Te Pipiwharauroa 113

Te Pipiwharauroa 113

No. 113

1907/08

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 113, Gisborne, August 1907.

OUR DAUGHTERS

We hear many people saying: ‘What is the good in sending girls to school? When they return home the first thing they do is write to the boys. The things they learned at school are wasted, whereas the boys, when they finish school, get jobs which provide a living for them.’

We think that to say this is wrong. It is wrong because people are ignorant of the main reason for teaching children, which is not that a child will know how to go about getting money for himself, there is nothing wrong with that, but the main reason a child goes to school is to broaden his thinking so that he will be able to stand up to the many things with which the world confronts him. The main reason why we educate our girls is not that they may know how to earn money, but to prepare them to cope with the things that will required of them in this world. Let us look carefully into our own hearts for the answer to the question, ‘What is the most important task for a girl in this world?’ Is it to sew clothes so that she can get some money for herself? No. Or is it to teach in school in order to earn money? No. All these occupations are fine, but they are not an end in themselves. It is good to establish a girl in these jobs to the end of their lives. But how many Māori women remain unmarried right through to old age? Perhaps one in a thousand. If most of our girls marry, let us teach them the skills a married woman needs: how to look after her house and possessions, preparing food, and raising children. This is the main purpose in teaching girls, not so that they can earn money.

There is nothing wrong with a girl writing to a boy if she wishes to get married. It is not sinful for a man to want a wife or for a woman to want a husband; this is a desire implanted in the heart by God. ‘Then the Lord God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a suitable helper.”’ [Genesis 2.18] If a girl wants a husband we are not to say that the desire comes from the devil – we mustn’t see it as of the devil or we’ll find that the devil will be involved in the end – but let us instruct the girl and guide her thoughts so that she wants an upright man and appreciates the sacred character of marriage. The Pakeha uses his money to educate his daughter, including having her taught to play the piano, not so that his child can earn money but so that she can get a good husband and become proficient at the things required of a married woman. It is an important rule amongst Pakeha that educated men should not marry ignorant women. Likewise, we must educate our girls so that the wife is suitable for the husband and the husband for the wife. From educated parents the children will learn; through the goodness of the parents the children will be good too; and through their wisdom the whole People will benefit. In a speech, Mr Fowlds, Minister for Schools, said that the character of the people depends on the character of the women. If the women are ignorant [2] then the people will be ignorant; if the women are wise then the people will be wise; if the women are bad then the people will be bad; if the women are good then the people will be good. What the women plant the people will harvest. This is because the people are born from the women: they are nurtured by the women, washed by the women, and raised by the women.

One quick way in which a Maori girl can learn the tasks of a married woman is by seeing how a married woman deals with her house and washes her children, therefore we advocate strongly that when a girl finishes school she should go and work in the service of a Pakeha Christian woman for from three to five years. Better to be a servant than to stay idly at home, gossiping or being a fleece-o. The girl will not know how to care for a house, cook food, or raise children if she goes to work as a seamstress, or a telegraph operator, or at playing the piano, or as a schoolteacher. Work is a noble thing, even the work of a servant. The shameful thing is laziness and ignorance. ‘Brethren, let every man, wherein he is called, therein abide with God.’ [1 Corinthians 7.24 AV] ‘Be diligent, do not be lazy, that your spirit may continually expand, and work for the Lord.’ [?]

THE STORIES OF CAPTAIN COOK.

Greetings. I wanted to write to you about ‘Tipi-Whenua’s’ article in Te Pipiwharauroa 104, and Captain Cooks question to Marukawiti. He asked, ‘Who is the ruler of this land?’ The answer given was ‘Te Ratu’. This ‘Ratu’ is not the descendant of Ika-whaingata, which is what ‘Tipi-Whenua’ laid down. That ‘Ratu’ is rather the grandchild of Te Aringa-i-waho, whose pa was Titirangi. That Ratu lived in Turanga; the Ratu I speak of lived at Titirangi, and so when Captain Cook enquired about the chief of the land, Marukawiti did not point to Turanga but rather he pointed nearby to Titirangi, to the pa near the mouth of the river, to the place where ships anchored. From the account of Captain Cook it is clear that some of those who fought against him came down from Tititrangi. Let me set down the genealogy of my ‘Ratu’ which I heard from the elders.

From Tauwheoro came Hokinga, Rangikuatipu, and Kuriwahanui. Pera Haronga is Hokinga’s descendant in our day, and Heni Materoa is descended from Kuriwahanui. Let me set down the lineage of Rangikuatipu.

