Te Kopara 73
[3] Te Kopara, Number 73, Gisborne, 28 February, 1920.
‘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]
HAUHAU RELIGION.
By R[eweti] T K[ohere].
Mt Volkner was murdered by the Hauhau at Opotiki, his head was cut off, his eyes were gouged out and swallowed by Kereopa so that he was subsequently known as Kereopa the Eater of Eyes, his body was fixed to the entrance of the small house, his head was carried around as a trophy, and the Hauhau party went on to the Whanau-a-Apanui and Ngatiporou. The leaders of the party were Patara Te Tuhi, father of Mahuta, and Te Wiwini and Te Wao, chiefs from Taranaki.
The pa within Waiapu at which the Hauhau stayed was Pukemaire. Ngatiporou was split with the majority joing the Hauhau. There were many battles in Waiapu. At the battle at Hungahungatoroa Ngatiporou Hauhau were captured but Taranaki escaped. However Te Wao was defeated at Makeronia and Te Wiwini at Pukemaire. Out of compassion, Mokena Kohere did not punish the Hauhau. A widespread story has it that McLean offered Mokena money to pay for the expenses of the war but foreseeing problems over land Mokena said to McLean, ‘Take away the money. This is my fight, not yours, not a Pakeha one.’ Te Mokena then said to Ngatiporou, ‘Each tribe should return to light its own fire.’ This is what saved people’s land. After this some of the Hauhau joined the Government side and took part in the battle at Waerenga-a-hika where the Hauhau were defeated.
This is by way of an introduction to my main subject which is Hauhau worship – if it is worship. It is to besmirch the word worship to say that what the Hauhau do is worship; perhaps the right word for it is a pao – a derisive song and dance. In this pao one sees the stupidity of Maori in believing in such chicanery. Although Ngatiporou were troubled by that religion they did not learn to be watchful and, as we know, their descendants still follow the deceptive works and the false teachings of every tohunga, whoever they may be, whether Wereta, Hikapuhi, Rua, Hori Kingi, Tutekohi or others. They all peddle the same brand – they all speak falsehood. And it is characteristic of people that they become bored with old things and want something new.
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Perhaps the Church which lifted our ancestors out of darkness has become an old woman and so people are looking for young cheeks – Mormons or Ringatu or The Seven Rules or whatever.
When the Hauhau arrived at Pukemaire the erected a pole and raised three flags, the large one on top was Rauru, the smaller flags below were Rura and Riki. Perhaps Rauru got its name from Nga-rauru tribe from Taranaki. I do not know the origin of Rura and Riki, perhaps they are just made-up names, but it is said that if Riki flies it means war and if Rura flies it means peace. At the top of the pole is a platform and this is where the ‘minister,’ the ‘Tiu,’ stands – this name comes from Judaism, that is, ‘a Jew.’ In the early morning the ‘Jew’ climbs to the platform, calls out, and awakens the whole camp.
‘Po po rini hoia, tiu!’
These are all English words.
‘?Po po rini soldier, Jew.’
On being called by the ‘Jew’ the camp emerged, children in front, then the women, then the men, and finally the storming party – it is said that there were seventy in that party. They circled the pole four times. The ‘Jew’ began the prayers or rather the pao – a derisive song. The ‘Jew’ turned around and around stretching out his hands and all the people turned around too. This was the hymn:
[As explained below, this is nonsense. Words I have not ventured to translate are in italics. – Barry Olsen]
‘Po-porini soldier Jew
E-whe [?stick-insect] those stations
The Moon has his pole [niu]
Ingiki station
How many round hazelnuts
Jewish, German stations
Mene pana small together
Number one number two station
Puritans water kei
Chicks station
Queue one, two, three night station
Float piki float sound float
Tone piki tone station
Mountains, climb mountains, hear mountains
Climb the pole [niu], hear the new station
Ham, jam and butter
Glory rire hau
Belonging to no reading your reading
Tau tau disgusting
Stay eti station
Scotland kirini
Hazelnut throne rire hau
At the end of the hymn the ‘Jew’ prayed,
Glory to you, Jehovah.
