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Te mahi kohikohi kānga a Heramia

Nā Hirini Moko nō Tūhoe

Ā te ahiahi ka purei a Rangitāiki ki a Rotorua. He whutupōro tino nui tēnei ki Te Teko. I te wiki i mua atu, he whutupōro anake te kōrero.

Kei te haere koe ki te whutupōro? A wai? Ahau? Ka wīni i a wai? Ē, ko Rangitāika rā ka wīni. Kāre he take o Rotorua! He pāuna ka wīni i a Rotorua. E rua pāuna ka wīni i a Rangitāiki.

E pēhea ana te tangata a Te Teko? E tama, ka mapua e ia tōna hoariri. Ka kite koe!

I te ata o tēnei rā, ka kī atu te matua o Heramia ki a ia, "E hoa, me haere koe ki te pēke i a tātau kānga, ka mau ai ki te whata. " Ka whakaaro a Heramia. Ko au tēnei e tonoa nei ki te mahi kānga e tōku pāpā. Ko aku hoa kei te moe tonu i roto i ō rātau moenga mahana. Ā te ahiahi, ka haere rātau ki te whutupōro. Ko ahau ka mahi i waenga kānga. Kāre e oti te mahi nei i a au a te ahiahi. Mutu rawa atu, kua mutu hoki te whutupōro.

Ka haere a Heramia ki te whare o te tarakihana. I reira hoki nga pēke. Ka utaina ki runga ki te kōneke i muri i te tarakihana. Ka piki ia ki runga o te tarakihana, ka haruru mai. Haere atu ana ia ki waenga kānga, ka tīmata ki te mahi.

Ko ngā kānga nei, kua oti te whakawhāiti, heoi anō tāna, he kohi, ka puru ki roto i ngā pēke. Ka titiro a Heramia ka whakaaro. Auē! Te nui o te kānga! E hia mirione e takoto mai ana. Ka riro māna mā te tangata kotahi, mā Heramia, hei kohikohi. Ki te titiro atu, he maha ake ngā kānga nei i ngā whetū i te rangi. He nui ake i ngā ika o te moana. He nui ake i ngā tāngata katoa o Aotearoa. Ko wai rā te taewaru, nāna i hōmai ki te ao tēnei mea a te kānga?

Ka tūpou a Heramia ki raro, ka tahuri ki te whakakī i te pēke tuatahi. Ka tahi, ka rua, ka toru . . . ka toru tekau mā ono, ka toru tekau mā whitu . . . he kānga, he kānga, he kānga! Ka kī tēnā pēke tuatahi, ko te tuarua ināianei. Ka kī, ka utaina ki runga ki te kōneke. E rua kua mutu.

Ka mahi a Heramia, ā, ka kī te kōneke. Ka mauria ki te whata. Ka hoki mai anō, ka tīmata te whakakī pēke. Ka whakaaro ia. He pai ake mehemea he pōhara tōku pāpā. Kāore he kau. Kāore he whare miraka. Kāore he tarakihana. Kāore he kānga. Mehemea hoki kāore he taonga, kua kore he mahi, ā, kua tae au ki te whutupōro ā te ahiahi.

Ka titiro anō ia ki ngā kānga. Te nui hoki! He nui ake i ngā rākau o ngā ngāherehere. Ka riro mā te tangata kotahi anake, māna; Heramia, e kohi.

I a ia e mahi ana, ka tīwaha mai tētahi o ōna hoa. Ko Hōri te ingoa. "Kei te mahi koe Heramia? Kāre koe e haere ana ki te mātakitaki whutupōro?"

Ka whakahoki a Heramia, "Kei te mahi ahau. Kāre pea ahau e tae ki te whutupōro." Ka kata atu a Hōri ki a Heramia, ka haere i tāna haere, ki te whutupōro. Ka noho a Heramia ki te kohikohi kānga.

Ka puta mai anō tētahi o ōna hoa i runga hōiho. Ko Takapau tōna ingoa. Ka ui, "E mahi ana koe? Kāore koe e haere ana ki te whutupōro?"
"E rua pāuna kei āu ināianei." "He pāuna me te tekau mā rima herengi kei āu."

Pau katoa ngā kaha o ngā taitama nei ki te kohi kānga. I te rua karaka ka mutu te mahi. Ka whakaaro a Heramia. Koinei ngā kānga i whakaaro nei au he nui ake i ngā whetū o te rangi. Titiro ināianei! Kua emi katoa. Kāre e roa e mahia ana e te māpu nei ka mutu.

Ka kī atu ia ki a rātau, "Kei taku pāpā ngā moni. Māna koutou e utu i Te Teko, i te whutupōro. Māku koutou e whai atu."

Ka mea atu a Harehare ki a ia, "Me āta tuhituhi e hoa, a mātau kaute. Kei wareware koe. Ka hoatu ai ki tō pāpā, kia tika ai te mahi nei. " Ka ki atu a Heramia, "Āe, māku e whakatikatika. Kaua e māharahara Ka utua koutou. Hoatu koutou ināianei."

Ka haere ōna hoa ki te whutupōro i Te Teko. Ka hoki a Heramia ki te whakatikatika, ki te whakapaipai i a ia.

Tae atu ana a Heramia ki Te Teko, e tīmata ana te whutupōro. Ka whakaaro ia. Āe, i āta tae mai au ki te whutupōro. Engari, me pēhea rā ināianei? Ka mōhio ana ōku hoa kua raru rātau, ka patua pea au. Heoi anō me huna au i waenganui i te iwi. Kia mutu te whutupōro, ka kitea ai me pēhea.

Ka haere te rōpū taitama ki te matua o Heramia. Ka kī atu a Harehare, "Ka pēhea ā mātau moni? Tekau mā iwa ngā pēke nāku i whakakī. "Ka kōrero ake a Tio, "Tekau mā whitu āku."

Ka mea anō a Harehare, "Ka pei koe i a mātau ināianei? Kua hoatu e Heramia a mātau kaute ki a koe?"

Ka rakuraku te matua o Heramia i tōna māhunga. Ka kōrero ia, "He aha hoki ēnā moni e kōrerotia nā e koutou, ēnā kaute hoki? I taku mōhio, kua raru koutou i a Heramia. Nāna koutou i whakamahi, māna koutou e pei."

Ka taka te kauae o Harehare, ka huaki te waha. Ka titiro ia ki a Tio. Ka titiro a Tio ki a ia, ki ētahi hoki o ōna hoa, me te whakaaro. "Kua raru mātau i te pokokohua rā i a Heramia."

Ka tau te riri ki runga ki a rātau. Ka kōrero a Harehare, "Haramai, ka haere tātau ki te kimi haere i a Heramia!"

Ki runga ^



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