The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-02-25

tangata matua, kua negro axe ncI . runga o raio.
o Waenganui. me nga kauanA katoa, tuatabi,
tuarua. tuatoru. i te va e nOhO, tain ana ratou-
Z karo ma. e ko au teneI? kG Ia tungorango i
WaihO tt 40 turOa
lie IWi e. lie lwii Te Iwi pakeha e nOho
mel Akarana, nga rangatIra, nga tanGa'a wha-
kahaere tikango. nga tame, nga Wnhine. MA
tamarIki, nga ruruhi, nga kooroheke, &c wi nui
tonu katOa. lena koutou, tena kout0u. tena
kOutOu.
"Ko Akarana tenet. no reiru, tenet Kupu i
pencil nj lie iwi c! lie iwI Waiho ia kia taxa
tie ahuru, kua rere MatarIki te rua, ko te tahi,
kO tie rua, kO tie TOru tenet.
"E haere nei au i te paki o HewR kua tae mai,
kua kite asu. kua kite mai, tena koutOu.
-Naku. \ Kingi TAwHAo.
TRANSLATION.
This Is a remembrance of mine to the dead
TO those who have passed into eternity-to them
in the FRS place; in the second place to the land;
aud in the third place To the whole Of you who
are congreguted here.
'Tuwhaki o rawhakil Tuwhaki the Great
Of Hems, the man who SAW the great heavens
now IN existence.
o Father /. Tamaki is here. have arrived. o
Tamaki! o TamakI !-ranaki Of a hundred
Lovers whose countenance was gnzed upon. and
who WAS LETT by our fathers who lHve passed
away even thoss Of the South ard of the North
AID the centre, and of the whole ol the Governors,
FIRST, second and third. at the time when they
were residing together.
80, Sire Here am I, one Of those who have
been spared 10 live in this world, Il descendant of
Tangorango.
The people! o the people! The European
people, WHO are rrriding at Auckland. the chiefs,
the persons whose business it is tu guide matters.
the men. the women, the children, the elder " u
men, the old men. and tie whole multitude OF
the people! Greetings to you Greetings!
Greetings "
This Is Auckland. and this is the reason these
sentiments are uttered.
1.-The DeODie o the peOIle ! Wait n while
till the warmth be telt MaturrkI (the Pie ades)
has assembled liz its orbit. This is the first, sec
ond, and the third month.
IL am Come in the peaceful times of Hewa "a
notable ancestor who loved fine weather)
II have come, | have seen you, and you have
seen me. Salutations.
." Bv me, KING TAwHIAo.'
THE illusions in the above address require
some explanations. Tawhiao Gays that his first
remembrance in facing a large number Of Eu-
rOpeans at Auckland must be to the dead-that
is, to the Maoris who fell in the war with the
Europeans. Tuwlaki, here referred to. is said
10 be a supernatural being. Some Maori author
tiles say that he went to heaven on the thread Of
u spiders web in quest of his child. whose
mothers name was Tangotango; others say he
came down from heaven and returned thither.
Hema was Tawhaki's mother. In saying 20!
Father. - Tawhiao addresses his own father, lie
Wherowhero. Tamaki is the great name of the
districts surrounding Auckland ''Tamaki of a
hundred lovers means that this district was a
coveted one with the Maoris. They cultivated
easily the volcanic soil. The volcanic mounds
made admirable sites for pas-they had here
abundant fish of all kinds. Tawhiao goes on to
say that the beautiful Tamaki was gazed upon
and lett by their fathers. and by the European
Governors. Tangotango, as before intimated, was
vile of Tawhaki; another of her names was
H.pai. Matariki, the Pleiades. by which tine
MaorIs regulated their planting. Tawhiao refers
in his speech to the ascension of this constellation,
as an allusion to TawhiaO's first visit to Alex
andra, second, his visit through the Waikato;
and the third to Auckland. Hewa, an ancestor,
Who never emerged from his habitation unless the
weather was fine. This fact passed INTO a proverb
$50 the calm of Ilewa, =" and it now refers TO
unanimity Of feeling and peaceful relations.
wait II while till the warmth be felt, =" prob
ably means that this is but the beginning of a
kindly and benignant season between the races.
The speech-making over, the whole party were
taken in carriages to the various points of interest
in the city, and were accompanied by representa-
tiyes of public bodies and leading citizens. the
whole forming II procession about half a mile
long. Many OF the large establishments and
public buildings were decorated in honor of the
occasion. After the drive, Tawhiao put off his
native costume and dressed In European clothe~,
and took a walk through the town. paying one
or two visits. He and the chiefs were entertained
in the evening at a public dinner given by the
Mayor and Corporation of Auckland, when some
cordial speeches were interchtnged. in the course
of which it was made known that TawhiaO had
accepted an invitation from the Government 40
drive the fret pile of n new bridge which 3 to
connect the British settlements on the confscated
Waikato lands with the so-long unapproachable
4" King country, and more particularly with a
new settlement Of Tawhiao's. Tawhiao. mt the
conclusion of his own speech. said that he did not
want to be reproached by Europeans, that the
bridge had been built for his benefit with Govern
ment money, and had therefore stipulated that it
should be paid for entirely by himself.
The following day was wet, but did not pre-
vent these chiefs, who have been so long isolated
from the Europeans. making the best of their
time visiting the business Establishments and
manufactures of Auckland. On the next day
most Of them had their portraits taken, and in
the afternoon they were entertained by the Mayor,
MIR. j. w. Clark, at his private residence
near Onehunga. They all seem to have enjoyed
this better than the more formal dinner at Auck-
land. Tables were laid in the grounds under the
shade of the pine trees. with a cr0ss-table for
the more distinguished guests. On the sound of
the gong about two hundred sat down, the Euro
peans being distributed among the natives to
attend to and entertain them. The Mayor pre-
sided, having on his right TawhiaO, Major Mar,
Captain Kuhn, of the German warship Habicht,
and one of his officers and on his left Te Waha-
nui and one of the Kings cousins. The dinner,
which was an excellent one, was served up in
the caterers best style liquid refreshments and
fruit of all kinds were provided also in abundance,
and nothing was left undone which would mani