Te kaititiro o te pō
Nā Katarina Mataira
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Ko Katarina Te Hei Kōkō i whānau ki Tokomaru, ā, i whakatipuria mai i Kariaka pātata atu ana ki Ruatōria. Ko ōna mātua ko Erana Nika Kōrimete rāua ko Raniera Harrison o Ngāti Porou. I haere a Katarina ki te kura tuatahi o Manutahi, Ruatōria, kātahi anō ka haere ki te kura tuarua mō ngā kōtiro i Hato Hōhepa i Greenmeadows, Hastings. Mutu mai ana i reira ka haere ia ki te Kāreti mō ngā kura māhita i Ardmore, whakaoti atu hoki ki Dunedin i roto i ngā mahi-ā-ringa. Ko Junior Mataira tōna hoa tāne. I haere tahi rāua ko tōna hoa tāne ki te Taitokerau kura-māhita ai, ā, e mahi ana i raro i a Gordon Tovey. Ināianei kei Fiji rāua e kura- māhita ana E whai ake nei te tuhituhi me te whakairo a tēnei wahine tino tohunga ki ēnei mahi. |
Te pō, te pō, te pō,
Te pō nui, te pō roa, te pō mārie.
Kei te moe te whenua.
Engari ko au . . .
Ko tēnei te wā oho,
Ko tēnei te wā titiro,
Ko tēnei te wā haere.
Ka tiro au . . .
Arā he kiore e oma ana,
Arā he tuna e kauhoe ana,
Arā he poaka puihi e raku ana.
Ha?
He aha kē tēnei?
He taitama.
Ru-u-u-u.
Ru-u-u-u.
Tēnā koe e tama.
Ru-u-u-u.
Ru-u-u-u.
Kei te aha koe?
Ru-u-u-u.
Ru-u-u-u.
He aha tō mahi i te pō?
Hika . . .
Ka oma kē ia
Tutū ana te puehu.
Mō te aha rā?
Ru-u-u-u.
E mataku ana ki a au?
Ru-u-u-u.
Ru-u-u-u.
Ru-u-u-u.