Here is the solid ground of Canaan.
Yours is the glory.
Tie firmly, hau!
If school children look carefully at this chant, the derisive song of the ‘Jew,’ it will be clear that it is nonsense. Some
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of the words are jingles, some are from the Bible, some are numbers, some are meaningless. This was the kind of prayer that consigned Ngatiporou to darkness. I have said above that the ‘Jew’ belongs to the Jews because, just as the Roman Catholics say that they are the parent Church so the Hauhau call their minister a ‘Jew’, that is, belonging to the Jews who are the ultimate parent Church.
‘Paimarire’ [good and gentle] is the name given to the Hauhau religion. From the phrase ‘rire hau’ they are called ‘hau hau’. The code of the Hauhau is called a ‘king’, just as Waikato set up a separate king for the Maori People.
I end this account with the waiata from the Government side:
Rauru Maui-Tainui
And Rura and Riki, are raised,
The evil spirits
That did away with people
Whom Hapopo troubled,
Descendants of
Hine-nui-te-po
Who seek to overthrow the authority of the King.
My flag is not a new flag.
But a silk that waves in the sky
Above the Duke
On the shoulders of Atareta
Who legitimatises his huge people.
THE PRINCE OF WALES
When the Prince of Wales visits New Zealand he will travel around the country for twenty-seven days. The following qre the places he will visit:
April 17th (Saturday) he lands at Auckland. April 20th (Tuesday) his train leaves Auckland at 9.30 a.m. It will stop for one hour at Hamilton and then go on to Rotorua. It will arrive there between 5 and 6 o’clock in the evening. There the Maori welcome will take place. April 22nd (Thursday) he leaves Rotorua and his train will stop at Te Kuiti, Taumaranui, and Ohakune. April 23rd (Friday) he arrives at New Plymouth at 9 a.m. At 11.30 a.m. he leaves there and arrives at Whanganui at 4.30 p.m. having stopped at the large towns on the way. April 24th (Saturday) he leaves Whanganui and arrives at Napier at 4 p.m. having stopped at the large towns on the way. April 26th (Monday) he leaves Napier for Wellington stopping at the large towns and arriving at Wellington at 7.30 p.m. April 27th and 28th are spent in Wellington. On April 30th he goes to the Wairarapa. April 330th to May 1st are spent in the Wairarapa. May 2nd he returns to Wellington and crosses to the South Island. He travels around all the large towns in the South Island and on 14th May crosses to Australia.
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IN PRAISE OF THE TANKS [*TORONGU]
The German General, Ludendorff, says that 8th August, 1918, was the saddest day of the recent war for the German divisions. That was the day General Haig took Amiens and also the day when the capabilities of the tanks were revealed. Before the attack the big guns began a barrage then the tanks attacked and the German guns were put out of action. From this point onwards the German soldiers began their withdrawal. ‘The tanks were the enemy we feared the most,’ said Ludendorff.
‘When the battle was coming to an end, if tanks were sighted, even those without guns on them and which only carried soldiers or food, the German soldiers fled. On 3rd October Ludendorff sent one of his officers to Berlin, the capital of Germany, to tell those in charge why they should quickly bring an end to the fighting. That officer said, “We were aware of two main things, the size of the tanks and the huge number of soldiers advancing behind them. Sometimes it was unknown where the tanks were coming from because they were hidden by smoke. This was why the German soldiers fled. The tanks arrived at our battle lines to clear a way for the soldiers which is why our soldiers did not engage with the enemy.”’
* caterpillar
ODD ITEMS
The tallest people in Europe live in the south-west of Scotland. Their average height is 5 foot 10 inches. The Scots are a tall people with an average height of 5 foot 9 inches. The indigenous people of the islands are the same height along with their relatives living in America.
