Te Pipiwharauroa 173

Te Pipiwharauroa 173

No. 173

1/10/12

(Maori Text at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 173, Gisborne, October, 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.)

TYPHOID FEVER.

We are still receiving news of fever in some areas. The news is that Gisborne is still afflicted with fever, and we also hear that at Uawa the meeting house, Ruakapanga, has been turned into a hospital. News is that it is also in the Mahia district and is heading towards Te Wairoa. This is a dreadful sickness, feared by all, Pakeha as well as Maori. The Committee that runs the Hospital in Gisborne has passed a motion that the body of any Maori who dies of fever in the hospital will only be released from the hospital if it is to be taken and buried. The Committee decided on this after receiving the Inspector’s report.

Te Pipiwharauroa 81

Te Pipiwharauroa 81

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

No. 81

1904/11

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 81, Gisborne, November 1904.

NEW GUINEA

Our dear friends have gone leaving those at home sorrowful.

We are here feeling sad because our friends, the Bishop of New Guinea and his two young black boy companions, have parted from us. We were very distressed at their departure. They lived here with us for a month and today, Friday, 28th October, they left. Bishop Stone-Rigg is a missionary to the black people of New Guinea.

Te Pipiwharauroa 64

Te Pipiwharauroa 64

No. 64

1903/06/1

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 64, Gisborne, June 1903

THE TONGUE

(Psalm 141.3)

The tongue is a part of the body which can do great good or great evil; the tongue is very small but very powerful. A person’s words are like a match which sets something alight; much firewood can be consumed by a small fire. Words fall from the mouth but they fall for many days. The words of a good person are like seeds which bear fruit even after the death of the speaker.

Te Pipiwharauroa 46

Te Pipiwharauroa 46

No.46

1901/12/01

(Maori Version at NZETC)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 46, Gisborne, December 1901

CHRISTMAS

Some of our friends will see this bird, Te Pipiwharauroa, before 25th December, Christmas Day, the day Christ was born 1901 years ago, and some perhaps after Christmas, but our message is for all of you, the greeting of the Pakeha, the greeting wrested by Maori ears and tongues into ‘Meri Kirihimete!’ Friends, ‘Merry Christmas!’ to all of you and to us as well: in Maori it is ‘A joyful Christmas!’