Taupaki, Matiu Te Huia
Production date
1863-1866
1860-1869
Description
Copies of 5 letters printed by G. Woon at New Plymouth for Matiu Taupaki, a Maori pacifist.
Object detail
1860-1869
Part 1
1. Ko te tuaiwa tenei o te panga mai o te reo o te Atua ki au katahi
ka whakarongo ake oku taringa ki te panga iho o te reo...c1864. A circular letter full of scriptural allusions. Signature followed by "Ki nga tangata katoa o Niu Tireni o runga o raro, o whaiwhakaaro ki te pai ki te kino."
2. Whakarongo e nga rangatira o Taranaki, o Ngatiruanui, o Waitotara,
o Whanganui, o Taupo, oia iwi, o ia iwi. Letter, dated at the head: "Te Hua, Tihema 14, 1863." and addressed at the foot: "Ki nga rangatira o Niu Tireni, hei rapu haere i nga ritenga mo tatou mo nga pakaha hoki." Pacifist letter with religious allusions to Abraham and Galatians Chapter 4. "Good will overcome evil and we must work things out for the best."
Ko nga rarangi o to tatou Arikio Ihu Karaiti. c1865. Letter addressed to Governor Grey and the Parliament supporting the Governor's plans, as announced in the address at the opening of Parliament: "Look to the Governor who is appointed by God. It is God's will he carries out." The address is given in the last paragraph "Kia Kawana Kerei, ratou ko nga Rangatira o nga Runanga. Me Tuku enei whakaaro ki Poneke ki a Kawana."
3. Whakarongo mai e te iwi. Kia marama te whakahaere i nga ritenga mo tatou. Ma nga kaumatua.. Dated at the head "Te Hua, Oketopa 17, 1863." The authorship and the address "to the iwi above, below, in the middle" are given at the end of the text. A letter for Maori and Pakeha with a pacifist message: to stop the fighting, give up the weapons and let the kaumatuas sort out the problems.
4. Ko te whakitenga o te Wairua ki a Matiu Te Huia i roto i nga ra i
nga po, e whakapuaki mai ana i tena kupu, i tena kupu. Location and date at head of letter: "Ko te Hua, Hurae 21, 1866." Circular letter to everybody after the author has had more divine visions.
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