Rangikuaipu

Te Aringa-i-waho

Kiriparawera

Parahaku

Ratu

Tukuwai

Te Keepa te Turuki

Marara

Heta te Kani

Te Ratu’s direct descendant is Heta te Kani.

Te Aringa-i-waho had two pa – Titirangi and Wairangi-te-ata. They were handed down to his descendant, Te Ratu, who lived at Titirangi. Captain Cook landed at Turanga in 1769, 138 years ago this year, and in my understanding these years take us back to the time Te Ratu lived at Parahako. Because of the mistake in the article I have written to update it so that it is correct.

Keita Kenana (Waere)

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THE TE AUTE ASSOCIATION

The Rev F W Chatterton, teacher at Te Rau College, gave the sixth address to the Hui. He spoke about:

Doing what is right because it is the right thing to do.

The screws of a steamer will not turn if there is no steam and a ship will not sail if there is no wind. The steamer is propelled along and the ship sails when they have something to power them along. It is the same with people. A person will not do something unless he has something inside himself which drives him. I want to talk about the thing which enables a person to do the things that need to be done. Three things impel a person to do what is right – fear, love, and knowing the right thing to do.

A person may work hard because he is afraid that if he doesn’t work he will go hungry. Fear impelled the ancestors of the Maori People to build pa for themselves. They knew that if they did not build strong pa for themselves then they would be killed and eaten by their enemies. They were afraid so they made great efforts lest they be defeated in the battles. They practiced agriculture because they were afraid. Fear was a very important factor in Maori achievement of great things in the olden days. In all times and in all countries, people undertook great works because they were fearful that they would suffer and only just survive. Some people are afraid of God, some are afraid of people; they are driven by fear as a ship is driven by the wind. Through fear Jonah preached the word of God to Nineveh, and it was fear that led the people of that city to repent. Because of fear the gaoler of the prison in Philippi came to Paul and Silas asking, ‘What must I do to be saved?’ Fear led some Maori elders to forsake their own religion and their witchcraft and turn to the faith. So much for that. Let us turn to another thing that impels people to do things, something better than fear, and that is love which pulls a person along, just as a big wind pulls a ship along. Out of love Paul was drawn to go about preaching the Gospel. He said, ‘the love of Christ constrains me.’ It was love that made it easy for David to hold on to God’s law. He said, ‘How I love your law! It is before me all day long.’ [Psalm 119.97] He said in another psalm, ‘How I love you, O Lord my strength.’ Because of love Mary was not uneasy about pouring out her expensive ointment to anoint the feet of Christ. Out of love some people have been able to leave behind their homes and families in order to go and preach the Gospel to people living in darkness and sin. It was out of love that Mr Williams devoted his strength and his possessions for the benefit of the Maori People. Many great things have been achieved by some Maori because they were constrained by love. Love drove Hinemoa to swim across Rotorua. But there is another thing which motivates people. It is like the sea winds which blow throughout the long day gently driving the ship. This is the most important thing that drives people, and this is the basis of what I have to say to us today. I have carefully looked into how things are with Maori and I see that, of the three things that motivate people, this is the least. Maori have names for fear and for love but for this thing they have no name. Perhaps they forgot to give this very important thing a name or perhaps they do not know this thing without a name. The English name for this thing is very short, it is ‘Duty’. And perhaps it can be translated into Maori as ‘doing the right thing because it is the right thing to do.’ Sometimes a person may be very afraid and his fear leads him onto the right path. Should he lose his love what is going to keep him on the right path? There is only one thing which will keep him on the right path and that is his conviction of what is right. If he does not have this conviction inside himself or if it is diminishing, what is going to keep him on the right path? By having a conviction as to what is right most people keep to the right path every day. The person who takes thought for doing what is right is a true chief, but many chiefs do not give thought to doing what is right. Let us always do what it is right to do whether we want to or not. In the four attempts by the Japanese soldiers to take Port Arthur, they did not query but went into the valley of death because they knew that that was what they had to do, and they brought about the downfall of that fortress. We are taught by the Catechism how we are to treat people, something we are to do each and every day. Jesus says to us in Revelation, ‘Be faithful unto death and I will give you the crown of life.’ He is saying to us that we must faithfully do everything required of us. This should encourage us to to complete the works required of us. By thinking about work when it is appropriate a person will not be lazy, and will not only be concerned for himself. I have observed a person who did the right things out of love but did not think of doing the right thing simply because it was right, and as a result he fell. Bishop Selwyn was a great man. He was great because of his great love. By his love he encouraged and brought to fulfillment many tasks, and because he also believed in doing things because they were the right things to do he was continually helping other people. Is doing what is right because it is the right thing to do important amongst Maori, or is it unimportant? As I see it this thought is important amongst the elders but amongst most of the young it is unimportant. What we should be seeking is growth of this concern amongst the Maori People because a people will not be strong if this is weak. The right time to implant this concern is when a person is a child; if it is not implanted during childhood then it will not be possible to teach it later. The basis of this idea is the Fifth Commandment. If a child does not honour and obey his parents, then that child does not learn the first thing he needs to learn if he is to understand about doing the right things that it is right for him to do. After the parents’ instruction comes the teaching of the school and the child is required to obey all the school rules. When they finish school each boy and girl must decide on their own rules, rules about work, rules about recreations, rules about all they do. By doing this, each of us will be able and will know how to go about his works, so that he gets on and attracts others to his stance.

