Te Wharekura 2

Ka kimi a Māui i ōna mātua

Nā Evelyn Clouston ngā pikitia

Ko wai o koutou kāhore anō kia rongo ki ngā kōrero mō te tangata nei, mō Māui? Nāna nei hoki i here te rā, kia āta haere ai. Nāna anō hoki i huhuti ake te ika e kiia nei e tātou ko Te Ika a Māui. Ko te ahi anō hoki he mea tiki nāna i tōna tupuna, i a Mahuika. 

Nā, ko Māui te tamaiti whakamutunga a Makea Tūtara rāua ko tōna hoa wahine, ko Taranga. Tokorima ōna tuākana, ā, kotahi o rātou he wahine. I te whānautanga o Māui kīhai i pīrangi tōna whaea ki a ia. Kātahi ka whiua e ia tana pōtiki ki te moana. Otirā nā ngā ngaru o te moana i whakahoki mai ki uta. I a ia e takoto ana i te one ka kitea e tōna tupuna, e Tama-nui-ki-te rangi, ka haria e ia ki tōna whare. Nāna i whakatupu te tamaiti nei, ā, nāna hoki i ako ki te waiata, ki te haka, ki te whakapapa. 

Ka pakeke haere a Māui. Ka tae mai ki a ia te hiahia kia kite i ōna tuākana, i ōna mātua hoki. Nā tōna tupuna i whakaatu ki a ia ko wai ōna tuākana. Nō reira ka haere ia ki tō rātou whare. Ka pātai atu ia, "Ko wai tō tātou matua, ā, kei hea e noho ana?" Ka ki mai rātou, "Aua hoki." Ka mea atu ia kī a rātou, "Māku e kimi." 

Ka kata mai ōna tuākana ki a ia. He haka te mahi a ngā tuākana i roto i tō rātou whare. I reira ka kite a Māui i a Taranga. Mōhio tonu ia ko tōna whaea tēnei, engari kāhore te wahine nei i mōhio mai ki a ia. Nō te tataunga o Taranga i ana tamariki, tokorima kē rātou, kāhore i tokowhā. Ka tatau mai tō rātou whaea i ana tamariki tāne, ka mea, "Ko Māui-taha, ko Māui-roto, ko Māui-pae, ko Māui-waho. Ha! Nō whea tō koutou tokorima?" 

Ka mea atu a Māui-pōtiki, "Nāu anō au." Ka puta mai te kupu a taua wahine, "Tokowhā āku tamariki. Ēhara koe i te tamaiti āku. Nā te tangata kē koe. Haere atu koe i roto i tēnei whare!" 

Ka mea atu a Māui, "Āe, me haere kē atu au. He tamaiti pea au nā te tangata kē. Engari ko taku whakaaro nāu anō au, inā hoki i whānau au i te taha o te moana, ā, i whiua atu au e koe ki roto ki te tai. Nā ngā ngaru ahau i whakahoki mai ki uta. Ka puta mai hoki tōku tupuna, a Tama-nui-ki-te-rangi, ka whāngaia ahau e ia." Kātahi tōna whaea ka karanga atu ki a Māui, "Ko koe anō taku pōtiki. Ko Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga." 

Ka moe rātou. Te ohonga ake o Māui i te awatea kua ngaro kē tōna whaea. Pēnei tonu, ia rā, ia rā. Pō iho anō ka hoki mai a Taranga, ā, ao ake te rā, ka haere. Ka ui atu ano a Māui ki ōna tuakana, "Kei whea te wāhi i tō tātou matua tāne, matua wahine?" Ka mea mai rātou, "Aua hoki. Ahakoa ko Māui-taha, ko Māui-roto, ko Māui-pae, ko Māui-waho, kāhore noa iho i te kite." 

Nō tētahi pō kei te purupuru a Māui i te whatitoka, i te matapihi, o tō rātou whare, kei puta mai hoki te haeata o te awatea ki roto i te whare. I pō, i pō, ā, ka mārama. Ka rere te rā, ka morunga noa atu. Kātahi te wahine rā ka mahara, "Ha! He pō ke hoki tēnei, inā hoki te roa." Ka mutu, kei te moe ano. 
Oho ake ano ia, ka rongo i te tangi mai o ngā manu. Kātahi ia ka maranga ake. Ka huakina e ia te tatau, ka oma ki waho. Ka maranga ake anō a Māui, kei te titiro rawa atu ia. Ka tae a Taranga ki tētahi pū wiwi, ka tangohia ake e ia. He rua i raro. Te hekenga iho o Taranga ki roto i taua rua, ngaro tonu atu. Ka mea a Māui ki ōna tuākana e moe ana, "E hoa mā, e oho! Kāti te moe! Maranga! Ka waiho tonu tātou hei tinihangatanga mā tō tātou whaea." 

Kātahi ka haere a Māui ki te ngahere. Tōna putanga mai, kua oti ake ia te whakaahua ki te āhua kererū. Ka haere ia ki te pū wiwi rā, ka tangohia e ia, ehara, kua ngaro kei roto. Ka roa e rere ana, ā, ka noho ia i tētahi rākau e noho nei he tāngata i raro. Ka mahara ia, "E! Ko aku mātua tonu ēnei e noho ake nei." Ka tango ia i tētahi hua o taua rākau, ka pangā iho. Ehara, ka pā tonu ki te rae o tōna matua tāne. 
Ka mea tētahi tangata, "Nā te manu pea." 
Ka mea te matua tāne o Māui, "Ehara. He mea makere noa iho." 
Ka tango ano taua kererū rā i te hua rākau. Anā! Patu tonu ki te rae o tōna pāpā. Ka tango te tangata rā i te kōwhatu hei kura i a ia. Nō te roanga kua pā, ka taka ia ki raro. 

Te whakatikanga a ngā tāngata ki te tango mai, anana, kua whakatangata taua manu. Ka wehi taua iwi, ka mea, "Koia ano i roa ai te noho i te rākau. Me he manu, 
kua rere noa atu. Kāhore, he tangata ano." 
Ka mea ētahi, "He atua, inā hoki te āhua." 
Ka mea atu a Taranga ki a Māui e tū rā, 
"Nō hea koia koe? Nō te uru?" 
"Kāo." 
"Nō te raki?" 
"Kāo." 
"Nō te marangai?" 
"Kāo." 
"Nō te hau tonga?" 
"Kāo." 
"Nō te hau koe e pū mai nei ki taku kiri?" 
Kātahi ia ka mea, "Āe." 
"E! Ko taku pōtiki tēnei, ko Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga. I takaia ia e au ki roto ki tōku tikitiki, ā, whiua ana e ahau ki roto ki te hukahuka o te tai. Ā, i muri iho ka kitea e tōna tupuna, e Tama-nui-ki-te-rangi ka haria ake ki te rangi."

He kōrero matakite

I ngā rā i mua atu i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, tino whakapono ai te Māori ki tēnei mea ki te matakite. I ēnei rā, kei te whakapono tonu ētahi, engari ko te nuinga, kāore noa iho. He kōrero matakite tēnei nā tētahi toa Māori, i haere ki te whawhai i te taha o tētahi taua Pākehā; ko Mētara te tangata nei, nō Rotorua, he māia. 
E whai ana te taua Pākehā nei i te ope a Tītokowaru, he rangatira nō Taranaki, he Hauhau, he kaitangata. He maha ngā Maori o Wanganui me Rotorua i roto i tēnei rōpū Pākehā. Ka whai nei, whai nei, ehara, kua tae atu ki te wāhi e whakangā ana, e noho ana te rōpū ā Tītokowaru Ko taua kāinga he wāhi mārakerake i waenga i ngā rākau roroa o te ngahere; ruarua nei ngā whare nīkau. 
Ka whakatata atu a Mētara me tana rōpū, ka huna i raro i ngā rauaruhe, i ngā rākau, me ngā pū harakeke. Kātahi rātou ka whakarongo atu ki ngā tāngata e kōrerorero ana i runga i te marae; ki a Tītokowaru hoki e whakahau ana ki ana tāngata. Nā, i a Mētara e takoto ana i raro i tētahi rauaruhe, e whakarongo ana ki a Tītokowaru, ka tāia e te moe, me tana pū tonu i roto i ana ringa; kātahi ka puta mai tētahi moemoeā ki a ia. 
Heoti rā, i te ata tonu, ka whakaekea te kāinga rā e te ope Pākehā, ka whati te rōpū a Tītokowaru, ka whāia. E whai ana te ope Pākehā, ko Mētara i muri noa e haere ana. Ka māharahara te kāpene o te rōpū Pākehā nei, he aha rā a Mētara i whakatōnga ai ki muri. Roa rawa, kātahi anō a Mētara ka puta mai ki taua kāpene nei ka kōrero i tana moemoeā. 

