Te Pipiwharauroa 51

Te Pipiwharauroa 51

No. 51

1902/05/01

[Maori Version at NZETC]

Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 51, Gisborne, May 1902

[1] THE IDEAL VILLAGE

{The conclusion of the speech by Reweti Kohere in 1897, printed in Numbers 47 and 49.)

If the business of horse racing was only a matter of horses running and not of drunkenness, gambling and theft, I would urge setting up a racing club in the Ideal Village. I have said that the Maori are a people who want to play, therefore let us think of some proper and good recreations in order to bring an end to their sad occupations and to get people together.

Te Pipiwharauroa 26

Te Pipiwharauroa 26

No 26

1900/04/01

(Maori Version at NZETC)

[1]  Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama.

[2] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 26, Gisborne, April 1900

THE EPIDEMIC

The epidemic which struck the peoples of the west coast of India has hit Port Jackson. Thousands of Indians have died. The main cities hit by the plague are Bombay and Poona. In three years 70,000 people of Bombay died, most were natives, a few were European. Last year the plague arrived on New Caledonia, and in February it arrived at Port Jackson. When will it cross to New Zealand? It is a very terrible disease. People die very quickly. Few recover once they have contracted it. It begins like a fever, but before long the neck or perhaps the armpits develop swellings. The doctors are still searching for a medicine with which to treat this beastly disease. The medicine discovered by a Jewish doctor is injected into the shoulders of the patient, like the injection given to prevent the spotting illness, Smallpox. Some doctors have died in the course of searching for a vaccine for this illness which is called ‘bubonic’.

Te Pipiwharauroa 23

Te Pipiwharauroa 23

Number 23

1900/01/01

(Maori Version at NZETC)

[1]  Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama.

[2] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 23, Gisborne, January 1900

THE YEAR 1899

Peacefully has passed away

The year that has just finished,

With its happiness, and its good,

And its many trials. [Hymn 31 Maori Prayer Book]

Many things, both good and bad, happened this year but the bad things happened beyond our island, far away from us. Only good things happened to us here in New Zealand.