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An Occupation for Maori Girls..

After this Reweti Kohere made known his ideas about Maori Girls Working as Servants. This article has been printed in Te Pipiwharauroa. We are not going to set down the arguments again but will only write the responses of the Hui to that proposal.

Hone Paerata said that, in his thinking, school was the right place for girls to be taught these things so that they can manage a household.

Wi Pere thought that when a girl finished school she should go into service, but she should be sent to good Pakeha and not bad Pakeha. One of his granddaughters had gone to learn sewing. One day she returned in tears. The Pakeha had spoken harshly to her.

The Rev A F Williams pointed out that there were few leading Pakeha without servants. Those Maori girls who get such work really want to do it. There are many good Pakeha with whom Maori children can live.

Tame Arapata said that Maori in these days are increasingly living like Pakeha, and so it is a very good thing for Maori to see how leading Pakeha live, but perhaps some people do not agree with their daughters working as servants to the Pakeha, therefore, he said, it would be a good thing to set up a school to teach Maori girls these skills.

The Rev Nikora Tautau strongly supported Maori girls going into service because if a Maori girl stays at home she gets to do unsuitable things, bad things, things that are not appropriate for a woman such as being a fleece-o on a sheep station. (Here Wi Pere was heard to mumble, ‘When she gets there she meets Satan.’)

Wi Rangihaua said that it is only arrogant girls who despise the work of a servant, and the outlook for such arrogant girls is bad. A thoughtful person is not averse to starting at the very bottom. There are six Maori girls working in Gisborne as servants and they are doing well and learning much. People who criticize girls for wanting to learn to be servants are ignorant.

At this point Mr Chatterton read out the letter written to him by the Rev Te Kitohi about the situation of the Maori girls working in the town of Auckland.

When the members of the Hui had expressed their thoughts on this subject, Reweti Kohere proposed his motion. It was passed by the whole Hui without any dissent. This was the Fourth Motion of the Hui:

‘This Hui believes that one means by which the Maori People will prosper and survive is by the example provided by the women, their management of their homes and the raising of their children, and it supports the idea that Maori girls should go to work in the homes of Christian Pakeha for their own benefit and that of the people as a whole.’

(The account of the Hui is to be continued.)

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MARITIME NEWS.

The Stanley sailed from Port Jackson for Napier. It is a two-masted ship and had been bought by a Napier company. At Orewa, between Whangarei and Auckland, it was driven ashore by a storm. No-one was killed.

A three-masted ship, the Constance Craig, sailed from Gisborne. It belonged to a local company. One of the crew was a half-caste. At Hokianga it was to load timber for Australia. It did not arrive at Hokianga, but one of the boats was washed ashore at Whangarei as were planks bearing the name Constance Craig. It is thought tht the ship was wrecked and that all twelve crew members have died. Three ships belonging to Gisborne Pakeha have been wrecked in the past two years. One of the crew of the Constance Craig is from here, His wife says that she dreamt that the ship was overwhelmed by the waves and sank.

A ship sailed from New Zealand to Australia. It was a Norwegian ship called the Inglewood. Outside Port Jackson it was rammed by the Arrawata, a steamer, and holed. Because the ship sank so quickly, all the crew who were below decks died while those on deck jumped into the water. The captain was on deck but died when he went below to fetch a boy. The boy was the son of an eminent person who entrusted him to the captain to teach and look after. This man died trying to save the boy entrusted to him, and leaves his wife and children mourning his loss.

