He Kupu Whakamarama: Wereta

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Te Pipiwharauroa 128

No. 128

1908/11

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 128, Gisborne, November 1908

‘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.]

KING BRAMBLE

We wrote some words about a great king to whom all peoples pay taxes, King Tubercle, and there is another king who oppresses the Maori People through his prickly, thorny power – his name is King Bramble. But it is not the case that the whole people submit to his authority; rather it is only the Maori, whose thoughts were so differently constructed that they madly thought to set up the bramble as a king over them.

Te Pipiwharauroa 80

No. 80

1904/10

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 80, Gisborne, October 1904

BAD NEWS ABOUT THE MAORI PEOPLE

Those people who constantly monitor the accounts of a Waikato tohunga tell us that it is a bad and sad story. However it has been printed so that the people at large can see the bad things that are happening to us and so that hearts can be stirred up and that anger can blaze up. For the last four years perhaps we have heard a Pakeha translator denouncing us Maori.

Te Pipiwharauroa 68

No. 68

1903/10

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 68, Gisborne, October 1903

BODY AND SOUL

In these days when there are plenty of tohunga healing the many afflictions of the body (according to those who believe in the tohunga), a person’s concern for his body may cause him to neglect the things pertaining to his soul. Te Puke ki Hikurangi has published the taunting statements of Eruera te Kahu about the Church to the effect that the Church is only concerned with the soul and forgets the body. He said these words at the hui of his tohunga, Wereta, held at Pakirikiri.

Te Pipiwharauroa 66

No.66

1903/08

(Maori Text at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 66, Gisborne, August 1903.

A WORD TO THE MAORI PEOPLE

Revelation 3.2

(A sermon by Mr Chatterton at Te Arai.)

These words were written by John to the Church of Sardis. In the time of John, Sardis was a large and wealthy town. The people of the Church in Sardis were very important, but what is the town like now? The glory has departed, it is now a small and dirty place, the people are poor and there is no Christian Church. Why did this place and people disappear? Because they did not listen to the word of God.

Te Pipiwharauroa 65

No. 65

1903/07

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 65, Gisborne, July 1903.

A WARNING

[This is the letter which Mr Chatterton sent to Wereta’s Hui held at Pakirikiri.]

The idea came to me after praying that I should write to you all in a loving spirit, to you who have gathered in this place. This thought came to me, as it has to most of your Maori and Pakeha friends who want the best for you. I am convinced that what you are doing does not come from God and will not result in good for the Maori People.

Te Pipiwharauroa 63

No. 63

1903/05

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Nymber 63, Gisborne, May 1903

A VISITOR FROM AFAR

On 22nd April, John R Mott MA, PhD and his secretary visited Te Rau College. He is Secretary of the World Student Christian Federation. This Federation was founded seven years ago. Its membership has grown to 85,000 of the educated people of the world. Their work is to forward the faith within the great colleges and beyond. India, China and Japan have joined this Federation. Although the Gospel has not been proclaimed in Japan for very long for every 1000 students in the colleges of Japan 30 are Christians. Amongst the total population one in every 1000 is a Christian.

Te Pipiwharauroa 62

No. 62

1903/04/01

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 62, Gisborne, April 1903.

A CLEAN HEART

(Psalm 51.10)

Last Sunday we heard the call of God, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.’ Today let us hear the prayer of the penitent heart to God, ‘Create, O God, in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me.’

Te Pipiwharauroa 61

No. 61

1903/03

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 61, Gisborne, March 1903.

THOUGHTS ON THE WAY

I ended my story last month with my arrival at Puketeraki, the home of Tame Parata MHR. I stayed in his house and saw this people, their customs and their occupations. This place is known by the Pakeha as the ‘kaik’, a shortening of the ‘kaika’, in our dialect the ‘kainga’ [village]. Only the name identified it as a Maori village for in appearance it was a Pakeha village – there was not a single Maori whare, their practices were Pakeha practices and they lived as Pakeha live.

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