Hinekohu rāua ko Tanekai
Nā Ani Hona
Nā Evelyn Clouston David Cowe te pikitia
I tētahi wā, i ngā rā o neherā, tērā tētahi whānau tino pōhara . Hore kau ā rāua nei kai, hore ā rāua nei aha. I te mea e kopū ana te wahine nei, ka ui atu ia ki tana tāne , "E hoa, haere, tīkina he kai māku i ngā māra a ngā Tūrehu rā. Kia tūpato, kei mau kau."
"Āe , e Hine, kua haere nei au," hei tā Rene.
I a ia e kato kai mai ana, ka kite atu ia i ngā Tūrehuu nei e haere mai ana.I tana mataku, kāhi ia ka piri i waenganui i ngā rākau. Kua tata pahure kē ngā hunga nei, kāhi a Rene ka tihauwe.
I tana maunga, ka mauria ia ki te rangatira o ngā Tūrehu. Ka kī mai ia, "Me hōmai e koe māku tō kōtiro , te tāhae."
Ka whakaae atu a Rene i tana mataku kē, me te aroha hoki ki tana wahine i te hiakai. Ka mea mai anō te rangatira nei, "Mauria he kai kia tini mā kourua."
Ka mau kai ia mā rāua, ā, tae noa ki te wā i whānau ai tana wahine, he wāhi kōtiro ātaahua nei te āhua. Tino hari rāua ki tā rāua kōtiro.
I te ruanga o ngā tau o tā rāua kōtiro , ka puta mai ngā iwi Tūrehu nei ki te tiki mai i tā rātou utu. Auē ana a Hine rāua ko Rene ki te tangi, engari i te mea kua whakaae kē atu a Rene ki ngā Tūrehu nei, ka hoatungia e ia tana kōtiro.
I ngā rā ka tipu ake te kōtiro nei, ka huangia ia ko Hinekohu e ana kaitiaki. Hore atu he kōtiro tino ātaahua pērā i a Hinekohu i roto o Aotearoa, nā, ko ia hoki te mea aroha nui a te rangatira nei. Ka whakaakongia ia ki ngā mahi e tika ai kia matau a ia - ki te raranga tāmata , kete, kākahu rānei, ki te mahi kai, me ērā mahi katoa.
I tētahi rā, i a ia e tari wai ana i te awa nei, ka rongo ia i te reo nei e karanga ana. I tana tūnga ake, ka kite atu ia i te tangata nei e haere mai ana. Hore kau i mōhio ko wai, engari kuku pai tana ngākau i te hiahia ki te tāne nei.
Taua tangata nei he tino toa, he tangata ātaahua, ā, kua rite kē te wā mōna e tango wahine ai. Tana haere i taua rā nei, he haere ki te rapu i te kōtiro nei, i a Hinekohu, hei wahine māna. I tana kitenga atu i a Hine e tū mai ana, mōhio tonu atu a ia ko tēnei te wahine māna.
Ka mea atu a Hinekohu, "E aha kē ana koe i konei?"
Ka kī mai a ia, "Ko Tānekaha taku ingoa. Nā, taku take he tiki mai a koe hei wahine māku."
Ka tangi a Hinekohu. "Ai, tino nui taku aroha mōu, engari e kore e tika, e Tāne. Āe, kāhi anō ahau ka kite i te tāne pēnā i a koe nā, me kōrero pono atu au. Koia nōki tēnā taku hiahia, kia moe tahi tāua, engari he Tūrehu kē au, ā koe he tangata pūhake . E kore e tika."
Ka noho tahi rāua i te taha o te awa nei i tērā pō, ēngari i te atatū, ka oma a Hinekohu. Kīhai a Tānekaha i mōhio i haere ki hea. I te roanga o tā rāua mahi noho tahi, ā, ka oma ai a Hinekohu, ka mea ake a Tānekaha, "Āpōpō e kore koe e ngaro atu i a au."
I te atatū, ka ara wawe a Tānekaha, nā, mau atu i a ia tana wahine e haere ana. Ka aru atu ia i muri, ā, tae noa a Hine ki tana kāinga.
Ka kī mai ana mātua, "E Hine, he tāne tāu. He aha kē tēnei tū tama e tango nei i a koe? Ko wai kē ia?"
Ka tangi a Hinekohu, "E Pā, he tangata tēnei nō te ao ora. Ehara kē ia i te tangata pēnei i a tātou nei. Tino aroha au ki a ia. Auē ! Auē ... e ... i!"
Ka mate ana mātua i te aroha ki a Hinekohu. Ka huihui rātou, ngā iwi Tūrehu. Nā, kua tīmata nei a rātou ki te kōrero, ka puta mai a Tānekaha i tana wāhi i piri ai ia. Ka kī a ia, "E hoa mā, ko au te tangata nei.
Tōku ingoa ko Tānekaha, nā, ahau he toa, he tangata nui i tōku nei kāinga, arā, i te nuinga o tēnei whenua.
E mea nei au, tirohia mai au. E pai koutou kia riro i a au tō kōtiro a Hinekohu hei wahine māku?"
Oho pai ngā hunga nei i a Tānekaha. Ka kī atu te rangatira nei. "E tama, tēnā, meinga mai. E kite mai ana koe i a au, i a mātou?"
"Āe" hei tā Tāne, "I a au e tū atu nei e kite atu ana ahau i a koe."
Ka whakarongo atu te rangatira nei. "E hoa, e noho. Whakarongo mai ki a au. Ā Hinekohu he kōtiro nō te ao ora, pēnā i a koe nā. Nāku kē ia i tango hei utu mō tētahi hē. Kua ea noa atu tērā he. Mauria tō wahine. Kaua e wareware ki a mātou, e kō."
Ka haere ngā tamariki nei. Haere atu ana i runga i te aroha o tana iwi i tiaki ai i a ia mai i a ia e tamariki tonu ana, ā, wahine noa. Ka moe rāua i runga i te aroha, i te hari, i ngā manaaki o ngā iwi katoa.