The most pitiful loss was the wreck of the Kawatira, a Union company ship of 500 tons, at Strahan, Tasmania. When it arrived outside the harbour there were high waves and a strong wind. Because there was no shelter it made straight for the harbour but because the waves were so high it was dashed against the end of the stone wharf and sank. The boats were battered by the waves and only one survived. This one clung close to the wharf and those who had got into it were saved with difficulty. Six people died, two women and four children: one of the children fell from the hands of its father. The wife of the lighthouse keeper and her child died after falling into the sea. Her husband was on the lighthouse and his wife called out from the boat which was being battered by the waves, ‘John, come to us!’ That man heard his wife’s cry and answered.  The four passengers and the crew of the steamer were brought off by the ship’s lifeboat. They were brought off by the bravery of the [Whano]. The passengers in the bow of the ship were close to death, the door being blocked by the waves. It was opened. The water was up to their thighs. As they were going up to the bridge of the steamer the bow went under the water. Some time ago another of the Union steamers, the Grafton, was wrecked at this place.

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THE WIDE WORLD

England

King Edward has been taken to Marienbad, a spa town in Austria for treatment. When he arrived in Germany he was welcomed by his nephew, Kaiser Wilhelm; then he was welcomed by Emperor Joseph of Austria.

The home of Lord Ashtown was burnt down with dynamite. He was not harmed. It is thought that this was done by some Irish men.

Ireland

There was a major conflict between the workingmen of Belfast and the police and soldiers. The cause of the conflict was a strike, a demand from the workers that their pay be increased. Soldiers were sent to protect the town whereupon they were beset by crowds, and the voices heralded disaster. The mob numbered around 3000. The women and the children were in front and the men behind who were throwing stones and broken bottles. Many of the soldiers were injured. One day when the soldiers were embattled the officers gave orders to shoot and many women and children fell. The soldiers said that if they had not fired they would have been lost. This trouble has been settled.

France

From the land of the French we have a disgusting story from Monte Carlo, the gambling centre of the world. This place is the gathering place of gamblers, men and women. A person may lose £1,000,000 a night here. A wealthy woman called Levin was staying in the house of Kuura and his wife who were gamblers – it is said that he and his wife were in debt. Levin was murdered by the Kuuras and hidden in their bedroom. After being hidden for a time her head and feet were cut off and the body put in a box which was sent to England. On the way blood leaked out and the murder was discovered. Kuura and his wife are in prison awaiting trial.

It is our responsibility simply to note that one of the worst effects of gambling is the hardening of people’s hearts. A Pakeha and his wife and child were murdered without reason some years ago in the South Island. The man or men who murdered those people came from earning money from sheep. Those Pakeha were killed with an axe. You people who gamble, the stream of love is drying up within your hearts!

Morocco

Sir Harry McLean has not yet been released by Raisuli.

Because of the opposition of some of the native people, the Moors, to some Europeans who are building a stone wharf in the Moroccan town of Casablanca, thirteen Europeans were killed. Their murders were horrific. Now there is fighting in that town. Many Spanish and French fighting ships have arrived at the town and have bombarded the native end of the town, and troops have landed. There has been intense fighting and more than 1000 Moors have been killed. The tribes are gathering outside the city and perhaps there will be a call for a war between Muslims and Christians, Islam is the religion of Morocco.

Persia.

Many of the borderlands of Persia have been seized by the armies of Turkey and many people have died. The Turkish insurgencies to take land are still happening. Both England and Russia have warned Turkey to stop the conquests of Persia.

India

The various tribes of India are very unsettled. They oppose the Government. It seems that these tribes got the idea from Japan’s defeat of Russia. Those peoples ask why their sovereignty should be taken from them by foreign peoples.

China.

The Government of China has taken firm measures to outlaw the sale of opium within its borders. Many shops that sell opium have been shut. A law has been passed which says that any army officer apprehended using opium will be beheaded. The value of Indian opium sent to China is £10,000,000; the duty levied by the Chinese Government is £1,000,000. The volume of opium being sent from India to China is decreasing.

Korea

The end of the troubles in Korea was announced last month. Korean soldiers fought Japanese soldiers. The Koreans were killed like sheep by the Japanese. This conflict has increased the domination of Japan over Korea.

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BOAT RACE OF THE YEAR.

