He Kupu Whakamarama

Te Pipiwharauroa 96

No. 96

1906/03

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 96, Gisborne, March 1906.

THE WORDS OF TIMI KARA

According to Pakeha thinking it is not right for leaders of the Church to involve themselves in Parliamentary disputes, with the provisions of the laws made by Parliament. This perhaps lies behind the condemnation by some people of Te Pipiwharauroa’s strong criticism of the Native Land Settlement Act and its call to the tribes to unite and to paddle the canoes to England with the message to the King that the Government of these islands has trampled on the sacred Treaty made by his mother between them and the Maori.

Te Pipiwharauroa 95

No. 95

1906/02

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 95, Gisborne, February 1906.

ONLY TWO YEARS!

In two years time the sale of Maori lands on the East Coast will be liable to compulsion [confiscation bites]. Section 58 if the Constitution Act 1852 says that the Queen may withdraw her consent to an Act of Parliament within two years. If the Maori People wish to take a petition to the King to overthrow the Land Confiscation Act of 1905 [Maori Land Settlement Act 1905] which contravenes the second provision of the Treaty of Waitangi, there are two years to arrange who is to go, to set up the petition, and to collect money to support those who go.

Te Pipiwharauroa 94

No.94

1906/01

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 94, Gisborne, January 1906

KINDERGARTEN SCHOOLS – SCHOOLS FOR INFANTS.

(By Rev F W Chatterton, Delivered at the Te Aute Hui at Rotorua.)

We all agree, Pakeha and Maori, that it is a good thing to educate our children. We know that if children are not educated they will experience great difficulties throughout their lives. We cannot remedy in adulthood the failures of childhood. If the tree is not shaped when it is small it will be very difficult to shape it when it is large.

Te Pipiwharauroa 93

No. 93

1905/12

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 93, Gisborne, December 1905

PUBLICANS

The person most reviled by the Jews was the publican. He was a person cut off from his people – an outcast. The publican was a Jew who had agreed to collect from the Jews the taxes demanded by the Roman Government. Therefore they hoped that the Messiah would come to overthrow the power of Rome. They mistakenly thought that the Kingdom of Christ would be of this world.

Te Pipiwharauroa 92

No. 92

1905/11

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 92, Gisborne, November 1905.

BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER AS ONE.

People, chiefs, what are you doing in response to our appeal to revive the Waitangi Association? If you agree, why delay setting the date and the place for holding the hui, and choosing the members of that hui? The Land Confiscation Act has been passed and, before a single acre is confiscated, a hui should be quickly summoned so that the Government hears and the Pakeha become afraid and wary of taking land, and before it is opened up to be alienated by sale. The Government is not afraid of our members who are all slaves of Mr Seddon. Only Kaihau has stood out.

Te Pipiwharauroa 91

No. 91

1905/10

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 91, Gisborne, October 1905.

OUR MEMBERS

Voting day is drawing nigh and our candidates are sticking together. Three have visited Gisborne in a short time, Apirana Ngata, Mohi te Atahikoia and Tuhaka Kohere. Also here are the strong promoters of Wi Pere. Those candidates who have not visited us are Ihaia Hutana and Tiki Paaka, but Ihaia is coming here in Summer.

Te Pipiwharauroa 90

No. 90

1905/09

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 90, Gisborne, September 1905.

THE WAITANGI ASSOCIATION [KOTAHITANGA]

We publish an article by Te Rapihana about the Treaty of Waitangi Association which supports our contention that the Association should be revived as a strong and united voice of the Maori People. At the large hui held at Wai-o-Matatini it was thought that the Association should be wound up and that the general meeting of the Councils should be the unifying gathering. But this idea is very wrong because the Councils are Government bodies and a time may come when the Government is in conflict with the Maori People and the Councils will not be in a position to criticize the Government.

Te Pipiwharauroa 89

No. 89

1905/08

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 89, Gisborne, August 1905.

HOLY GROUND

To the Editor of Te Pipiwharauroa.

I wrote this letter to Te Towa-Whangaroa at the start of the [?whai kaitinga] of this country, 29th July, 1905.

On 18th July my ship anchored having sailed from Auckland to Kororareka, Bay of Islands. This is a small but very interesting town. This is the place where stood the flagpole cut down by Hone Heke. Hone Heke’s party and some of the warriors arrived and found the flag flying on top of the hill.

Te Pipiwharauroa 88

No. 88

1905/07

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 88, Gisborne, July 1905

A CONCERN

We are experiencing fear and anxiety since we have seen the shadow of the knife piercing the throat of the Maori. Perhaps it was a dream. It is said that before death or disaster strike a man he is visited with apprehension – anxiety. Such was our vision. Was it a dream or was it real? People, we believe that the Pakeha and the Government have threaded on a hook to catch us Maori. A hook is deceptive, it is concealed by the bait.

Te Pipiwharauroa 87

No. 87

1905/06

(Maori Version at NZETC.)

[1] Te Pipiwharauroa, He Kupu Whakamarama, Number 87, Gisborne, June 1905.

TOGO

The most famous man these days is Admiral Togo of the Japanese Navy. He has been called the ‘Japanese Nelson.’ Nelson was England’s greatest fighting admiral in former times. He it was who saved England and defeated the French and the Spaniards. It was Togo who first attacked Russia and began to make Russia stagger when he encountered the Russian warships at Port Arthur. It was Togo’s idea, to ensure the safe landing of the soldiers in Manchuria without them being troubled by Russian warships, that he should block the entrance to Port Arthur.

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