"I tērā pō, i moe au i te kāinga tonu au, i Maketū. E haere ana au i te one. I a au e haere ana, ka puta mai tētahi ika tino nui, pēnei i te hāpuku nei, me ōna paihau e kapakapa haere mai ana i te tai tae noa ki uta. Me te mea tonu nā tētahi ngaru nui i kawe ki uta. Ko te kanohi, he kanohi tangata. Kātahi au ka whakatata atu, ka ata tiro atu. Auē! ko te kanohi rā nōku tonu! 
"Ka hoki atu te tai, ka haere anō au, ehara, ka kapakapa haere mai anō te ika rā, tae noa mai ki uta, ka tau ki āku waewae. Ko taku kanohi anō tērā; ko te tinana, he tinana ika, engari ko te māhunga, he māhunga tangata, ko tōku māhunga. Nā, ka ngaro atu anō. 
"I te ngaromanga atu anō, ka oho ake au; ka puta mai te wehi ki a au, nō te mea he tohu kino tēnei, he tohu mate. He tohu tēnei nā ngā atua ki a au, e whakaatu mai ana ki a au ko au te mataika, arā, te toa tuatahi ki te hinga i te whawhai e whai ake nei." 
Kia rata ai ngā whakaaro o Mētara, ka whakaae atu te kāpene nei kia noho a Mētara ki waenganui o te ope, kaua ki mua. Ka mea te kāpene, "Ki te noho koe ki waenganui, kāore pea koe e mate, nō te mea ko mua tonu te wāhi e pā tuatahi ki te hoariri." 
Kātahi ka whāia te hoariri e te ope Pākehā; papa tonu te oma a te ope Hauhau a Tītokowaru. Ka oma te hoariri, ka noho mai ētahi ki te whakatō i ngā kaiwhai, i roto i tētahi awaawa, i waenganui tonu i ētahi pari tūpoupou. Ka puta atu a mua o te ope Pākehā, ka tukua kia haere tonu, kāore i pā atu. Ka whanga noa, puta rawa mai a waenganui. Kātahi anō ka ākina mai ki ā rātou pū. 
Ko Mētara tonu te tangata tuatahi ki te hinga. E rua ngā matā i pā ki a ia, kōtahi ki tōna pokohiwi, kōtahi ki tōna ringa, ehara, kei raro e whārōrō ana, me te mea kua mate. I a ia e takoto taotū ana, ka whakaaro ake a Mētara ki tana moemoeā, ka mea ki a ia anō, "Ehara, kua rite ki tā taku matakite, ina hoki kāore he mea o mua i hinga, whai rawa ki a au, ki te mea i waenganui rawa. Mehemea au i mua, i muri ranei, ko taua rite tonu." Ka pai ake a Mētara, ka hoki tika ki tōna kāinga i Maketū, ka kōrerotia tana matakite i roto i te whare rūnanga. Ka mutu tana kōrero, ka mea te whakaminenga, "Āe, he tino tika tō kōrero! He matakite pono tēnā! He atua rā!"

I ngā rā i mua atu i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, tino whakapono ai te Māori ki tēnei mea ki te matakite. I ēnei rā, kei te whakapono tonu ētahi, engari ko te nuinga, kāore noa iho. He kōrero matakite tēnei nā tētahi toa Māori, i haere ki te whawhai i te taha o tētahi taua Pākehā; ko Mētara te tangata nei, nō Rotorua, he māia. 
E whai ana te taua Pākehā nei i te ope a Tītokowaru, he rangatira nō Taranaki, he Hauhau, he kaitangata. He maha ngā Maori o Wanganui me Rotorua i roto i tēnei rōpū Pākehā. Ka whai nei, whai nei, ehara, kua tae atu ki te wāhi e whakangā ana, e noho ana te rōpū ā Tītokowaru Ko taua kāinga he wāhi mārakerake i waenga i ngā rākau roroa o te ngahere; ruarua nei ngā whare nīkau. 
Ka whakatata atu a Mētara me tana rōpū, ka huna i raro i ngā rauaruhe, i ngā rākau, me ngā pū harakeke. Kātahi rātou ka whakarongo atu ki ngā tāngata e kōrerorero ana i runga i te marae; ki a Tītokowaru hoki e whakahau ana ki ana tāngata. Nā, i a Mētara e takoto ana i raro i tētahi rauaruhe, e whakarongo ana ki a Tītokowaru, ka tāia e te moe, me tana pū tonu i roto i ana ringa; kātahi ka puta mai tētahi moemoeā ki a ia. 
Heoti rā, i te ata tonu, ka whakaekea te kāinga rā e te ope Pākehā, ka whati te rōpū a Tītokowaru, ka whāia. E whai ana te ope Pākehā, ko Mētara i muri noa e haere ana. Ka māharahara te kāpene o te rōpū Pākehā nei, he aha rā a Mētara i whakatōnga ai ki muri. Roa rawa, kātahi anō a Mētara ka puta mai ki taua kāpene nei ka kōrero i tana moemoeā. 

"I tērā pō, i moe au i te kāinga tonu au, i Maketū. E haere ana au i te one. I a au e haere ana, ka puta mai tētahi ika tino nui, pēnei i te hāpuku nei, me ōna paihau e kapakapa haere mai ana i te tai tae noa ki uta. Me te mea tonu nā tētahi ngaru nui i kawe ki uta. Ko te kanohi, he kanohi tangata. Kātahi au ka whakatata atu, ka ata tiro atu. Auē! ko te kanohi rā nōku tonu! 
"Ka hoki atu te tai, ka haere anō au, ehara, ka kapakapa haere mai anō te ika rā, tae noa mai ki uta, ka tau ki āku waewae. Ko taku kanohi anō tērā; ko te tinana, he tinana ika, engari ko te māhunga, he māhunga tangata, ko tōku māhunga. Nā, ka ngaro atu anō. 
"I te ngaromanga atu anō, ka oho ake au; ka puta mai te wehi ki a au, nō te mea he tohu kino tēnei, he tohu mate. He tohu tēnei nā ngā atua ki a au, e whakaatu mai ana ki a au ko au te mataika, arā, te toa tuatahi ki te hinga i te whawhai e whai ake nei." 
Kia rata ai ngā whakaaro o Mētara, ka whakaae atu te kāpene nei kia noho a Mētara ki waenganui o te ope, kaua ki mua. Ka mea te kāpene, "Ki te noho koe ki waenganui, kāore pea koe e mate, nō te mea ko mua tonu te wāhi e pā tuatahi ki te hoariri." 
Kātahi ka whāia te hoariri e te ope Pākehā; papa tonu te oma a te ope Hauhau a Tītokowaru. Ka oma te hoariri, ka noho mai ētahi ki te whakatō i ngā kaiwhai, i roto i tētahi awaawa, i waenganui tonu i ētahi pari tūpoupou. Ka puta atu a mua o te ope Pākehā, ka tukua kia haere tonu, kāore i pā atu. Ka whanga noa, puta rawa mai a waenganui. Kātahi anō ka ākina mai ki ā rātou pū. 
Ko Mētara tonu te tangata tuatahi ki te hinga. E rua ngā matā i pā ki a ia, kōtahi ki tōna pokohiwi, kōtahi ki tōna ringa, ehara, kei raro e whārōrō ana, me te mea kua mate. I a ia e takoto taotū ana, ka whakaaro ake a Mētara ki tana moemoeā, ka mea ki a ia anō, "Ehara, kua rite ki tā taku matakite, ina hoki kāore he mea o mua i hinga, whai rawa ki a au, ki te mea i waenganui rawa. Mehemea au i mua, i muri ranei, ko taua rite tonu." Ka pai ake a Mētara, ka hoki tika ki tōna kāinga i Maketū, ka kōrerotia tana matakite i roto i te whare rūnanga. Ka mutu tana kōrero, ka mea te whakaminenga, "Āe, he tino tika tō kōrero! He matakite pono tēnā! He atua rā!"