Last month we told of the defeat of Towns, world rowing champion, by Webb of Whanganui. Since Webb is the first New Zealander to become rowing champion of the world, it is appropriate that we print much of the account of this great contest, which brought the name of the Land of the Maori to the top of the tree in the world of sport. New Zealand is the strong nation when it comes to rugby, and one of the most able tennis players in the world, Wilding, is from New Zealand, Gollan is known as a golfer, and New Zealand horses are known for their speed. We print the telegram received from Port Jackson:

Port Jackson, August 3rd.

This evening the sculling race was held between Harry [sic - George] Towns of New South Wales and William Webb of New Zealand on the Parramatta River at 4 o’clock. It was an overcast day, threatening rain, and with a strong wind which, however, was blowing from behind the rowers. Webb won the toss to choose the side of the river he wanted but both sides of the river were equally good. Rush, a former rower, was umpire of the race. During the preparations of the boats Towns and Webb were applauded.

They began well with Towns rowing at 38 strokes a minute and Webb, 37. Towns’ supporters thought that Webb was being defeated at the beginning, but indeed Webb stuck close to Towns. When they arrived at Pine Grove, Towns was stroking at 30 per minute and Webb, 32. They covered the first half mile in 2 minutes 40 seconds, and Towns’ boat had not moved ahead of Webb’s. Webb was rowing well; his only problem was a trembling of his body. Nearing the half mile Towns’ boat was half a length of the boat in front of that of Webb. Webb’s supporters had begun to shout. It was clear that Towns was not going to be able to shake off Webb. As they passed the mile mark the prows of the boats were level. They had sculled for 5 minutes 40 seconds. At this point Webb upped his stroke rate; Towns did so also and was stroking at 30 per minute. Opposite Putney the prow of Webb’s boat surged ahead and before long he was one foot six inches in front. Towns used all his strength and their boats turned together. Towns increased his stroke rate to keep clear of the headland at Putney. Webb then tried to keep clear of Towns but because Towns was travelling at speed the prow of Webb’s boat struck Towns’ oar. Towns raised his hand, signaling a foul, then continued rowing. They had been rowing for 9 minutes when they got to Putney and Webb’s boat was 3 feet in front. When he saw his opponent pulling he pulled too and presently he was 3 cubits ahead and it was clear that Webb was winning the race. Both Towns and Webb were rowing strongly. They arrived at the two mile mark at Tennyson after 11 minutes 52 seconds of rowing and the launches began to applaud the emergence of Webb. Webb was rowing easily and at this point Towns was a bit erratic. Webb’s boat surged ahead and soon was eight cubits ahead. They arrived at Gladesville in 15 minutes 58 seconds. At this point Towns exerted all his strength and near the end he got as close as three or four cubits but as they near the umpire’s boat Webb drew away and was five cubits ahead of Towns. They had rowed the three miles in 20 minutes 55 seconds.

Port Jackson, August 4th.

Towns has made his complaint about the collision of his boat with that of Webb. No decision has been given as yet.

Rush said that he did not agree with Towns’ complaint against Webb because his boat was well clear, the collision did not leave him behind, and it was not intentional on Webb’s part. Some people say that it was intentional on Towns’ part.

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 NEWS OF PARLIAMENT.

(Because the paper was full these articles were not printed last month.)

The surplus remaining to the colony after the payment for all this year’s works was £700,000.

Because the colony has sufficient money the duty on sugar and some other foods and on motor cars has been abolished; the price of stamps for sending books has been reduced along with the cost of sending telegrams; and the sheep rate has been abolished. The price of a 56 pound bag of sugar has gone down to 2/4.

Last year 320,945 acres of Maori land were bought by the Government: in Auckland, 205,016; in Hawkes Bay, 7,953; in Taranaki and Wellington, 107,975. The money used in the purchase of these lands with the associated costs was £196,389. This is a large flock of killed geese. The amount set aside for the purchase of Maori land this year is £50,000.

Because of his serious illness Mr Hall-Jones has been taken to England and is travelling about. His journey evokes our compassion.

A terrible illness is devastating the black peoples of Africa, ‘sleeping sickness’. The sick person goes to sleep and dies. They will not recover. The thing that goes about spreading the sickness is an insect. Mr Rutherford, member for Hurunui, said that Timi Kara suffers from this sickness. Another name for this illness is ‘By and by’.

The members who have openly said that Maori lands should be taken over freely are Mr Rutherford in the Lower House and Messrs Macdonald and Ormond in the Upper House. So Timi Kara said that it is the people with much land who are greedy for Maori lands.

Many members went to see the mainline railway between Wellington and Auckland. Twenty-eight miles remain to be finished but they will be completed by the end of next year. In the night session held at Raetihi, the Hon [T K] Macdonald voiced his opinion that Maori land which is lying idle should be confiscated.

