Te Pipiwharauroa 179
No. 179
1/6/13
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 179, Gisborne, June, 1913.
‘As clouds deck the heavens, so feathers enable the bird to fly.’ [cf. Nga Pepeha 352 but also He Konae Aronui p.13]
‘Kui! Kui! Whitiwhitiora.’ (The cry of the shining cuckoo.)
AN IDEA.
I had the idea at this time of sending my greetings to you, my helpers and my supporters. Greetings, in the mercies of our Heavenly Father. This came to me in the middle of this year when your pet was flying singing to your marae, and the great thing in my heart was gratitude to you for your encouragement from the beginning of this year until now. At the beginning of the year I was standing naked and did not know who would provide me with clothes after the departure of the one who clothed me and fed me with the supplejack seeds you sent in the past years. Now I am fine and look well.