Te Pipiwharauroa 170
No. 170
1/7/1912
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 170, Gisborne, July, 1912.
‘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.)
HOROUTA.
On 11th June the first meeting of the new Horouta Council was held. The members who attended were Paratene Ngata, Horomona Paipa, Ehau Pakitai, Wi Herehi, Renata Tamepo, Peta Marikena, and Henare Ahuriri. All the Te Whanau-a-Apanui members were absent; not one of them arrived. This was an important meeting. Almost all the Ngati Porou chiefs attended. Apirana Ngata attended and opened the meeting.