The report of the Land Commission will be printed next month.

SYNOD AT PARNELL

My brothers of the Maori People, ministers and laymen, you parts of the Church of God. We formally welcome the Bishop of Waiapu and thank him for coming to our hui today and we invite him to share his guidance and his thoughts with us.

The Death of Archdeacon Williams.

Our thoughts and our first words at this our Hui this year are of sadness. God has summoned to himself the spirit of his faithful servant, Archdeacon Samuel Williams of Ahuriri, a true friend of the Maori People throughout his life, a man with a deep affection for the people, and a loving friend of the Diocese of Auckland. It is not possible here and at this time to give an adequate account of the good done by the Archdeacon who has passed on. God alone can do that. But we can say this: we shall not see again people as caring for the Maori People as he was. Although we weep for him who has been lost to this world, it is right that we thank God that we have been given his faithful servant as our friend and that we have come under the influence of the example of this generous and zealous man.

The Marsden Cross.

On 12th March there occurred something of great significance for the whole of New Zealand, the unveiling of the Cross in memory of Mr Marsden at Oihi, Bay of Islands. This is a cause of satisfaction to the Maori people of this country too. It is true to say that Mr Marsden was the Apostle to the Maori People. When he arrived at Tokerua at Christmas 1814 Maori did not know the God of Love.

But now there are 18 Maori clergy, 104 lay readers, and 1500 Maori who receive the Lord’s Supper in this Diocese alone, and 46 churches. Besides this, the people contribute £600 for the work of the Church each year. It is true that the birthrate of the people has declined from 1814 right up to the present day, from, it is said, 100,000, to 47,000 now. Notwithstanding, as we consider this Diocese and the 22,000 living here, we see from those accounts that the power of God and of his Holy Spirit, is active to suppress faithlessness.

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The General Synod.

Some matters affecting thed Maori People were raised at the General Synod held in Otago this year. The first were the arrangements for the Jubilee of the Constitution of the Church at Taurarua [Judge’s Bay, Auckland] on June 13th [14th], 1857. Another matter there was that places able to do so should collect money as a Jubilee gift and that the money from each Diocese should be laid on the altar of St Paul’s Cathedral in London at the large gathering for the commissioning of missionaries to be held there in June 1908. The idea is that each Church member be asked for one shilling towards that thanksgiving offering. It will be a very good thing if Maori and Pakeha are together involved in that collection.

When the Hui is held here we shall make decisions about that Jubilee and that collection.

The Committee charged with getting funding for the Maori work of the Church reported. Their report was favourable and these proposals were agreed by the Synod.

(1) The Synod praised the continuing growth of handicrafts amongst Church Maori in this Province, and their intention to extend the kingship of out Lord.

(2) The committee was urged to increase the money given to the Dioceses to provide stipends for the Maori clergy from £60 a year to an appropriate amount if possible.

(3) At the next meeting of the General Synod the committee is asked to report how much money is being contributed by the Maori People to provide stipends for the ministers, to build churches, and similar projects. My heart will be happy when I report on that first matter and you will be able to inform the people.

As to the third proposal, I have this to say. I told the General Synod of our efforts to come up with ideas for collecting money. We want to raise the stipend from £63 to £75. Perhaps the Synod would see its way to include our contributions with those of the diocese, but that was not acceptable. However the Synod urged that the stipend for the Maori clergy be increased if possible. So you see in the third proposal that the Synod wishes to see in 1910 the amount collected by us for that object and other things.

I must now speak of the Combined Committee to increase the stipends of the ministers. You may recall that the work of that Committee began at Pehiawei three years ago. The work of that Committee is to collect money to increase the clergy stipends from £60. That money has been sent to the Combined Committee which has increased the amount in the first year to £65 and in the second to £70. The combined amount of the contributions was £225. Now if we raise £75 we should seek to collect £125 a year. What you must do is as follows: in order to get to your target, if you are able, send in the Sunday contribution each month.

It will be good if we continue to think about ways to realize the wish of General Synod that the stipends of Maori clergy do not decrease, and that we give strenuous effort to learning how we can make up that money. My desire is that this Hui sends word to the General Synod saying ‘since you have agreed that the stipend for Maori clergy should not be less than £75, we, the Maori section, will provide that money.’ I will be delighted if we can say that to the General Synod, and I was similarly very pleased this year to tell that Synod that the Maori people were considering increasing the stipends.

