Te Kopara 69
[3] Te Kopara, Number 69, Gisborne, 30 September, 1919.
‘Iti te Kopara, kai takirikiri ana i runga i te Kahikatea.’
Although the Bellbird is small, he plucks at the Kahikatea. [cf Nga Pepeha 908]
MAORI SYNOD AT WAIMARAMA.
The Maori Synod was summoned to Waimarama on 15th August. When the work of the meeting was concluded, matters to do with the Soldiers’ Fund were dealt with, and after that the business of the Tamatea Council was done. These are some of the motions passed:
Tuahine Renata moved and Hoera Rapaia seconded:
‘That the Stipend Fund of this Archdeaconry be divided with the Te Waipatu money going to Te Waipatu and that the same happen with other parishes.’
Rev F Peneti and T Renata:
‘We request the Diocesan Treasurer to distribute the remaining money in the Fund in accordance with the Fund scheme in this way: Moteo portion, £15/4; Waiohiki, £15/0/2; Omahu, £25/15/0; a total of £55/19/2. This money is to be allocated to the parish share for the Parish of Moteo. The Ngatihori portion, £6/14/3; Waimarama, £10/6/6; a total of £17/0/9 which is to be allocated to the parish share for the Parish of Te Waipatu. The Waipawa portion of £4/17/2 is to go to the Parish of Waipawa.’
T Renata asked a question:
‘The daughter of Mrs Donnelly says that the money left by Airini in her will for the Maori Church was to be used to increase the stipends of the Maori clergy of Hastings and not to make up deficits. Therefore I would like an explanation of the words of the deed under which this money was left.’
The Chairman’s Response:
‘This is a copy of the will of Airini Donnelly which the Secretary will publish. “This is the last will of Airini Donnelly made on 28th September 1908. I give the executors of my will one thousand pounds The annual interest on that money is to be added to [?apiti - ?a supplement to] the stipend of the minister or ministers of the Church of England working within the Province of Hawkes Bay.”’
Rev Peneti and Nohi Te Atahikoia:
‘This hui supports the motion passed by the Synod at Pupuaruhe that the Diocesan Synod be asked
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to undertake to find ways to suppress the consumption of alcohol amongst the Maori People.’
Rev Henare Wepiha Te Wainohu and Rev Pani Hakiwai:
‘That this Synod sends thanks to the Church Army for the care shown to the young Maori men during the war and for their printing of books of prayers in Maori for the benefit of the young men who went as soldiers. The hui also asks that the President sends the greetings of the Maori People to the Head of the Church Army.’
Rev W Simkin and T Renata:
‘That copies of the prayer book prepared by Rev Henare Te Wainohu and Rev Peni Hakiwai during the war be placed in the archives of the Diocese.’
Hoera Rapaea and Paraire Tomoana:
‘This Hui believes that, as the war has finished, the time has come for the parishes of Te Wairoa, Te Waipatu, and Waipawa to discuss ways of hastening the erection of clergy houses for those Parishes.’
Rev Peneti and T Renata:
‘Because we have been informed that ten of the tents used on the battlefields are being sent by the Church Army to New Zealand, this hui asks Mr Whibley if one of those tents can be given to the Maori Church in this area. We ask the Bishop if we may leave it to him to lay this matter before Mr Whibley, the Secretary of the Church Army.’
Ihakara Rapana and Peneti:
‘This hui asks the President to share his thoughts about suitable memorials to commemorate the peace in each parish.’
The President’s Reply:
‘The Pakeha are also having to make these decisions. Therefore I ask Peneti to bring this matter to the Diocesan Synod so that I can speak about this to the two peoples, Maori and Pakeha.’
Paraire Tomoana and Rev H Te Wainohu:
‘That this Hui expresses its happiness at the excellent explanations by the Secretary of the accounts of the Hastings Parishes; they were not clear before and now they are very clear. We are very grateful to the Secretary.’ The Rev W J Simkin stood to respond to the expressions of gratitude to him.
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Mohi Te Ahikoia and Par5aire Tomoana:
‘This Hui points out to the young men of the Maori People including Christian soldiers that, as there are many Parishes without a minister, it would be good if they considered the calling of the Church. There are rooms at Te Rau College available for young men wishing to study to become ministers.’
T Renata and Te Katene Pukerua:
That this hui expresses its gratitude to Chaplain-Major Henare Wepiha Te Wainohu and Chaplain-Captain Peni Hakiwai for their devotion in carrying out their duties relating to the spiritual well-being of the young Maori during the war including their times in hospitals in England. May God bless the two of them in their heavy responsibilities in the days of peace that lie before them.’
Henare stood to reply to the greetings to the two of them.
