Tarore and her book

                                                              Tarore and her book


 This story is about how Tarore, a girl, stopped war in Aotearoa by bringing peace to the land. When Tarore turned 12 her father Ngakuku took her to a mission school owned by Alfred and Charlotte Brown. Charlotte Brown said that she was an amazing student so they gave her the Gospel of Luke. She wore the book around her neck in a Kete and it was very special to her. In 1836 sadly the mission school had to be moved over to Tauranga.Ngakuku took 21 children and one of the workers though the bush and they sore that there was a raiding party near Wairere Falls. Ngakuku, 20 children and the worker escaped but Tarore was sound asleep. Te Arawa a warrior killed her and took the special kete with the book. Then Tarores father went back to look for her and when he found her, she was lying on the ground dead but he thought of the words of peace.The warrior who killed Tarore read the book of peace and in it, it said love your enemies.The warrior felt sad so he went to Ngakuku and said to him will you forgive me. Then the Gospel of Luke started spreading very fast all around the North islands. Lots of people gave up war to live peacefully like Christian way. Then the warrior chief heard the story and built a church in Rauparaha. Then all of this was going to the South islands and there were good news. All of this happened because of Tarore and her little book that she wore near her heart. They made a special grave for her. This is a message for people to spread.