Te Pipiwharauroa 143
No. 143
1910/03
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 143, Gisborne, March 1910.
‘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.]
A WELCOME TO THE BISHOP OF WAIAPU.
Korohi po, Korohi ao,
Ko Rongoituria ki te matahau no Tu.
Tuwiniwini, Tuwanawana,
Tuwhakaputaina
Ki te wheiao, ki te ao marama.
Tiheere mauriora.
Ko Rongoituria ki te matahau no Tu.
Tuwiniwini, Tuwanawana,
Tuwhakaputaina
Ki te wheiao, ki te ao marama.
Tiheere mauriora.
Welcome to you, the post to which we tie our canoe, the one who is over your two peoples who are called the flock of Christ, and you are the Shepherd who has come among us this day. From the horizon’s edge let the traveller come to hear the spoken word, to sit beside the fire and expand his chest in order to stand up for this thing, speechmaking. Welcome! You are that travelling man spoken of. This is Te Raukahikatea. We who sit beside this fire are your children.