I ngā rā i mua atu i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, tino whakapono ai te Māori ki tēnei mea ki te matakite. I ēnei rā, kei te whakapono tonu ētahi, engari ko te nuinga, kāore noa iho. He kōrero matakite tēnei nā tētahi toa Māori, i haere ki te whawhai i te taha o tētahi taua Pākehā; ko Mētara te tangata nei, nō Rotorua, he māia. 
E whai ana te taua Pākehā nei i te ope a Tītokowaru, he rangatira nō Taranaki, he Hauhau, he kaitangata. He maha ngā Maori o Wanganui me Rotorua i roto i tēnei rōpū Pākehā. Ka whai nei, whai nei, ehara, kua tae atu ki te wāhi e whakangā ana, e noho ana te rōpū ā Tītokowaru Ko taua kāinga he wāhi mārakerake i waenga i ngā rākau roroa o te ngahere; ruarua nei ngā whare nīkau. 
Ka whakatata atu a Mētara me tana rōpū, ka huna i raro i ngā rauaruhe, i ngā rākau, me ngā pū harakeke. Kātahi rātou ka whakarongo atu ki ngā tāngata e kōrerorero ana i runga i te marae; ki a Tītokowaru hoki e whakahau ana ki ana tāngata. Nā, i a Mētara e takoto ana i raro i tētahi rauaruhe, e whakarongo ana ki a Tītokowaru, ka tāia e te moe, me tana pū tonu i roto i ana ringa; kātahi ka puta mai tētahi moemoeā ki a ia. 
Heoti rā, i te ata tonu, ka whakaekea te kāinga rā e te ope Pākehā, ka whati te rōpū a Tītokowaru, ka whāia. E whai ana te ope Pākehā, ko Mētara i muri noa e haere ana. Ka māharahara te kāpene o te rōpū Pākehā nei, he aha rā a Mētara i whakatōnga ai ki muri. Roa rawa, kātahi anō a Mētara ka puta mai ki taua kāpene nei ka kōrero i tana moemoeā. 

"I tērā pō, i moe au i te kāinga tonu au, i Maketū. E haere ana au i te one. I a au e haere ana, ka puta mai tētahi ika tino nui, pēnei i te hāpuku nei, me ōna paihau e kapakapa haere mai ana i te tai tae noa ki uta. Me te mea tonu nā tētahi ngaru nui i kawe ki uta. Ko te kanohi, he kanohi tangata. Kātahi au ka whakatata atu, ka ata tiro atu. Auē! ko te kanohi rā nōku tonu! 
"Ka hoki atu te tai, ka haere anō au, ehara, ka kapakapa haere mai anō te ika rā, tae noa mai ki uta, ka tau ki āku waewae. Ko taku kanohi anō tērā; ko te tinana, he tinana ika, engari ko te māhunga, he māhunga tangata, ko tōku māhunga. Nā, ka ngaro atu anō. 
"I te ngaromanga atu anō, ka oho ake au; ka puta mai te wehi ki a au, nō te mea he tohu kino tēnei, he tohu mate. He tohu tēnei nā ngā atua ki a au, e whakaatu mai ana ki a au ko au te mataika, arā, te toa tuatahi ki te hinga i te whawhai e whai ake nei." 
Kia rata ai ngā whakaaro o Mētara, ka whakaae atu te kāpene nei kia noho a Mētara ki waenganui o te ope, kaua ki mua. Ka mea te kāpene, "Ki te noho koe ki waenganui, kāore pea koe e mate, nō te mea ko mua tonu te wāhi e pā tuatahi ki te hoariri." 
Kātahi ka whāia te hoariri e te ope Pākehā; papa tonu te oma a te ope Hauhau a Tītokowaru. Ka oma te hoariri, ka noho mai ētahi ki te whakatō i ngā kaiwhai, i roto i tētahi awaawa, i waenganui tonu i ētahi pari tūpoupou. Ka puta atu a mua o te ope Pākehā, ka tukua kia haere tonu, kāore i pā atu. Ka whanga noa, puta rawa mai a waenganui. Kātahi anō ka ākina mai ki ā rātou pū. 
Ko Mētara tonu te tangata tuatahi ki te hinga. E rua ngā matā i pā ki a ia, kōtahi ki tōna pokohiwi, kōtahi ki tōna ringa, ehara, kei raro e whārōrō ana, me te mea kua mate. I a ia e takoto taotū ana, ka whakaaro ake a Mētara ki tana moemoeā, ka mea ki a ia anō, "Ehara, kua rite ki tā taku matakite, ina hoki kāore he mea o mua i hinga, whai rawa ki a au, ki te mea i waenganui rawa. Mehemea au i mua, i muri ranei, ko taua rite tonu." Ka pai ake a Mētara, ka hoki tika ki tōna kāinga i Maketū, ka kōrerotia tana matakite i roto i te whare rūnanga. Ka mutu tana kōrero, ka mea te whakaminenga, "Āe, he tino tika tō kōrero! He matakite pono tēnā! He atua rā!"

I ngā rā i mua atu i te taenga mai o te Pākehā, tino whakapono ai te Māori ki tēnei mea ki te matakite. I ēnei rā, kei te whakapono tonu ētahi, engari ko te nuinga, kāore noa iho. He kōrero matakite tēnei nā tētahi toa Māori, i haere ki te whawhai i te taha o tētahi taua Pākehā; ko Mētara te tangata nei, nō Rotorua, he māia. 
E whai ana te taua Pākehā nei i te ope a Tītokowaru, he rangatira nō Taranaki, he Hauhau, he kaitangata. He maha ngā Maori o Wanganui me Rotorua i roto i tēnei rōpū Pākehā. Ka whai nei, whai nei, ehara, kua tae atu ki te wāhi e whakangā ana, e noho ana te rōpū ā Tītokowaru Ko taua kāinga he wāhi mārakerake i waenga i ngā rākau roroa o te ngahere; ruarua nei ngā whare nīkau. 
Ka whakatata atu a Mētara me tana rōpū, ka huna i raro i ngā rauaruhe, i ngā rākau, me ngā pū harakeke. Kātahi rātou ka whakarongo atu ki ngā tāngata e kōrerorero ana i runga i te marae; ki a Tītokowaru hoki e whakahau ana ki ana tāngata. Nā, i a Mētara e takoto ana i raro i tētahi rauaruhe, e whakarongo ana ki a Tītokowaru, ka tāia e te moe, me tana pū tonu i roto i ana ringa; kātahi ka puta mai tētahi moemoeā ki a ia. 
Heoti rā, i te ata tonu, ka whakaekea te kāinga rā e te ope Pākehā, ka whati te rōpū a Tītokowaru, ka whāia. E whai ana te ope Pākehā, ko Mētara i muri noa e haere ana. Ka māharahara te kāpene o te rōpū Pākehā nei, he aha rā a Mētara i whakatōnga ai ki muri. Roa rawa, kātahi anō a Mētara ka puta mai ki taua kāpene nei ka kōrero i tana moemoeā. 

