko taua to-waka a nga tupuna
nei hei tanu i nga kanohi o te iwi Maori. " E te iwi
whakaaro kore, awhea ano koutou ka mohio ?" Ko
taua Hori Kerei nei ano hoki tenei. Nana nei tenei
kii ki a Potatau te Wherowhero i te takiwa ko ia
ano te Kawana o te motu nei, i te tunga o Potatau
hei Kingi mo te iwi Maori o tenei motu. Ka, ui a
Kerei ki a Potatau i Ngaruawahia, —" Ki te pau ou
kai, he aha he kai mau ?" • Ko Po ki a ia, —" He
para, he roi, he mamaku, ko era atu kai a oku tu-
puna. " Ko Kerei, —" Ki te pau ena, he aha he kai
mau?" Ko Po, —" Ko koe. " Haere atu ia; hoki
mai, ko Waikato ka tere ki te moana. Na Titoko-
waru i whakamana te korero a Potatau, ara te ki
nei, —" Ko koe. " Na Kerei ano ka he rawa atu
Waitara. Mehemea he tangata tika ia, kua ata titiro
marire ia i te he, i te tika ranei, o te pakanga mo
Waitara. Kaore ia i whakaaro ki te tika, ki te hee
ranei, o taua pakanga. Te take—ko Waikato e
ngau ana ki ona kanohi, ki nga kanohi hoki o nga
taniwha horo whenua o Akarana. 1 te tau 1863, ka
kite au i tenei pamu a Kerei, i penei, "Ko
te tangata e piri ki te maru o te Kuini, ko nga
tangata ranei e noho pai ana, e kore o ratou whenua
e ahatia—(engari ka nukara). E mohio ana te toko-
maha ki te tikanga o taua panui raka; ki te mahanga
atu hoki o nga kupu. He tikanga pai ano tana tika-
nga a Kerei i taua takiwa—titiro ! Ka rere i reira
nga rangatira o Waikato ki te kupapa. Ko te Awai-
taia, akuanei ka kii anu tamariki, no mua iho ano te
Kuinitanga o te Awaitaia. E tika ana; ina hoki
tuna kupu kia te Heuheu i te korerotanga mo te
Kingi i runga o Paetai, " Kaore koe e mohio ko nga
uri renei o Muriwhenua kai tangata ?" Whakaaro-
ngia te tutakitanga o nga kupu a tera tangata; te
tutukitanga tenei, he aha te utu o to whenua (he
moni e waka). Ko te ahua tonu tenei o nga tangata
i ahu ki te kupapa—ara, o te Raihi, o Kukutai, o
o tena atu, o tena atu iwi, o Ngatiteata
hoki—ka pau nga whenua. Ka pai te Hau-Hau.
E kore e tae to ratou matauranga ki to Kerei kua
uru nei ano ki te whakahaere tikanga mo te motu,
he mahi hoki nana te wawahi i nga iwi. Taku mahi,
e hoa, he whakarongo ki te tangata e korero ana,
Pakeha tonu, Maori tonu, e kiia ana ma Hori Kerei
e takoto ai he pai. E tika ana; ko ia hoki te Ariki
i te pononga pai. Tena pea te kiia atu na ki taua
pononga; " Haere—mikaia a Manga, kia hohoro ai te
pakarukaru o nga rangatira o te taha Kingi. Kia
mohio koe. e taku pouanga, kaore kau o Waikato
whenua; kua pau katoa i au i mua. Heoi ano te
whenua kei te toe, no Maniapoto anake. E moumou
korero kau ana taua ki te Kingi Maori. Kaore kau
ana whenua; engari a Manga, ko ia te rangatira nui
o whiwhi whenua. Ki te whakaae a Manga ki ta
taua, heoi, kua kore he runga waewae mo te taha
Kingi. Kua whera me te Teira, raua ko Kiriku-
mara, ko te Rangitake, Ahakoa rite tonu te tika o
era ki Waitara, me aha i a te Teira kua whakaae kia
riro te whenua ? Hei aha ma wai tena Rangitake.