Maori Schools

I have appended the responses of the Government to the matters agreed by you last year at Te Pourewa.

Melanesia

It was the continuing hope of the great people of the past – of Bishop Selwyn and others, of Bishop Patteson – that Maori would become engaged in preaching the Gospel to the islands of the Pacific. The Bishop of Melanesia has the same hope. We have chosen Mr Hawkins for this task, and have set up this great project. We have [10] commissioned Mr Hawkins and Wiki Te Paa to go to Melanesia to investigate, to look about, and to clarify the position. In September, perhaps, they will sail on the Southern Cross, and will spend two months there. They will go around the islands in company with the Bishop of the place to listen to the sounds of the language, to observe the people and their land, and to think carefully of the proposal to send Maori, whether clergy or others, to Melanesia and to determine whether it can be done or not. The two of them will report to me and the Bishop there. Then we will discuss a project.

Now you will see that the above is at present just a matter for discussion. But you can help by praying that God will make clear his will about this matter through these investigations. It would be a day of great joy for the Church of God should Maori Christians go to those people  in Melanesia without faith.

In Closing.

Now let us start our work, my friends, remembering always that it is God’s work, and that we are just his labourers.

The Government’s Response to Questions about Schools.

1. The condition for girls to enter Queen Victoria School as provided in the regulations is that if they have passed Class 4 the Government will send them to that school, and even were that condition to be abrogated for Waikato girls there are still too many applications from girls who fulfil them and who cannot be accommodated. The Government provides for 20 places and these have been taken. Also, the Education Department will not send girls to those kinds of school if they do not already have sufficient knowledge.

2. Technical skills. This Department is considering teaching those skills in all Maori schools, and wishes to extend such activities this year, particularly gardening, but also other skills. The Government is still resolved to set up a technical school.

3. There has been no request from Te Akau for a school to be set up there. The reason is not known.

From the Secretary.

The Motions.

2. Poari Riwai (Question).

What does the President think about the motion moved by Taipari and others in the year 1887, asking that the school for training Maori clergy for this area be returned to Auckland?

(Answer) I will speak with the Bishop of Waiapu, but it has been established that Te Rau is the place for educating Maori clergy.

4. Rev T Pareta and Rev K Karaka:

That this Hui expresses its gratitude for the late Archdeacon Samuel Williams, for his good works, and for the thought he gave to supporting the Church of God, and for the help he gave to the Maori clergy of this Diocese, and for his concern for the elderly clergy. (Agreed). The Hui stood for some minutes.

5. Mapi Pene and Aihe Mokomoko:

That the fee for a marriage licence be increased from 10/-, and that the increase above 10/- be used for purchasing books for Waikato and Taranaki.(Not agreed.) Books do not cost very much.

6. Rev H Maihi and Rev R Kerehoma.

If possible, we request that a united hui be held for the Maori in every Diocese of New Zealand.

(It was referred to synod to discuss.)

9. Rev R Kerehoma and Rev H A Hokena:

That this hui expresses its gratitude to Mrs Neligan and her friends for their commitment to finding ways to help the girls’ school in Auckland.. (Agreed)

11. Rev R Kerehoma and Poari Riwai:

This hui praises Miss Latham and her friends for running the sales tent in Waikato to help the Maori section of the Church. (Agreed)

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13. Rev M Kapa and H A Hokena:

A request for the future. That in the future there should be provision in the money bills being brought to the table of the Secretary: (1) For carrying the Gospel. (2) For the Calendars. (3) For printing the proceedings of the various hui. (4) Except for the funds. This should be established. (Agreed)

19. P Riwai and R T Ruru:

That this hui asks that at Church Hui the amount of food provided by marae should be reduced and minimised and that only what is needful is provided. (Agreed)

SOME THOUGHTS

Although a person appears good and caring, when he stands in court the goodness and care disappear and the badness and greed are apparent.

The Pakeha have a saying that those who have much money also have a great desire for more money, they are greedy. This saying is perhaps also appropriate for Maori who have much money or land.

Some people sneer at people who belittle them. They belittle them out of a desire to exalt themselves.

The people who grumble about the Church’s involvement in collecting money are the ones who are very miserly and who do not assist the Church, but those who do contribute do not grumble.

Some people use their money to decorate their bodies, while their homes where they live and sleep are like shacks and their children are eating foods that are not good for children.

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A money order for £21 was altered by a young man to £24 so that he would get the £3. What he got for the £3 was 1½ years in prison.