"I tērā pō, i moe au i te kāinga tonu au, i Maketū. E haere ana au i te one. I a au e haere ana, ka puta mai tētahi ika tino nui, pēnei i te hāpuku nei, me ōna paihau e kapakapa haere mai ana i te tai tae noa ki uta. Me te mea tonu nā tētahi ngaru nui i kawe ki uta. Ko te kanohi, he kanohi tangata. Kātahi au ka whakatata atu, ka ata tiro atu. Auē! ko te kanohi rā nōku tonu! 
"Ka hoki atu te tai, ka haere anō au, ehara, ka kapakapa haere mai anō te ika rā, tae noa mai ki uta, ka tau ki āku waewae. Ko taku kanohi anō tērā; ko te tinana, he tinana ika, engari ko te māhunga, he māhunga tangata, ko tōku māhunga. Nā, ka ngaro atu anō. 
"I te ngaromanga atu anō, ka oho ake au; ka puta mai te wehi ki a au, nō te mea he tohu kino tēnei, he tohu mate. He tohu tēnei nā ngā atua ki a au, e whakaatu mai ana ki a au ko au te mataika, arā, te toa tuatahi ki te hinga i te whawhai e whai ake nei." 
Kia rata ai ngā whakaaro o Mētara, ka whakaae atu te kāpene nei kia noho a Mētara ki waenganui o te ope, kaua ki mua. Ka mea te kāpene, "Ki te noho koe ki waenganui, kāore pea koe e mate, nō te mea ko mua tonu te wāhi e pā tuatahi ki te hoariri." 
Kātahi ka whāia te hoariri e te ope Pākehā; papa tonu te oma a te ope Hauhau a Tītokowaru. Ka oma te hoariri, ka noho mai ētahi ki te whakatō i ngā kaiwhai, i roto i tētahi awaawa, i waenganui tonu i ētahi pari tūpoupou. Ka puta atu a mua o te ope Pākehā, ka tukua kia haere tonu, kāore i pā atu. Ka whanga noa, puta rawa mai a waenganui. Kātahi anō ka ākina mai ki ā rātou pū. 
Ko Mētara tonu te tangata tuatahi ki te hinga. E rua ngā matā i pā ki a ia, kōtahi ki tōna pokohiwi, kōtahi ki tōna ringa, ehara, kei raro e whārōrō ana, me te mea kua mate. I a ia e takoto taotū ana, ka whakaaro ake a Mētara ki tana moemoeā, ka mea ki a ia anō, "Ehara, kua rite ki tā taku matakite, ina hoki kāore he mea o mua i hinga, whai rawa ki a au, ki te mea i waenganui rawa. Mehemea au i mua, i muri ranei, ko taua rite tonu." Ka pai ake a Mētara, ka hoki tika ki tōna kāinga i Maketū, ka kōrerotia tana matakite i roto i te whare rūnanga. Ka mutu tana kōrero, ka mea te whakaminenga, "Āe, he tino tika tō kōrero! He matakite pono tēnā! He atua rā!"

Ko Rona

Nā Hirini Mead
Nā Evelyn Clouston te pikitia

Ngā kaikōrero 

He Kaipānui 
Te Mārama 
Ko Rona 

Āna tamariki, a Tama, a Hina, a Rerekohu. 

Wāhanga tuatahi 

MĀ TE KAIPĀNUI: Ka noho tētahi wahine ko Rona tōna ingoa, me āna tamariki ko Tama, ko Hina, ko Rerekohu ngā ingoa. Ko Rerekohu te mōkai. Ka mutu ngā mahi ngahau o te pō ka taki haere a Rona rātou ko āna tamariki ki to rātou wharepuni ki te moe. Ka takoto ngā tamariki ki runga i ō rātou moenga. Kei te whakatikatika a Rona i tōna moenga. 

KO RONA: Me mutu te kōrerorero ināianei. E moe koutou. 

KO TAMA: E mā, āhea a pāpā hoki mai ai? 

KO RONA: Auē, me pēhea tātou e mōhio ai! Taihoa pea kia oti ngā mahi taua, ka hoki mai tō koutou pāpā. E moe koutou ināianei! 

KO REREKOHU: E mā, kei te hiainu ahau. 

KO RONA: Ai, tō hōhā e Rere! E Tama, tīkina he wai mō tō tuahine. 

KO TAMA: Tonoa ko Hina kia haere. Ka nui tōku ngenge. [Ka huri ia ki a Hina.] 
Maranga, e Hina! Tīkina he wai mō Rerekohu. 

KO RONA: Ki a koe hoki, e Tama! Ko koe te mea pakeke. Haere, tīkina te tahā wai mō Rerekohu. 

KO TAMA:[kua amuamu]. Te hōhā noa iho o Te Rere nei! Ka matike ia, ka haere ki te mau mai i te tahā wai, kei te roro o te whare e iri ana. Ka kuhu mai anō ia ki roto ki te whare. 

KO TAMA: E mā, kāore he wai i roto i ngā tahā nei. Kua pau katoa! [Ka korero ia ki a Rerekohu.] Hei aha he wai mōu. Taihoa, mō te ata koe inu wai ai. Ka hoki ia ki tona moenga. 

KO REREKOHU: E mā, kei te hiainu wai ahau. 

KO RONA: Hei aha e Rere! Kua pau te wai. Mō te ata ahau haere ai ki te puna ki te whakakī i ā tātou tahā. 

KO REREKOHU: [kua tata te tangi]. E mā, kei te hiainu ahau. 

KO RONA: [kua āhua pukuriri inaianei]. E moe, e Rere! 

KO REREKOHU:[kua tangi inaianei]. E mā, kei te hiainu wai ahau. 

KO RONA: Aue, te tamaiti nei! Kāore he wai, e Rere. 

KO HINA: Turituri, e Rere! Kei te hiamoe mātou! 

KO REREKOHU: [kua tino tangi inaianei]. E mā . . . tīkina ... he wai. . . mōku! 

KO RONA:. Ākuanei koe patua, ai! Ka mutu te tamaiti tangitangi ko koe! He pōuri rawa a waho mō te haere ki te puna. Ka tūtuki noa iho ahau ki ngā rākau, ka pakaru ngā taha. E moe! 

KO REREKOHU: [me te tangi anō]. E mā, kei te hiainu wai ahau. 

KO RONA: Aue, kāti! Ka haere ahau ināianei ki te tiki wai mōu. Ahakoa taku mataku ki te pō, ahakoa tutuki ahau ki te rākau, ahakoa pakaru atu ngā tahā, ka haere ahau. Ahakoa mate atu ahau, ka haere ahau ki te tiki wai mōu. Ai, taku whakatakariri ki a koe! Ka puta ia ki waho. 

MĀ TE KAIPĀNUI:I waho, e tiaho ana te marama, engari he nui ngā kapua kei te rangi. Ka tīmata a Rona i tōna haere, me te mau he tahā i tētahi ringa, he kete i tētahi. He ara uaua tēnei, he ara kino mō te haere i te pō. Nā te mārama o te marama ka āhua pai. Kātahi ka āraia te marama e te kapua, ka pōuri. Ka tūtuki a Rona ki ngā pakiaka i runga i te ara, ka hinga ki raro. 

KO RONA: Pōkokōhua koe, e te marama! Mahue tō whiti mai hei whakamārama i te ara nei ka huna kē koe i muri i te kapua. [Ka tū ia ki runga.] Titiro, kua whara taku waewae i a koe! Pōkokōhua e! 

TE MARAMA: Kia tūpato, e hine. Kia ngāwari ngā kōrero. 

KO RONA: Hei aha te kōrero mai ki ahau! Tiaho mai kia kite ai ahau i te ara. Pōkokōhua e, whara noa iho ahau i a koe! 

TE MARAMA: E kī, e kī! Ka kanga mai koe ki ahau, Te Marama, tō rangatira. Inā tō kai! Ka rere mai te marama ki te hopu i a Rona. 

KO RONA: Aue-e! Haere atu! Haere atu! Ka hopu ia ki te rākau ngaio, ka pupuri. 

TE MARAMA: Kanga mai anō! Ka kāwhakina koe e ahau ki te rangi, hei taurekareka māku. 

KO RONA: E Marama e, aroha mai ki aku tamariki! Haere atu! Ka whawhai atu a ia. 

TE MARAMA: Nāu te kanga, nāku te whakautu. Haere mai. Ka mauria koe e ahau ināianei! Kei te mau tonu a Rona ki te ngaio, me te pupuri anō i te kete, i te tahā. 

KO RONA: Aue-e! Kaua ahau e mauria ki te rangi! Aroha mai! I makere noa iho te kōrero. Ka toro atu ngā ringa o te marama, ka tangohia ake a Rona, te rākau ngaio, te tahā, me te kete. Ka mauria ki te rangi. 

KO RONA: Aue-e! Ahau-e-e! 

TE MARAMA: [ka kōrero i te reo pēnei i te whatitiri nei]. Titiro mai e te ao, ki tēnei wahine i kanga nei i ahau. Titiro mai! Kei wareware koutou he atua ahau! 

MA TE KAIPĀNUI: I muri iho ka rata anō te marama, ka tiaho mai anō. Kei ngā pō atarau, kei ngā pō rākau-nui o te marama, e kitea atu ana a Rona, me tana tahā, me te rākau ngaio e tū ana i tana taha. Kore rawa tētahi wahine, i muri iho, i kanga ki te marama.

