Ko ngā kauhau tuatahi a ngā mema Māori i te whare pāremata i roto tonu i te reo Māori, ā, nā te kaiwhakamārama reo i whakatakoto ki te reo Pākehā. Ahakoa kotahi tonu te Mema Pāremata i whakahē ki tēnei. E ai ki te mema Māori tuatahi kia kōrero, arā, ki a Tāreha Te Moananui, 'Kua takoto i te Karaipiture, i tō ture hoki, kia kotahi te ture mō ngā iwi e rua'. Kei konei te roanga ake o tōna kauhau.
Ko tā Mete Kīngi Paetahi meatanga, 'Ka mihi au ki te Kuini, ki te Kāwana me ngā Minita, tae ake ki ngā rangatira o te Minenga nā koutou i whakahuihui tahi te Māori me te Pākehā ki te Pāremata' (New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, 1868, vol. II, wh. 271).
I roto i ngā rangi ruarua ka kōrero te mema pāremata Māori a Paratene i roto i te reo Pākehā, 'Ko taku koronga kia whai reo au ki roto i te whare, mō te iwi Māori e tau nei. Āno nei mātou he tekoteko e tū ana kāore tōna reo’ (wh. 372).
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Reference:
New Zealand Parliamentary Debates, 1868, vol. II, p. 271
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