Te Pipiwharauroa 76

Te Pipiwharauroa 76

No. 76

1904/06

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 76, Gisborne, June, 1904.

SCENERY PRESERVATION COMMISSION

The Scenery Preservation Commission sat for ten days here in Gisborne to investigate and look at the places on this coast which are appropriate for preservation. There were four Commissioners, three Pakeha and one Maori, Tunuiarangi of Wairarapa. The Chairman was S Percy Smith, former Chairman of the Land Surveyors and an authority when it came to the Maori speeches.

Te Pipiwharauroa 75

Te Pipiwharauroa 75

No. 75

1904/05

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 75, Gisborne, May 1904

SUPPLEJACK SEEDS

I was at a place perhaps one hundred miles from Gisborne. It was a beautiful day, a cooling breeze blew from the sea, and the bush lay below me. As I looked I saw a child straight in front of me cradling a red bundle in his hands. The child came up to me while I was lying there and put his red seeds in a heap on the ground, saying to me, ‘Here are some supplejack seeds for Te Pipiwharauroa.’

Te Pipiwharauroa 68

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.