He kōrero mō Whakaari

Nā Ngāti Awa
Nā Evelyn Clouston ngā pikitia

Ko te tangata nei a Te Tahi-o-te-rangi, he tohunga nō Ngāti-Awa o Whakatāne. He tino tohunga tēnei ki te karakia, whakaora mate, patu hoki i te tangata mā te mākutu. Nō te mea he tokomaha tonu ngā tāngata i mate i tana mana mākutu, ka mataku katoa ngā iwi o Whakatane i a ia. 

 

He whare raupō te whare o taua tangata nei, e tū ana i te taha o tētahi toka, kāore i tino tawhiti rawa atu i waho o te tāone o Whakatāne e tū nei ināianei. Ko te toka nei tana tūāhu. Ki te haere ia ki taua toka, mōhio tonu ngā tāngata ki te pūtake o tana haere - he mahi mākutu - ka noho mataku ngā tāngata. Ko ngā mea katoa e pā ana ki taua toka nei, he tapu katoa; he pū harakeke hoki e tipu ana i roto i tētahi whārua i runga i taua toka. 

Nā, i tētahi rā ka whakaaro ngā tāngata o Whakatāne ki te whakamate i taua tohunga. Engari ka whakaarotia, kia kaua e whakamatea mā te patu, engari me hari ki tētahi wāhi waiho ai ko ia anake, kia riro ma te mokemoke e patu. Ka whakaaro ngā tāngata, "Me pēwhea rā?" Kātahi ka kitea tētahi whakaaro, ka karangatia tētahi hui. 
I taua hui nei, ka whakatakotoria he pēwheatanga mō Te Tahi, ka oti. Whakaae katoa ana me haere ki Whakaari ki te hopu tītī hei kai mā rātou. He kai pai hokina, he mōmona, he hinuhinu, he reka ki te korokoro Māori. Kātahi ka tonoa atu ki a Te Tahi kia haere hei karakia, kia maha ai ngā manu e mau. Whakaae atu ana a Te Tahi, engari kāore i mōhio ake ko ia kē te tino take o tēnei haerenga. 

Ka utaina ngā waka, ka rere tika ki Whakaari. Ū ana ngā waka, ka wehewehea ngā rōpū; ka haere tēnei i tāna haere, ka haere tērā i tāna. Ka meatia kia whai a Te Tahi i te rōpū e haere ana ki te taha tawhiti o te moutere. Ka tae, ka tīmata ki te mahi, ki te hopu tītī. Mahi noa, nāwai rā, ka puta mai te matemoe ki a Te Tahi. Kātahi ia ka takoto, ka kī ake ki ōna hoa, "Kaua rā e wareware ki te whakaoho mai i a au." 
Ka whakahoki ngā hoa, "Kaua e māharahara, mā mātou koe e whakaoho." 
Moe ana te kaumātua nei, moe nei, moe nei. Oho rawa ake ia i te ata, ka tirotiro haere, kua ngaro kē ōna hoa. Kātahi ia ka kārangaranga haere. Kāore he whakahoki mai. Mōhio tonu ia kua whakarērea ia e ōna hoa. Ko tōna riringa tēnei. Tere tonu tana oma ki runga i tētahi toka, ka toro ōna ringa ki te moana, ka karanga ki a Tangaroa, ki ngā taniwha o te moana. 
Ka karakia ia i ngā karakia mō ngā taniwha moana. Ehara, kāore i roa, ka puta mai tētahi kīrehe pango, e kanapa haere mai ana i te wai. He tohorā taua kīrehe nei, ko Tūtara-kauika tonu, te rangatira o ngā tohorā katoa. Kātahi a Te Tahi ka heke atu ki tātahi, ka kauhoe atu ki taua tohorā e tatari mai rā ki a ia. Ka tae atu ia, ka pā atu ki te taha o te ika rā, ka whakatotohu te ika rā i a ia anō, ka eke atu a Te Tahi ki runga. 

Kātahi ka ahu tika a Tūtara ki Whakatāne, pāhuka ana te moana i te tere o tana haere. Mahue mai ana ngā waka e hari rā i ngā tāngata, nāna nei i tinihanga a Te Tahi. I te taenga atu ki te ngutuawa o Whakatāne, ka heke a Te Tahi, ka karakia whakamoemiti, ka kauhoe ki tētahi toka e karangatia ana ināianei ko Rukupō. 
Ka tae ki Rukupō, ka whakangā, ka kauhoe anō i te awa o Whakatāne, tae noa ki uta, ki te wāhi e tū nei te whare nei, a Wairaka. Tae rawa mai ngā tāngata i runga i o rātou waka, e noho atu ana a Te Tahi, ka puta mai te whakamā ki a rātou mō tā rātou mahi kino ki a ia. 

Tētahi kōrero mō te Waka nei mō Tainui

Nā Evelyn Clouston ngā pikitia

Ko te waka tuatahi i tuaina ko Tainui. Ko te tohunga nāna i tua taua rākau tōtara, ko Rātā. Ka hinga taua rākau, ka ahiahi, ka hoki a Rātā ki te kāinga ki te moe. Ao ake i te ata, ka hoki mai a Rātā. 
Tae rawa mai, kua maranga anō taua rākau ki runga. Ka topea ano e Rātā, ka hinga anō ki raro, tapahia rawa te kāuru, ka ahiahi, ka hoki anō a Rātā ki te kāinga ki te moe. 
Ao ake i te ata, ka hoki anō a Rata ki te tarai i tona waka, arā, a Rātā rātau ko ōna hoa. Tae rawa atu a Rātā, kua maranga anō taua rākau kai runga e tū ana. Ka whakahaua anō e Rātā kia tuaina; ka hinga ki raro, tapahia rawa te kāuru. 

Kātahi ka kōrero anō a Rātā ki ōna hoa, "Me hoki koutou katoa ki te kāinga. Ko wahau anake e noho ki te tauhanga i tā tātau rākau. He aha rā te mea e whakaara nei i te rākau nei? Ākuni pea ko te Whānau-ā-Tāne" Ka hoki ngā hoa o Rātā ki te kāinga, ka noho a Rātā, ka haere atu ki tahaki huna ai. Noho nei a Rātā, noho nei; ka hinga te rā, ka ngaro ki te pae. Kātahi a Rātā ka whakarongo. Ka kī te waha o te manu, o te tarakihi. Ka ngaehe katoa te ngahere. Kātahi anō a Rātā ka kite atu e haere mai ana te iwi rā, arā, te tini o te hakuturi; ngā manu whai parirau, me ngā ngarara ngokingoki katoa o te ngahere. Ka tae mai ki te taha o te rākau rā, e takoto ana, kātahi anō ka tīmatatia tā rātau karakia. Ka karakia, ka whakatika te iwi nei ki te kohikohi i ngā maramara o te rākau nei, ka whakapiri. Ehara, ka kā ano te rākau nei. Kātahi anō a Rātā ka whakaputa mai ki te iwi rā, ka kī atu, "Ko koutou tonu tēnei e hangarau nei ki a au?" Ka ki te iwi rā ki a Rātā, "He hē rā nōu. Mātua huri koe ki Tainui-o-Rehua, kia pae a Tangaroa ki uta, ka ahu mai ai koe ki a 

Rongo-mā-Tane, ki a Haumia-Tikitiki; kia pae i a koe, kātahi anō koe ka tua ai i a Tāne ki raro." Ka kī te iwi rā ki a Rātā, "Haere, e hoki! Waiho mā mātau e tārai tō waka." Ka hoki a Rātā, ka tāraitia te waka rā, ka oti. Ka tōia ki waho, ka tapaia te ingoa ko Tainui. Ka hoe mai nei ngā waka i te hekenga mai, ka tae ki waenga o te moana, ka wehewehe. Ka ū mai a Tainui ki Aotearoa nei, arā, ki te wāhi taihoa ake nei e huaina ai tōna ingoa ko Whangaparāoa. Ka tōia ki uta, takoto rawa atu ki Pātū-maunga. Ko te rangatira o tēnei waka ko Hoturoa; ko ētahi o ngā tāngata i whai ingoa ko Hotupae, ko Hotuariki, ko Rua-moe-ngārara, ko Māhia, ko Kōka-tangi-ki-raukawa, ko Taikehu, me te tini o te tangata, o te wahine, o te tamariki. 