The Reverend Piper, a mission worker in Fiji, said in a speech that the native people of the islands are vanishing. In twenty years’ time there will be more Indians than Fijians and in sixty to a hundred years there will only be Indians in the islands. The Indians sent to Fiji are not high-caste people but are labourers and elderly. They do not hold to the faith. This is going to test the Christian faith in the islands. It would seem that the islands may not be said to be run by the Europeans, but we must make every effort to ensure that they run these islands justly.
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THE BISHOP OF AUCKLAND.
During the past week a large evening gathering was held by the people of the parishes of Auckland in the Hall of St Mary’s Cathedral, Parnell, Auckland. The gathering was to farewell the Bishop and his wife before they go to London to the large meeting of the Bishops of the Church of England from throughout the world, the ‘Lambeth Conference.’ Archdeacon McMurray was Chairman of that gathering and it was attended by spokesmen from other Churches apart from the Church of England. The people gave many gifts to the Bishop and his wife. In the Bishop’s speech he told of how moved he was that the men of St John’s Theological College in Auckland decided to close the school for the duration of the war so that they could go to the war. They all went to the war, including the Principal of the school. But the consequence is that there are no ministers at this time and it may be three years before he is able to ordain some of those who are at present at the school. Therefore he has the idea that when he arrives in England he will look for some ministers there for the New Zealand Church. One of the main subjects that that large gathering in London will deal with is that of bringing together as one all the Churches. And he also said that it would delight him if this could be achieved before he retires from his role as Bishop, if it is the will of the heavenly Father. He is leaving Archdeacon McMurray to carry on all the work of the Diocese.
CLERGY STIPENDS.
At the Synod held in Napier in October many matters affecting the Maori Church in the Diocese of Waiapu were dealt with. One of the main subjects was the small stipend paid to the ministers. There were many words of great sympathy from the Pakeha section, especially from Mr de Lautour of Gisborne who spoke like a man pleading from a broken heart for someone about to die. His words were powerful and deep and loving. And, people, it is so, we are very weak. We can raise the stipends of our ministers if there is the will to do so. There are many ways of helping. One thinks of the prayers in the Prayer Book , ‘The Thanksgiving of Women after Child-birth. ‘The woman, that cometh to give her thanks, must offer accustomed offerings….’ There are other services about which the Prayer Book does not give such an instruction but at which it would be appropriate for people lovingly to consider giving a helping gift; one thinks of weddings, funerals and baptisms, but it is for you to decide what to do. But the best thing is if the parish collects to increase the minister’s stipend. The ‘Waiapu Church Gazette’ says:
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‘We are not people who beg for food, but our mouths are open at all times to snatch up the crumbs that fall.’
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On 23rd February the train from Glenhope (Nelson) hit a cart on the bridge at Tapawera. The man on the cart (a soldier returned from the war) climbed up and hung from the side of the bridge and so was saved. One horse died and the other was injured. The cart was completely smashed and the train was delayed for a long time.
AN INVITATION
On 10th March, 1920, the Memorial Stone to Epanaia Whaanga will be unveiled. He died in the recent epidemic and the whole area was distressed. He was someone known by the small and the great, and it was also said that he was ‘the Epanaia of all.’
Together with this there is the memorial to his minister, Waata Kopae, the same affliction struck down both of them and laid them to rest. One was a father who dealt with physical concerns while the other dealt with spiritual matters.
A NOTICE
Those wishing to purchase Prayer Books, Hymn Books or Testaments should send their request to
Miss K Williams,
P O Box 41,
Hukarere, Napier.
These are the prices.
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/-
Prayer Book with Hymns, red cover 3/-
Prayer Book with Hymns, hard cover 6/6
Prayer Book, New Testament and Hymns, red cover, 4/6
Prayer Book, New Testament and Hymns, superior cover, 7/-
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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