Te Kopara 65
[3] Te Kopara, Number 65, Gisborne, 31 May, 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]
THE HUI OF LOVE
(Written for Te Kopara by Doctor Wi Repa.)
When the people arrived on the marae the clothes, the language, the entertainments, the provision of food, the stalls, the instruments, the electric lights, were all the same as the Pakeha; only the skin was different and the large amount of money.
On the marae were some Maori – an acting head of the Government, a Minister in Parliament, a lawyer of the Supreme Court, ministers of the Church, doctors, military officers who beat Pakeha in their examinations – but are we able to say that all is right with Maori, are they doing well, are they equal to the Pakeha?