Ka noho nei, ā, taki taro noa, ka whakaritea kia tū ā rātau tamariki ki te whakawai. Kātahi ka wehewehea ngā tamariki ki tētahi taha, me ngā pakeke anō; ngā tamariki mō tētahi taha, me ngā pakeke anō. Ko ngā ingoa ēnei o ngā pakeke o tētahi taha; ko Hoturoa, ko Hotuariki, ko Hotupae, me te nui noa atu. Ko ngā pakeke o tētahi taha, ko Rua-moe-ngārara, ko Māhia, ko Kōka-tangi-ki-raukawa, me te nui noa atu. Ka tū nei ki te whakawai. Ka whati ngā tamariki o tētahi taha, ka whakahau ngā pakeke, "Kia kaha! Whāia! Whāia!" Ka whakahau ngā pakeke o tētahi taha, "Tahuri atu! Tahuri atu!" Ā, ka tahuri atu ngā tamariki o tētahi taha, ka whati hoki ko tētahi taha, pēnā tonu, nāwai rā, kua uru ngā pakeke, he mahi ngahau hoki ki a rātau taua mahi; tau ana te tīmata a Kōka-tangi-ki-raukawa ki a Hotupae, mate rawa. Ka mutu tā rātau whakawai, ka mauria a Hotupae ki te tūāhu, ka whakaūkia ki ngā atua, ka ora ake. Ka noho wehe tonu ngā tāngata o te waka nei i konei. Pō rawa iho, ka kī a Hoturoa ki ōna tāina, me ngā tangata katoa i wehe ki a rātau, kia haere rātau. Whakaaetia ana. Ko te haerenga tēnei o Tainui i māunu atu ai i Whangaparāoa. Takoto rawa atu a Tainui ki Kāwhia, ka mahue mai ki Whangaparāoa, ko ngā punga e rua o Tainui, me ngā tāngata i mahue iho, arā, ko ērā i mahue iho rā i a Hoturoa.

Ponga rāua ko Puhi-huia

Nā Evelyn Clouston ngā pikitia

I ngā rā o nehe noa atu, he iwi nui, ā he iwi toa taua iwi nei, a Ngāti-Kahukoka. I aua wā he nui ā rātou pā. He pā noho i te pukepuke ētahi, a ko ētahi he mea noho i roto i te repo, i ngā roto anō hoki. He kōrero tēnei mō te hapū o Ngāti-Kahukoka e noho ana i Awhi-tū, i Tipi-tai hoki. 

I aua rā o mua he whawhai tonu te mahi a te iwi anō o Tainui i noho i aunga-whau ki ērā anō o Tainui i noho i Awhi-tū. Te take i nui ai taua whawhai nei, he whakatete ki ngā tauranga ika, me ngā tauranga mangō i waho ake o Pūponga. Ko Ngāti-Kahukoka e mea ana nā rātou taua wāhi moana, a ko Ngā-iwi, arā ko te hapū e noho ana i Maunga-whau e mea ana nā rātou taua moana. 

Ā, ka haere te ope hī a Ngā-iwi, ka huakina e ngā waka o Ngāti-Kahukoka. Ka haere ngā waka o Ngāti-Kahukoka ki te hī i aua wāhi, ka huakina e ngā waka o Ngā-iwi, arā o te hunga e noho ana i Maunga-whau. He pēnei tonu tā rātou mahi, ā he tini ngā tūpāpaku ā tētahi, ā tētahi, i mate i aua huaki. Koia i mau tonu ai te mauāhara a aua hapū nei ki a rāua. 

He wā anō ka puta te whakaaro pai a ngā tino kaumātua o aua hapū nei, arā ka kaha te kupu mō te noho pai a ngā tino rangatira o aua hapū. Ka houhia te rongo, ā ka hī ngātahi aua hapū i aua tauranga ika. (Otirā he wā anō ka iti te ika a tētahi o aua hapū nei, arā ka hē ngā mangō ki ngā tauranga i hiia e taua hapū, ā ka hae ki te hua o te mangō o tērā hapū, ā ka kiia e te taitamariki he mea mahi ki te mākutu i kore ai he ika mā tēnei e hī kau nei, e kore nei e kai ake te mangō. Nō reira ka roherohea taua moana, ā ka rāhuitia ēnei tauranga ika mā Ngāti-Kahukoka, ā, ko ēnei tauranga ika ka rāhuitia mā te hapū o Ngā-iwi. Ā, nā te kore ika i tētahi, koia te whakapae, nā te mākutu a tērā e hua rā te ika ki a ia, i kore ai he ika mā tēnei e hī kau nei. Ā, tētahi take a aua taitamariki nei i kino ai, he mea nā Ngā-iwi ko rātou te uri o te tuakana, ā, ko Ngāti-Kahukoka e kī ana, ko rātou te uri o te tuakana. Nā aua kupu nei i kawe te hīkaka a te hunga taitamariki rā, ā, ahakoa te rongo kua mau, nā rātou i kawe te patu, a ka hē anō te noho pai a aua iwi nei. Ā, i tētahi wā i mau nei te rongo, ka haere aua iwi nei, arā aua hapū tahi nei anō o Tainui kia kitekite i a rāua, ā, ka mahia ngā mahi o mua, arā te haka me te kanikani. Nā ngā taitamariki, nā ngā taitamāhine o aua hapū nei aua teretere haere kia kitekite i a rāua. Ka hokihoki te tira haere ā tētahi, ā tētahi; ka haere mai o Awhi-tū ki Maunga-whau, ā, ka haere a Maunga-whau ki Awhi-tū. Haere ake i aua ope he tamariki kau, otirā, ehara i te tamariki nonohi nei, kāo, he tangata kua mau i te moko, ko ngā taitamariki kaumātua o aua iwi. 

Ā, i aua wā nei, ka kitekite aua taitamariki nei i a rātou. Ka kite atu ngā tane o tēnei i ngā wahine o tērā, ā, ka kite mai ngā tane o tērā i ngā wahine o tēnei. Ko te tamāhine o te tino tangata o Maunga-whau, he kōtiro pai, he wahine ātaahua, ko Puhi-huia te ingoa. Ahakoa aruaru te tāne i a ia, kīhai ia i pai. Ka hui te hui ki Awhi-tū, ka haere atu te tira o Maunga-whau ki reira, ā, ka kite ō reira taitamariki rangatira i taua kōtiro nei, i a Puhi-huia; ā, ka mea puku aua tamariki rangatira o Ngāti-Kahukoka mā rātou taua wahine rā, arā ka mea a ia, a ia o rātou, māna, māna, māna. Otirā he mea kī puku taua kī nei i roto anō i a rātou. Nā, ko Ponga tētahi tāngata rangatira o Ngāti-Kahukoka, otirā, ehara ia i te tino rangatira. Nō tētahi rā ka meatia kia haere ngā taitamariki o Ngāti-Kahukoka ki Maunga-whau. Nō te wā ka pua te kōwhai, ka pua te hutukawa, kātahi aua taitamariki rā, te tāne, te wahine, ka kohi i te hua o te miro hei hinu whakakakara. Ka kohi i te moki, i te aka-rautangi, i te kāretu, ā, ka tutua ki te hinu miro. 

He tautahi a Ponga, kāore ana tuāhine, ko ia anake, a, he mea ui e ia ki tana whaea ngā mea whakakakara nei. He tangata pai koa a Ponga, he tangata kupu iti, he tangata ahuwhenua. 
He tangata rangatira ia ki ana taonga, arā ki ana kai i ngakia ai e tōna ringa, he mahora noa atu mā ana hoa. Anō ka rongo tana whaea i tana ui ki te hinu rautangi, ka mea atu taua whaea ōna, ki tētahi wahine hoahoa ano ōna, kia mahia e rāua he kakara mā Ponga. 

Ka hua te rātā, ka tae ki te ngahuru, kua tae katoa te kūmara ki te rua. Ka kiia kia hoe te tini tamariki nei ki Maunga-whau. Ko ngā rangatira taitamariki ariki kua whiwhi i ngā mea pai katoa, he mea hoki he uri ariki. Ka kohi nei rātou i ā rātou tahā hinu, me ngā tātua kāretu, me ngā piki toroa, me ngā remu huia, me ngā hou kōtuku. Ka mau a Ponga i ana mea i mahia rā e āna whaea, ā ka eke taua tini nei i te waka. Ka mea tētahi o ngā tane ki tētahi o ngā kōtiro. "He aha te take i mahia ai e koe te hinu kakara māu? He mea pea kia tahuri mai ai he tāne māu." 