Rev Henare Te Wainohu and Rev Peni Hakiwai:
‘The people who have attended this hui wish to express their gratitude to the local people for their great efforts in helping with the work of this Hui. May God protect them.’
In the evening there were discussions about Te Aute College. There was no motion passed at the request of the Bishop who wishes himself to put the thoughts of the Maori before the Board and the Management of Te Aute.
PUPUARUHE.
The Maori Synod of the Archdeaconry of Tauranga was held at Pupuaruhe, a village close to Whakatane, on 30th June, 1919. The Bishop himself was Chairman of the Hui. Some motions passed by that Hui affect all Maori areas.
Canon Chatterton moved:
‘It is the thinking of this Hui that, whatever the Councils are doing, they have not brought an end to drinking in Maori districts. Therefore this Hui asks that this matter be brought before the forthcoming meeting of the Diocesan Synod to be dealt with.’
Canon Chatterton moved:
‘That Committees be set up in all Maori areas. The members of that Committee should be chosen from communicant members, one from each congregation. That Committee should meet every three months to discuss matters relating to the Church including ways of managing stipends for the clergy.’
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W Kingi moved:
‘That this Hui believes that it is right that every elder of the Church gives a tenth of his goods to God.’
Hori Atarea moved:
‘That the Bishop be asked to appoint someone, minister or layman, to conduct missions throughout the Diocese.’
THE LESSONS OF THE WAR.
All parts of the Empire, indeed all parts of the whole world are rejoicing at the making of peace; only Germany and its friends are not rejoicing. Peace came at a great price – 7,000,000 people were killed, 20 million were wounded or hurt, besides the money consumed, the ships sunk, the lands ravaged, the women ill-treated, the sorrowing hearts, the suffering hearts, the floods of tears – who can reckon up these things?
The war is ended, the earth still spins round, people pursue their many courses piling up possessions and money, forgetting the days of the war, and forgetting the soldiers. Only those who suffered will go on remembering for ever.
The first lesson of the war is this:
1. Right will prevail and wrongdoing will fall. Germany thought that by rejecting the sacred laws of warfare it would defeat its enemies – by murderous acts, by burning towns, by ravaging the land, by carrying off the enemy’s women, by ill-treating grievously prisoners and wounded, by spraying the enemy with poison, and by sinking hospital ships. No evil act was neglected by Germany. The Kaiser made friends with the devil and despised God. But the Allies held to right practices and now the Right has prevailed and the Kaiser and the devil have been defeated. The Kaiser was brought down by his friend, the devil. He bowed down in worship before him asking to be given all the nations of the world and their glory. He bowed down before the devil and soon he will kneel before the judge. The wages of sin is death. This is an established law and it is not to be rejected.
2. In unity is strength. There is a Pakeha proverb, ‘United we stand – divided we fall.’ In the war all the nations of the world were divided into two camps: there were the English and their friends, the Allies, on one side and Germany and its friends on the other. In the first years of the war the management of the Allied armies was split
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and they were dispirited. When a single head was appointed, Foch, the attack was focussed and this meant that Germany retreated and did not recover. We Maori are a small people on the face of the earth and we have become a remnant amongst the Pakeha, therefore let us be united, let us hold faithfully to our customs, to our skin, to our language, to our mana. The war divided the world – one part for the right, one part for the wrong. Neutral nations are not men.
3. Whatever the work or project is, if we put our hearts into it [if our hearts suffer pain], then we will achieve it. Over the last year England spent £7,000,000 each day on the war. The total amount it expended was £40,000,000,000. New Zealand spent £300,000,000, besides men, but there was no grumbling. People continued to act stout-heartedly. Had the war gone on England would not have retreated. Maori were eager to send their young men and to collect money for the well-being of the soldiers. Do we have the same heartfelt commitment, the same eagerness to support the work of God, works which bring life, the great works of the time of peace? When he returned from the war the Bishop of London found that some of his ministers and their families had no food. Some Maori ministers are in the same situation, and look in vain for an adequate stipend. The ministers who suffer most are those with a family. A family cannot live on £150 a year and some ministers only receive a stipend of £100. The cost of food and everything has gone up but the minister is not able to go and cut timber or shear sheep. Are we only keen to help with war and with the business of killing people. [He wikitoria ano te rangimarie. – ? Has victory indeed brought peace?]