Moerangi, a Waikato block of 10,000 acres, is being sold. The money is being dealt with by a union of farm managers.

A Pakeha burned down his house and the Insurance Company paid that man £100. But many years after this man’s conscience was pricked and this month that Company received £100. It is not known who sent it.

NEW ZEALAND NEWS

A football team has gone from New Zealand to England. They beat a team at Port Jackson. This team has been much criticised by people because they are being paid for playing. The tour was arranged, not by the Union but by themselves.

When Government land was being disposed of at Opotiki, three lots of land were acquired by Maori. Congratulations, my friends, for your nimbleness. Best wishes to you on your land. Work hard. Only one piece of Government land here in Gisborne went to Maori. Perhaps this October a block of good land here in Turanga, Te Arai, will be on offer. Maori, be on the lookout and participate. The returning of our lands is coming to an end. The Pakeha of Opotiki were very angry that some of the land went to Maori. But how does one get lucky?

Many of our readers will have seen the new star, a comet, which the Pakeha call a ‘comet’ [komete], that is, a star with a tail. It was to be seen just after sunrise near the Pleiades. The Pakeha say that it has many tails. The last comet was seen in the year the Duke visited.

News it that more than [?indistinct] of the followers of Rua have taken their children from school and have sold their possessions. According to the Opotiki newspaper 30 of the children of Rua’s disciples have died. The new law has been formulated by Rua and Hikapuhi. Mr Fraser asserted in Parliament that Hikapuhi is worse than Rua.

The Report produced by Mr Stout and Apirana Ngata is very good. Their fervent desire is to settle Maori on their own lands, but it is alright to sell or lease but the sale or leasing should be to the person who offers the highest value for the land. They criticised the Government for selling land at its own valuation. They were also very critical of the practice of taxing money received for land sales: Maori derisively see such money as being wasted.

[12] CALENDAR : SEPTEMBER 1907

Day 8 ● 2h 54m a.m. Day 22 ○ 9h 4m a.m.

1 S Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity

Morning Evening

2 Kings 9 2 Kings 10,1-32

1Corinthians 11.1-17 Mark 5.1-21

2 M

3 T

4 W

5 Th

6 F Fast

7 S

8 S Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity

2 Kings 18 2 Kings 19

1 Corinthians 1 Mark 9.2-30

9 M

10 T

11 W

12 Th

13 F Fast

14 S

15 S Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity

Use the Embertide Collect each day this week

2 Chronicles 36 Nehemiah 1 – 2.9

2 Corinthians 7 ? Mark 12.35 – 13.14

16 M

17 T

18 W Ember Day Fast

19 Th

20 F Ember Day Vigil, Fast

21 S Matthew, Apostle Ember Day

Athanasian Creed Fast

1 Kings 19.1-15 1 Chronicles 29.1-20

2 Corinthians 12.14 & 13 Mark 15.42 & 16

22 S Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity

Jeremiah 5 Jeremiah 22

Galatians 1 Luke 1.1-26

23 M

24 T

25 W

26 Th

27 F Fast

28 S

29 S Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity

Michael and All Angels

Jeremiah 36 Ezekiel 2

Genesis 32 Daniel 10.1-4

Acts 12,5-18 Revelation 14.1-14

30 M

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5. Address your letter like this: TO TE PIPIWHARAUROA, TE RAU, GISBORNE.

A NOTICE

To those wanting a Prayer Book or Hymn Book. I now have plenty of books. The prices are:

Large, soft cover 2/6

Large, red cover 3/-

Large, hard cover 4/-

Large, superior cover 5/6

Small, soft cover 1/-

Small, red cover 1/6

Small, hard cover 2/6

Small, superior cover 3/6

Prayer Book with Hymns, soft cover 1/6

Prayer Book with Hymns, red cover 2/-

Prayer Book with Hymns, hard cover 3/-

Prayer Book with Hymns, superior cover 4/-

Hymns -/6

I will pay the postage to send the books to you

H W Williams,

Te Rau, Gisborne

People wanting a Bible or a New Testament should apply to the Bible Depository Sunday School Union, Auckland.

Bible, 2/6, 3/6, 4/6. Enclose a postage stamp for 1/-.

New Testament with explanatory headings 2/6, 3/-, 4/6. Enclose a postage stamp for 3d.

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£1 H Tuterangi; 5/- Tokoahu Hue, R Clinton Hughes, Kiritina Tahu; 2/- Henare Katae.

H Williams, Te Rau Press, Gisborne.