Ka whakahoki mai te kōtiro rā, "He aha te take i mahia ai e koe ngā piki toroa mō tō māhunga? Hua noa koe e tahuri mai ai a Puhi-huia ki a koe." Ko Ponga ia, kāhore kau he kupu nāna. Ko tāna ipu hinu e mau rā, hei whakawāhi mā tōna māhunga, ana tū i te kapa haka. Tēnā a Ponga mā te hoe mai rā, ā, ka kitea atu e te tini wahine kohi pipi i Onehunga. Ka pōwhiria, ā, ka ū; ka haeremai, ā, ka kitea e te pā nei, e Maunga-whau. Ka pā te pōwhiri me te karanga, "Haere mai e te manuwhiri tū-ā-rangi.'' Haere tonu atu te iwi tamariki nei, ā, ka tae atu ki te pā, ā, haere tonu me te piki tonu, ā, tae noa ki te tino marae o te pā. Ka noho, ā, ka whai kōrero ka mutu. Ka tahu te kai a te pā, ka tao, a kua maoa, ka whiua te kai rā, ā, ka tahuri te manuwhiri rā, ka kai. Otirā, e kai ana, e whakaaro ana kia iti te kai, kia angiangi ai te poho o te tangata, mō te tūranga i te kapa o te haka, kia tirohia atu ai te hope o te tangata, anana, me te mea kua motu. E noho ana te manuwhiri rā, me te maharahara "Ā whea anō rā ka pō?" Me te tangata whenua e pēnā ana ano hoki. Ā, ahiahi kau iho anō, ka tūria te haka. Nā te tamariki hoki taua kai nei te haka, me te kanikani. Ā, he titiro kau atu tā te koroheke. Kātahi rā ka whakaaro a Puhi-huia ki te wā hei putanga mōna ki mua o te haka nei pūkana ai. Ki tana whakaaro e kore e pai kia rere kau ki mua o te kapa haka, engari anō kia rite te takahi, me te papaki; ko reira te pai ai, te rawe ai, te rere ki mua rā pūkana ai. I te mea ka rite te takahi, me te papaki o te haka, ka rere ia ki mua o ngā kapa o te haka. Ka titiro ngā tane taitamariki o te tira o Awhi-tū ki te kōtiro rā, a mate noa ake rātou ki te pai o te pūkana o te tamāhine nei. 

Ko Ponga i mihi puku ki a ia, me te tino mate anō o tana manawa ki te aroha ki taua kōtiro. Otirā kīhai ia i whaikupu ki ana hoa. Ka mutu te haka o te iwi whenua kei runga ko te ope manuwhiri, ā, uru katoa atu ana rātou ki ngā kapa o te haka, kia haruru ai te tioro o te taringa i te haka. E whakataretare ana a Ponga kia puta ai ia ki mua o te kapa, ngāngahu ai. Ko te iwi whenua katoa o te pā nei kua mene mai ki te marae titiro ai i te haka o te ope tamariki nei. Te tino putanga o Ponga ki mua. Anā! tā te tama pai hoki! Ko Puhi-huia e noho mai rā i roto i taua iwi, e titiro mai rā ki a Ponga e mahi nei i te mahi, ā, wairangi noa ai te ngākau o Puhi-huia, kua mate noa ake ana mahara i te aroha ki a Ponga. Ahiahi pō kau anō, ka moe nei te iwi whenua, me te tira tamariki nei. Ko te moe ia o Ponga, he moe whakatorouka kau tāna, he wawata hoki nāna, e pēhea ai e tata atu ai ia ki a Puhi-huia. Takoto nei, takoto nei, ā, ka ara ia ka puta ki waho ki te marae noho ai. Me te haere atu anō tana mōkai i muri i a ia noho ana. Ka mea a Ponga, "Ko wai tēnei?" "Ko au, ko to kaitonotono." Ka mea a Ponga ki a ia, "Kua mate noa ake au i te aroha ki a Puhi-huia. Engari, ki te mea ka riro ia i a au ka waiho hei take ngaki mate mō tātou. He puhi ia, he tapu hoki." Ka mea atu te mōkai, "E kī ana au, he tapu te tapu. Otirā, e kore te tapu e kiia he tapu i te wā o te aruaru wahine." Ka mea atu a Ponga, "Kei te raruraru kau noa iho aku whakaaro. E kore au e mōhio ki te aha, ki te aha." 

Ka mea atu te mōkai rā ki a Ponga, "E koro, tēnei te whakaaro kua kitea e au. Whakarongo mai iana, ā, mau e pai, e pai ana, a, māu e kino, e pai ana. Hei te ahiahi ka maminga koe he mate wai tōu, ā, ka karanga koe ki a au. Otirā, ko au kia mamao noa atu i a koe, hei te whare kē noa atu au, ā, me whakatuturi e au. "Kia nui ai tō karanga i a au ki te wai māu kia kawea e au. Mā reira pea te matua o te kōtiro rā ka tono ai i tana kōtiro ki te kawe wai māu, e mea ana, 'E kō! He aha i waiho ai te manuwhiri rā, a Ponga, kia karanga noa ana ki tana mōkai ki te kawe wai māna. Kawea atu he wai māna.' "Ā, ka rongo pea te kōtiro rā, ka haere ki te kawe wai māu, ā, hei reira koe ka whai atu ai i muri, ā, kia tae ki te puna rā, hei reira kōrua noho ai, whaikōrero ai. E kite koe ka whakatika te kotiro rā ki te tiki wai māu, hei muri tata koe ka whakatika ai anō hoki, ka haere ki waho. Me pēnei nā e koe he kupu māu, 'Kei whea rā te pononga turi nei? Tukua atu au ki te kimi i a ia. Kia pēnei rawa ake te upoko, wahia ana i kons. Ā, tae te whakatuturi o te taurekareka nei!' " 

Nō tērā pō, i a rātou e moe ana i te whare, ka karanga atu a Ponga ki tētahi wai mōna. Karanga tonu a Ponga ki tana mōkai, ā, tē rongo mai. Ka hōhā ia, ka mea, "Ka hei tāu! Kia pēnei rawa ake koe āpōpō, hei kai koe mā te rango!" Ka takoto anō a Ponga ki te moe, me te ngunguru puku ki a ia anō. Ka rongo te whaea o Puhi-huia ki te tangata rā e karanga nei. Ka oho ake ia ka mea atu ki tana kōtiro, "E kō, he tuturi anō hoki koe, tē rongo koe ki te manuwhiri e karanga kau nei ki tana mōkai. E kore koe e aroha atu ki tana mate, ā, ka haere koe ki te kawe wai māna?" Ka mea atu te kōtiro rā ki tana whaea, "He pōuri te pō. He wehi tōku ki ngā kēhua o te ara." Otirā ka whakatika ia, ka mau ki te tahā, ka puta ki waho. 
Nā, e moe ana ia i tētahi pito o te whare, rātou ko ana mātua, a, he kūaha anō tō taua pito o te whare. Ko Ponga e moe ana i tētahi pito ano o taua whare, ā, he kūaha anō tō tērā pito. Puta kau anō te kōtiro rā me te rama kāpara i te ringa, ka whakatika atu anō hoki a Ponga ki runga, ka mea ki ana hoa, "Tukua atu au ki taku mōkai e hoi nei ki a au. Ākuanei ka takahi tana wairua i te ara ki Pae-rau!" 