4. If the heart is right then all parts of the person or the people are right. Germany absorbed all the world’s learning, it was rich in possessions, but this war showed that their hearts were no different from the hearts of their ancestors in the days of ignorance and darkness. Only the outside has been cleaned, painted with white clay, while the inside is a pit for the dead. [Matthew 23.27] The Germans sought the things of this world, the things of the flesh, and rejected the things of the spirit, the things of God. Only the Gospel of Jesus Christ can cleanse the heart. If one is clean inside one is also clean outside. The Pakeha may wash the outside of the Maori but only Christ can cleanse the heart. The unclean spirit came out, and when he returned to his old dwelling-place he found it empty and swept clean, so he went in taking with him seven friends worse than himself, so the state of that man at the end was worse than at the beginning. [Matthew 12.43-45] That is what Germany is like, and the Maori are the same if they seek only the things of the world, if the Spirit of God does not cleanse and fill the heart. The proverb says, ‘Righteousness exalts a people.’ [Proverbs 14.34]
R[eweti] T K[ohere]
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OTHER ITEMS.
General Meeting of the Bishops [Lambeth Conference]
Two of the New Zealand Bishops – the Bishops of Auckland and Waiapu - have confirmed that they are going to the major meeting of Bishops being held next year in London.
The Holy Land.
The Committee of Jews has begun work on the arrangements to settle the Jews in the Holy Land. The whole land has been surveyed and they are looking for sites suitable for establishing towns. Their first concern is the setting up of the University amongst their peoples. They are seeking to gather together the world’s learning in Jerusalem, the place where the University for Jews from all over the world is established. The Committee has received requests from over a million Jews wishing to return to the land of their ancestors, of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Maori People, there are two remarkable things in these statements. There is the commitment of the Jews to a University for their descendants after them, and secondly there is the fulfillment of the prophecy that Israel will return to its own original soil.
The Flag of the New Zealand.
When HMS New Zealand visited Christchurch, arriving at Lyttelton, one of the officers presented the flag of the New Zealand to the Christchurch Cathedral for it to lie there. This flag was present at all the sea battles. Right up to the time that the German fleet was captured it was this flag that flew on New Zealand.
The New Bishop for Dunedin.
There was an article in a recent number of Te Kopara about the situation of the Bishop of Dunedin (Dr S T Nevill), the Primate of New Zealand. He is one of the most remarkable elders of the Church. Among all the Bishops of the Church of England throughout the world he alone has been a Bishop for 49 years. For 17 of these many years he has been Primate of New Zealand. He is now elderly and therefore he has resigned. Now everyone’s eyes are looking for the right person to take that position. Therefore the Church is making this a subject for prayer that God will provide the right person to be shepherd in that part of his vineyard.
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THE VISIT OF THE BISHOP OF WAIAPU TO MANUTUKE.
The Bishop of Waiapu arrived at Manutuke on 27th July. Many people gathered for worship on that Sunday. And the Bishop confirmed some candidates in the course of that service. The words the Bishop spoke to the seven confirmees and to the congregation were good and powerful and deep. Lady Carroll was present at that service. Mrs Newman hosted the Bishop in the clergy house. After dinner that day the people gathered in the large house of Otene Pitau where the Bishop was formally welcomed and saluted. Lady Carroll was the first to welcome and greet the Bishop and she also raised some matters. It was arranged that her speech of welcome should be delivered on behalf of all the people. The Lady spoke clearly and well in greeting him. Rangi also stood to support all that Lady Carroll said. The Bishop was delighted at the kind words of welcome addressed to him. Afterwards the Bishop stood to respond to the welcome to him. The Bishop commented in his speech on the appearance of their church and on the site on which it had been built, how it had fulfilled their ideas and met their wishes. He also mentioned the mission house which, when it is completed next year, will be the same. Therefore he said that a committee should be set up which should manage all work relating to the church and the mission house. So this matter was dealt with. Lady Carroll stood again to thank the Bishop for all he had said, now that the people are content and peace is widespread. She also said to the Bishop that she had a one-acre section as a site for the mission house. She was handing it over for that purpose for ever as her offering to God. It would be a memorial to her. It would also help with the efforts of the Church of England to hugely increase right thinking and good works amongst the children of the Church, girls and boys, now and for generations to come. James said, ‘Faith without works is dead.’ [James 2.20] And it is all our good works done before him that will glory to him. Our desire is to glorify our Lord through our works in this world. Then the people shook hands with the Bishop and the meeting concluded. There was another service at 3.30 p.m. And, again the Bishop preached an excellent sermon at that service. On Tuesday, 29th Lady Carroll entertained the Bishop at her home. The Bishop was full of praise for the wonderful welcome given him by the Parish of Gisborne on this visit.
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THE NEW BISHOP OF MELANESIA.
