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Show - 188 cur land and. our people. He knew, '^e snoke together of many things of x*ich I cannot sneak. "If you, my people, cannot abide by the policy I x^ish to Pursue, then nerhans there is a need for other chiefs beside myself to share the leadershio." "Waiho ra kia tu takitaki ana nga whetu o_ te rangi," sooke another from the listeners. "Let it be one star that stands alone in the sky. WTe desire to have only one chief." "Yes," agreed another. "He totara wahi rua he kai na te_ toki. A solit totara tree is the orev of the axe. Disunity is a source of weakness." "Then I leave you with the advice of the ancient patriarch Hou-mai-tawhiti: 'Follow not after the god of war in vour country hold te the deeds of Rongo the Peaceful.' This shall be mv nollev and I shall seek after it with all of mv sould. I have snoken." |