Puta kau atu anō ia, ā, i whai atu ia i te ahi kāpara, me te reo o te wahine rā, e waiata haere ana, kei mataku ia i ngā wairua o te pō. 
E tae ana te kōtiro rā ki te puna wai, ehara, e tū tahi atu ana a Ponga i tana tuarā. E utua ana te tahā ki te wai, arā, ka tae tana ringa ka pēhi i te tahā rā ki roto i te wai, ā, ka tahuri noa ake te kōtiro rā, arā, he tangata e tū ana i tana taha. 
Ka mea atu ia ki a Ponga, "He aha tāu, i haere mai ai koe?" 
Ka mea atu a Ponga, "I haere mai au ki te inu." 
Ka mea atu a Puhi-huia, "Ha! I haere mai nei hoki ahau ki te kawe wai māu. He aha koe te noho atu ai i te kāinga, ā, māku e kawe atu he wai māu?" Kātahi ka ki atu te tangata rā, "Ko koe tonu te wai i haere mai ai ahau." Ka rongo te kōtiro rā i aua kupu, ka mahara ia, "Ha, kua hiahia te tangata nei ki a au." Ka noho rāua ka kōrerorero. Āhuareka noa iho ā rāua kōrero ki a rāua. Ka mea a Ponga, "He kainga mātaitai toku kāinga, a Awhi-tū. Tēnā ko tōu kainga he aroha tōna kai." Ka mea te kōtiro rā, "He ika anō rā te kai o tēnei pā. He ika nō te tai-hauāuru, ā, he ika nō te tai-tamawahine. E kite ana tēnei pā i te tini o te mātaitai o hea, o hea." 
Anō ko Ponga, "Āe, he tika te kai, he pai te noho o tōu pā. Ko te kore māu, mā tō hinengaro." 

Anō ko Puhi-huia, "Āe, kei tōu kāinga pea te tini o te uri ariki." 
Ka mea atu a Ponga, "He tika. Hoake tāua ki reira titiro ai." 
Ka mea atu te kōtiro rā, "Titiro hoki ki hea? Kua kite nei au i a koe." 
Ka mea atu a Ponga, "Ki te rite tāu ki tāku me hoki tāua ki tōku nei kāinga." 
Ka mea atu a Puhi-huia, "Kei a koe te whakaaro. Otirā a te rā e hoe ai tātou, māu e unga i ō hoa kia haere ki ō mātou waka ki Onehunga, kia kotikotia ngā herehere o ngā rauawa. Ā, ka tuku ai i tō koutou waka ki waho mānu mai ai. Ā, ka riro tātou te ai he waka hei whai mai i a tāua." 
Ā, ka hoki te wahine rāua ki te whare, me te tahā wai anō ki te ringa o te wahine mau atu ai. Ka kī atu a Puhi-huia ki a Ponga, "Hohoro te haere. Ko koe o tāua kia tae wawe ki te whare." 
Ka tae a Ponga ki te whare ka ui ki ana hoa, "Kāore anō te wai nei?" 
Ka kiia mai, "Kāo." 
Ka mea a Ponga, "Taku mōkai tē kitea, kei whea rānei. He ngaro nona i ora ai tana upoko, te pakaru ai i a au." 
I a Ponga e kōrero ana ka puta mai a Puhi-huia me te wai. 
Ka mea atu te whaea, "Te roa ōu!" 
Ka kī atu a Puhi-huia, "He ara tata koia? Ā, he rā e whiti ana?" 
Ka kī atu te whaea, "Kawea tō wai mā tō teina, mā Ponga, ka mate i te taringa atu ki a koe." 

Ka tae ki te rā e hoki ai te tira rā ki Awhi-tū, ka mea a Ponga ki tana mōkai, "Haere ki ō hoa, ka mea atu i taku kupu. Hei te pō nei ka whakatika, ka haere ki Onehunga. Ka noho, ka tahu kai, ka tatari mai i a mātou. Kia ao ake ana te rā āpōpō, e tae ki ngā waka o te iwi nei, ka tapatapahi i ngā herehere o ngā rauawa. Kaua te waka kotahi e mahue. Ā, ko tō tātou waka me kawe ki waho mānu mai ai." 

Ka tae te mokai rā ki ana hoa, ka rongo rātou. Ka whakatika rātou ka haere ki Onehunga, moe ai ki reira. Ao kau anō te rā kei te mahi i ngā waka, ā, ka rite rawa te kupu ako atu a Ponga ki tana mōkai. Ka rewa tō rātou waka, ka noho mai, ka tatari i a Ponga mā. 

Oti kau anō te kai o te ata o te pā rā, ka mea atu a Ponga ki ana hoa, "Ka haere tātou, kia whiti ai tatou i Manukau, kei raru ai tātou i te taniwha i te wā o te pō." He taniwha hoki i te wahapū o Manukau, ko Kai-whare te ingoa, ā, e pau ana te waka i a ia te horo. Koia te kupu a Ponga i whakaaetia ana e ana hoa. 

Ka whakatika te ope tamariki nei ka tatua i a rātou mo te haere. Ka hui atu te tangata whenua ki te poroporoaki i a rātou. Ka haere taua tira nei, ka haere mai te nuinga o te pā ki ngā kūaha o te pā, karanga ai, "Haere, haere, haere ki tō kāinga." 

Ka whakatika ētahi o ngā tamariki me ngā kōtiro o te tangata whenua ki te pōwhiri i waho o te pā, ā, ka haere hoki a Puhi-huia rātou ko ana hoa. Ka titiro atu te matua tāne o Puhi-huia, ka pā tana karanga ki tana kōtiro, ka mea, "E kō, hoki mai, hoki mai. Nā te wairangi tēnā tū haere ki tawhiti. Ka kiia koe e te tira rā, he tūtūā." 

I rongo anō pea te kōtiro rā i te reo o tana matua, ā, me aha hoki. Kua takoto rā tana hiahia. Kīhai ia i hoki mai. Ka torere tonu ia ki te haere, ka rere āmanu rā hoki, he kawanga nō tana ngākau ki te whai i tana whai--ipo. 

Ka kite mai ngā hoa o Ponga i te haere o te kōtiro nei, he takakino te haere, he whai mai i a rātou. Ka mea atu a Ponga ki ana hoa, "E, he aha tēnei? He aituā pea, inā hoki te tino o te kaka-pounamu o te pā nei e whai mai nei i a tātou." Ka tae noa anō te wahine rā ki a Ponga mā, haere tonu atu ia, tū ana i te taha o Ponga. Me te manu e kakapa ana te manawa o te kōhine rā i te whainga mai i a ia. Ka kī atu ia, "Kia tere te haere, kia tae wawe atu ai tātou ki te waka." Te tino haerenga o rātou, koia anō me te huruhuru manu e rere ana i te hau, me te weka ka motu i te māhanga. Kua kitea e te tangata whenua kua riro a Puhi-huia i te tira rā. Kātahi te mano o te pā nei ka oho, ka oma a ia, a ia, ki tana patu, ki tana patu. Ka whai rātou i tō rātou kotiro. Haere te tāne, haere te wahine, haere te tamariki. Na te ururua koa o te ara, a, nā te tini o rātou, hinga noa ētahi i ētahi. Ā, tae rawa atu a mua o taua whai nei ka titiro ki te one i Onehunga, kua eke a Ponga mā ki tō rātou waka. Ka titiro ake te tira tamariki nei ki te kaiwhai i a rāou, te tino maunga ki te hoe, te tino pounga ki te wai. Anā, me te pere e rere ana tō rātou waka. Ka kite te iwi rā ka riro tō rātou puhi, kātahi ka rere ki ō rātou waka, ka to ki te wai. Tēnā e pā te karanga a te kaihautū, "Turuki, turuki! Paneke, paneke!" Ā, te tino kumenga a te kaitō, kua motu ngā herehere o ngā rauawa. Te tino maunutanga o ngā rauawa, te tino kōkiritanga ki mua o ngā kaitō, te tino papahorotanga o te iwi e tō rā, pūranga ana i te whenua. He tangata i takoto whāroro ka pēhia iho a runga ōna e tētahi. Ko te tamariki ka tāia ki tawhiti noa atu. Ko te wahine takoto tangi ana. 

Ko te nuinga i pēhia e ngā rauawa, ko te upoko i whara, ko te ringa i pēhia. Maranga rakuraku ai ētahi i ngā upoko. Ko ētahi kīhai i whara ka karanga atu ki te iwi o te waka e hoe rā, ka mea, "Haere, haere, tēnā au te whai atu nā. He rā ka whiti, he rā ka tō, tēnā rawa au." Heoti anō, ka pahure te iwi rā, ka hoki ora atu ki tōna kāinga, me tana taonga nui e haere tahi atu ana i a ia. Heoi anō ko te iwi i uta rā, raruraru kau noa iho i te kore waka māna hei whai i te tira tamariki nei.