On 21st September, the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity, the Rev J Manwaring Steward was consecrated to be Bishop of Melanesia, in the Cathedral in Wellington. This man was educated at the University of Oxford and in 1896 was awarded the degree of BA and subsequently that of MA (Master of Arts). He was an excellent rower and was a member of the rowing eight while there. When he finished there he went to one of the large theological colleges in England. After working for two years as a minister in England he came to join the Melanesian Mission. He has been seventeen years with the Mission. At the time of his appointment as Bishop he was Principal of the College that prepares young men from the Islands for ministry.
A REQUEST FROM THE CHURCH.
In these days the Church of England is making an Appeal for £5,000,000 to help the Church’s work. Part 0f this amount will go to help the 2000 men in training for ministry. All these men were soldiers in the recent war.
MEMORIALS.
There is an organization in England called The War Graves Commission. The work of the organization is to place memorial stones on the graves of all the soldiers who fell in the war. The stones on the graves will be all the same whether the man was an officer or a private. They are authorized to put on the stone the name of the person and his date of death. The organization has issued instructions for the rapid erection of those stones on the graves of soldiers from New Zealand and Australia who are buried in England.
THE PRINCE OF WALES.
At present he is travelling through all parts of Canada, and when he finishes there he will go to America. In the course of the war the Prince of Wales’s popularity amongst all the soldiers began to grow. He is a good man, handsome, very happy and a [?whakahi]. When he was speaking to the Australian soldiers in one area he said that he hoped to meet up with them in Australia sometime. Australia and New Zealand are still waiting for him to fulfill his promise.
MINISTER OF WAIPAWA.
The Rev Waewae Ratapahi has arrived at Te Rau to prepare for the office of priest. After his ordination to that office in December he will come here.
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FOOD FOR TE KOPARA.
Name / Address / Payment / Subscription Ends
July
Ernest Hooper / 113 Clifford Street, Gisborne / 5/- / March 1920
Mrs Smith / Puha / 5/- / October 1920
Rev Matiu Kapa / Te Ko, Auckland / 5/- / August 1919
August
Hataraka Rangi / Tolaga Bay / 5/- / February 1920
Wharewhiti Matenga / Waiotapu, Taupo / 5/- / May 1920
Eru Monita / Omaio, Opotiki / 10/- / February 1921
Erika Akuhata / Kaikohe / 5/- / May 1918
September
Mika Te Tawhao / Ruatopki / 5/- /September 1920
Hunia Rae / Cape Runaway / 5/- / December 1919
Waaka Te Araki / Waiotapu / 5/- / February 1920
Wiremu Hona / Whakatane / £1 / October 1919
SITTINGS OF THE MAORI LAND COURT, 1919
On the Tairawhiti.
Place Date Last Date for Submissions
to the Sitting
to the Sitting
Gisborne 8 October 8 September
Uawa 19 November 20 October
Tokomaru 3 December 3 November
SITTINGS OF THE MAORI LAND BOARD
On the Tairawhiti
Gisborne 15 October 15 September
Tokomaru 10 December 10 November
GRATITUDE TO TE KOPARA
Greetings. I have received Number 67 and seen there the article about the trial of the Kaiser. The Maori Association is happy that the Kaiser and the King of Turkey and the King of Bulgaria are put on trial. However the King of Turkey is the king who rules over the Holy Land – Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Palestine – the holy places of the East. The King of Turkey should be tried. The King of Turkey is a descendant of the house of kings of Caesar in Rome. Let us know the decisions from the marae of the Allies.
Renata Taiapa.
Kahukura,
22/8/19.
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RULES OF THE PAPER.
1. Te Kopara is published monthly.
2. The subscription for the paper is five shillings (5/-) a year paid by postal note or stamps.
3. Anyone wishing to take Te Kopara should send the money with the covering letter to
Te Kopara,
Te Rau Press,
6 Berry Street,
Gisborne.
4. All items you want printed in Te Kopara should be sent to the Editor,
Rev F A Bennett,
Kohupatiki,
Clive, Hawkes Bay.
A NOTICE
Those wishing to purchase Prayer Books, Hymn Books or Testaments should send their request to
H W Williams,
Naurea, Private Bag, Gisborne.
Large, soft cover 3/-
Large, red cover 3/6
Large, hard cover 4/6
Large, superior cover 6/6
Prayer Book with Hymns, soft cover 2/-
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I will pay the postage to send the books to you.
A reminder to you: because of the war everything has gone up in price. Therefore in the case of the books being printed here of whatever kind, those who want them will find that the price has gone up and there is nothing we can do about it. However in coming years perhaps the prices of all of them may return to what they were before.
People wanting to buy a Bible for themselves should write to the Rev F Spencer, Whanganui. He has Bibles and New Testaments of all qualities from soft covers to superior bindings.
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