CORRESPONDENCE.
—————«, —————
To the Editor of the Waka Maori.
Waikato, 27th March, 1879.
MY FRIEND, —Take this on board the Waka, to
which (being a Native canoe) may be said to belong
the old Maori song of the launch, —" Drag Tainui
into the sea. " Who will drag it ? George Grey
and Sheehan (or Hianga*) will drag it to sea
altogether. This " song of the launch" Sir George
Grey adopted as his motto when he was brought
back from the Cape to be Governor of New Zealand.
The English Government no doubt thought that he
was the only man possessing sufficient influence to
bring about a peace with the Maories. But when he
returned here, he found that the seeds planted by
himself had produced flowers. Then he took up our
ancestral song of the launch as a means of destroy-
ing the Maories (lit. —" to bury the faces of the
Native race. ") " Ye foolish people, when will ye
understand ?" And this is the same George Grey
here now again. When he was Governor of this
country, in the days when Potatau te Wherowhero
was made King of the Maories, he (Grey) put the
following questions to him at Ngaruawahia: —
" When you have consumed all your provisions, how
will you exist ?" Potatau answered, " On fish, fern-
root, and mamaku (tree-fern), and other such food
£ my ancestors. " Grey, —" "When all those things
are gone, how will you exist ?"' Potatau said, " On
you. " Then he went away (left the country), and
on his return Waikato was carried out to sea (con-
fiscated). It was Titokowaru who carried out the
words spoken by Potatau, " On you. " Through
Grey, Waitara came to grief. Had he been a just
man he would have carefully investigated the Wai-
tara quarrel, the justice or the injustice of it. But
he never considered whether the thing was right or
wrong. And why ? Because Waikato was as gall
to his eyes, and to the eyes of other land-devouring
taniwhas of Auckland. Iu the year 1863 1 saw
a proclamation made by George Grey, which said
that " Lands belonging to persons who remained
under the protection of the Queen, and of those who
kept the peace, would not be interfered with. " This
was a deception and a cheat. All the people were
acquainted with that proclamation of Grey's, and the
further matters set forth in, it. That measure of
Grey's at that time was a good one—but mark!
Chiefs of Waikato joined the neutral party. The
Awaitaia, his young men said, had always been a
Queenite; and they were right, for at the discussion
above Paitai about the King movement he said to
the Heu Heu, " Don't you know that those are the
descendants of Muriwhenua, the man-devourer ?"
Consider the meaning of the words of that man;
they meant that they would get money for their
land (i. e., the land would not be taken). And this
is the ease of those who joined the neutral party—
, the Raihi, Kukutai, and others of various tribes, also
the tribe of Ngatiteata—their lands are gone. The
Hau-Haus are harmless. They do not possess the sub-
they and shrewdness of Grey, who is now again
managing the affairs of the country, and splitting up
the tribes. I hear men, Pakehas and Maories;, say-
ing that George Grey will bring about good. Just
so. He is the chief, and he has a most obedient
* Hianga is a Maori word, meaning " vicious and dishonest. "
M. Sheehan's name is so pronounced by a large section of the
Maories.
The meaning is that they will be the cause of the downfall
and disappearance of the Native race altogether.
Paitai is a place near Rangiriri where a great meeting was
held in former days in reference to the Kingship.
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI.
a te Teira kua riro i a taua ?" Ko ia te mahi nui a
te kaumatua nei. Tana kupu hoki tenei i tera
Maehe: —" He mea naku kia waiho pi iho te motu,
na te mea kua koroheke au, kei hohoro au te mate,
e kore e takoto te pai mo koutou. " Ka tika hoki, u
ana!
