Te Pipiwharauroa 174
No. 174
1/11/12
[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 174, Gisborne, November, 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.)
TE PIPIWHARAUROA.
Tribes, hapu, communities, who help and feed our bird, greetings. We are very grateful and give heartfelt thanks to you who have staunchly supported our paper from its birth right up to the present. For nearly twenty years the voice of our bird has been heard as it has gone about spreading its message to each marae. We think that this is the longest-running paper amongst us, the Maori People. It appears amongst us now to be a treasured gift. This bird was started in Nelson on the other island, Waipounamu. The first editor was Perere Peneti (Rev. Fred Bennett) who is now superintendent of the work in the Rotorua area.
