Tauwhare

"Kua u mai tenei tauhou, ki tenei whenua tauhou ".
This stranger has arrived at this strange land. (Reed's Maori Proverbs)

INTRODUCTION
"Kotahi te kohao te ngira e kuhuna ai te miro ma, te miro pango, te miro whero. I muri, kia mau ki te aroha, ki te ture, me te whakapono."
There is but one eye of the needle through which the white, black and red threads must pass. After I am gone, hold fast to love, to the law, and to the religion of Christ.
(Reed's Maori Proverbs)
These famous words were spoken by Potatau Te Wherowhero, the first Maori king, at his Coronation in
1858, in response to the charge given byTe Heuheu.