Kia tupato e te iwi! Ko te tangata tenei nana i
to Tainui ki te wai. Kua manu te ihu; ka taka i te
tainga a wai; kia tupato, kei rewa te kei. Kei te
rewanga hoki ki te wai te puta ai ia; kei reira ka
tupeke mai ia ki te kei karanga mai ai i te kupu
(waiata) nei: —" Ka hura tangata a tai ki tangata a
uta; ki hura tangata a uta ki tangata a tai. " Kei
te Maehe nei te kite ai ana mahi. Mehemea kaore
ano te iwi Maori i mohio noa, me titiro ki nga korero
mo tenei taha hauauru o Waipa—kua he tata. Otiia,
ko ewhea o ana korero i tika? Heoi ano ko te pati-
pati anake. Ko Kereihi te tangata hapai o tena
huarahi. Ko ia tetahi o nga pononga tika. Ka
haere mai he tangata rangatira, e ai ki ta tena
tangata korero, ka kii atu ki a te Kereihi, homai he
mea maku, ka hoatu tonu e ia; ki te haere atu te
tangata e whakaarongia ana e te Kereihi he ware,
ahakoa e hemo ana i te kai, e kore e whangaia.
Otira e tika ana tana; heoi ano hoki ta te pononga
whakarongo ki te kupu a tona ariki. Heoi.
E hoa, tukua atu tenei ki runga i te Waka na, hei
titiro iho ma o taua hoa Maori, Pakeha.
Na tetehi tangata titiro ki nga mahi Kawanatanga
i roto i enei tau 18 kua mahue ake nei, ara
Na Te WHETU-ITI.
servant (Sheehan), to whom I can imagine him
speaking after this style: " Go—humbug Manga,
that we may he enabled to create a division among
the chiefs of the King party. Know, O my servant,
that the Waikatos have no land. I took it all long
ago. Maniapoto alone has any land left. Tou and
I are wasting our breath talking to the Maori King.
He has no land; not so Manga, he is the chief who
has much land. If Manga will agree to our pro-
posals, then the King party will have no place to set
their feet upon. It will be the same as in the ease
of the Teira, the Kirikumara, the Rangitake (Wil-
liam King). Although they all had an equal claim
to Waitara, what did it matter so long as Te Teira
agreed to alienate the land ? Of what consequence
was Te Rangitake when we had secured Te Teira ?"
This is the little game of the old gentleman. He
said last March, "I am desirous of leaving the
country behind me in a settled arid prosperous state;
for I am old, and may soon die, and then an advan-
tageous position would not be secured to you. " Poor
fellow—how just he is !
Be cautious, ye people! This is the man who
dragged Tainui to the water. The hows are afloat;
the centre is going; be cautious, lest the stern also
get afloat. Once afloat, it will be off; then he will
spring into the stern and shout in the words of the
old song, " The men of the sea take leave (separate
from) the men of the land; and the men of the land
take leave of the men of the sea" '(i. e., they will no
longer be as one people). At the great meeting it
will be seen what he will do. If the Maori people
do not yet understand, let them look at the proceed-
ings in connection with this west side of Waiapu—
things just lately have gone wrong there. But which
of his promises have been fulfilled ? There has been
nothing real but cajolery. This is the part played
by Grace. He is one of the well-behaved servants.
It a man whom Grace thinks is a chief applies to
him for anything, it is immediately given to him;
but a man whom he considers to he nobody will get
no food, although he may be starving. But he is
right, no doubt: the good servant is the one who
obeys his master's commands.
Insert this in the Waka that it may be read by
both our Maori and our Pakeha friends.
From one who has been observing the proceedings
of the Government for the last 18 years—
From Te WHETU-ITI.
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI.
EDWARD LYNDON,
AUCTIONEER, LAND AND COMMISSION AGENT,
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT & ARBITRATOR,
NAPIER.
Government Broker under the Land Transfer Act.
THE WORKING MAN'S STORE,
GLADSTONE ROAD, GISBORNE.
SAM. STEVENSON, PROPRIETOR.
THIS is the old-established Shop where you can get your
GROCERIES, GENERAL STORES, BRUSH WARE,
DRAPERY, &c., of first-class quality, and at prices as low as
any house in town.
Just Received—A splendid Assortment of IRONMONGERY,
Colonial Ovens, Spades, Axes, &c.
A capital assortment of SADDLERY.
