War chronicle · mai i te 6 o Ākuhata · Wellington, New Zealand
Te kuhunga o Niu Tīreni
E hia mano nei ngā tāngata ka uru atu ki te ope taua, he kimi ngahau, he kimi mahi anō te take.
Ka puta te rongo mō te pakanga huri noa i Niu Tīreni. Ka muia te ope taua e te tokomaha o ngā tāne e hiahia ana ki te uru atu ki te New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) – kei tōna 14,000 ngā tāne i rēhita i te wiki tuatahi noa.
Ahakoa me 20 neke atu rānei ngā tau o te hōia, ka whai wāhi ētahi tāne 17 noa ngā tau. He mahi muna nō rātou, he kimi ngahau te take. Ahakoa te āwangawanga o ngā hoa wāhine me ngā mātua mō ngā wehi o te whawhai, ka nohopuku kē rātou. Ka whakanuia te pakanga e te iwi whānui.
Ka rārangi mai ngā hoa me ngā whānau ki te poroporoaki i ngā tāne, e hia mano kē te nui, ki ngā tiriti o ia taone i te whenua.
I te ata o te 16 o Oketopa, ka puta atu ngā tīma tuatahi o te NZEF i te Whanganui-a-Tara, kotahi atu ki te pakanga. Mō ētahi, koia nei te rā whakamutunga ka kite atu rātou i te whenua o Niu Tīreni.
Mō ētahi o ngā Māori, mā te pakanga ka rite rātou ki te nuinga, arā, ka whawhai tahi me ngā Piritana. Nō te marama o Hepetema rā anō, kātahi ka whakaae te kāwanatanga kia whawhai ngā Māori. Ka whakatūria te Matua Māori (te ope taua Māori). Kāore ētahi Māori i whakaae kia whawhai ō rātou tāne – kāore rātou i pīrangi ki te tautoko i ngā hoariri nō te wā o ngā Riri Whenua.
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