JAMES CRAIG
(Successor to T. Duncan),
BAKER AND CONFECTIONER,
GLADSTONE ROAD,
Begs to announce that ho is prepared to supply the people of
Gisborne with Bread of the Best quality.
CONFECTIONERY, GROCERIES, &C.
Wedding Cakes supplied to order.
Suppers, Balls, Soirees, and Parties catered for.
G. HOUGHTON,
PAINTER, PAPER. HANGER, DECORATOR. &c.,
GLADSTONE ROAD, GISBORNE (opposite the Royal Hotel).
Oils, Colors, Glass, and Paperhangings of all descriptions
always in stock.
M. HALL,
SADDLER, HARNESS, & COLLAR MAKER,
GLADSTONE ROAD, GISBORNE.
An extensive well-assorted Stock of Saddles, Bridles,
Whips, Spurs, Horse Clothing, &c. Also Buggy Pair
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Terms. In resuming Business, M. H. offers his best thanks
to the public generally for their liberal support in times past,
and assures them that nothing shall be wanting on his part to
give general satisfaction to those customers who give him a
call. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_
EDWIN TURNER WOON,
NATIVE AGENT & INTERPRETER.
OFFICES—Cooper's Buildings, Gisborne.
J. H. STUBBS,
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Prescriptions carefully prepared.
Patent Medicines of every kind always in stock.
N JACOBS,
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Musical, Cricketing and Billiard Materials,
Tobacconist's Wares, &c.
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Mr. Lascelles also attends when required at the
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AUCTIONEER, Land & Estate Agent, Timber Merchant
Valuator, Horse, Sheep, and Cattle Salesman, &c.,
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Carvings, &c.
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TE WAKA MAORI O NIU TIRANI.
KIRKCALDIE & STAINS,
DRAPERS, GENERAL OUTFITTERS,
IMPOTERS OF
MILLINERY, UNDERCLOTHING, BABY LINEN, MANTLES, COSTUMES, BALL DRESSES, HOUSEHOLD
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specially supervised by themselves and dispatched by the first mode of conveyance after receipt of order to all
parts of New Zealand.
Patterns forwarded on application, and Details and Styles given descriptive of the Articles mentioned in order.
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monthly. Accounts rendered quarterly are subject to no reduction.
KIRKCALDIE & STAINS,
LAMBTON QUAY AND BRANDON-STREET,
WELLINGTON.
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*
HE PANUITANGA.
TITIRO MAI! TITIRO MAI!
KA puta te Haeata o te Rangi ki Kihipone nei! Kua ara
nga Kawainga o te ata!—ara, ko
RENATA MA
E HAERE MAI ANA KI KIHIPONE NEI.
He tini noa atu a ana
KOTI, TARAUTETE, WEKOTI,
KAONE, PARAIKETE, RAKA,
POTAE, KIAPA,
Me nga tini mea katoa e paingia ana e te Maori. He maka
noa tana mahi i te taonga.
KO TE WHARE KEI KARATITONE RORI, INA, KEI
TE WHARE PEKA TAWHITO A TAKANA.
PARNELL & BOYLAN,
IMPORTERS OF AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS
Of all Description,
FURNISHING IRONMONGERS,
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Guns, Shot, and Powder.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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HERON, J., Carlyle Street, Napier.
JOHNSON, J. T., Hastings Street, Napier. (Refreshment
Rooms).
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GARRY, J., Hastings Street, Napier.
Fancy Bazaar—
COHEN, H. P., Hastings Street, Napier.
Fruiterer—
BENJAMIN, G., Hastings Street, Napier.
Hotels—
ASHTON, E., Provincial Hotel, opposite the Theatre, Napier.
BELL, JOSEPH, Crown Hotel, Port Ahuriri.
YOUNG, JOHN, Rail-way Hotel, Port Ahuriri.
Licensed Interpreter—
GRINDELL, JAMES, Gisborne.
Merchants and General Importers—
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ROBJOHNS, IRVINE & Co., Port Ahuriri.
VAUTIER, J. H., Port Ahuriri.
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