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Ka kitea he ingoa

Nā Kahu Stirling nō te Whanau a Apanui
Nā Jenny Rendall te pikitia

I te tau 1978, kua tokowhā kē a māua tamariki. Ko tā māua pōtiki kua tekau kē. I tētahi ata ka rongo au i taku rangatira e rūrū ana i a au. Ka oho ake au ka kī mai a ia, "Ei, kua hapū anō ahau."

Nātemea e matemoe tonu ana au, kāre au i āta rongo, ka kī atu, "He aha?"

Ka kī anō mai a ia, "Ei, kua hapū anō ahau."

E, kātahi au ka āta rongo ki tana kōrero kātahi ka ūmere, "Yoohoo! Kei reira! Kei reira!"

Tahuri tonu atu au ki te awhiawhi i taku hoa ki te kihikihi hoki. Ka roa tonu māua e awhiawhi ana kātahi a ia ka kī mai, "Kotahi marama kē au e mau ana i tā tāua tamaiti. Mataku rawa atu au ki te whāki atu, kei whakatakariri koe."

"E, e kore au e whakatakariri. Ka puta anō he uri mā tāua ki te ao."

Ka whakaritea e māua me ana ka whānau he wahine, māna e tapa te ingoa. Ki te whānau he tama, māku e tapa te ingoa. Nā, ka tata tonu taku hoa ki te whakawhānau, ka haria e au a ia ki te hōhipera. Ka whanga, ka whanga. Ko taku matekai paipa hoki, engari he pānui i mua i a au, "Kaua e kai paipa."

"Ā, anā kē te tākuta." Ka kī mai, "Kua ura atu to kui ki te rūma whakawhānau."
Ka kōrero atu au ki te tākuta, ka whakaae mai kia uru atu au kia kite i tā māua pōtiki e whānau ana. Ka puta mai te māhunga. "Kia tere e kui. Panaia mai! Panaia mai"

Couple holding baby. Text above them says Te Rongopai i Tirohia.

Ko tāku e whāwhai ana kia kite atu au i te tohu a te tāne. E, ka whānau mai he wahine.

"E Kahu, kei te tuōhu kē tō māhunga. Pōuri atu tō āhua."

Kāre au i kōrero. Kua mōhio kē hoki au ko tana ingoa he ingoa Pākehā kē.

"E Kahu, kei te whāki mai o whatu kāre to hinengaro i te rata mai. He aha ai? Nā te ingoa?" "Āe, na te ingoa."

"Ā tēnā, ki te riro māhau e tapa he ingoa, ko wai te ingoa?"

Tere tonu taku kī atu, "Te Rongopai i Tirohia."

"He tipuna nōhou?"

"Kao. Mahara ake koe ki te wā i haps ai koe? Rekareka rawa atu tāua. Te Rongopai tērā. Nā, nātemea i kite atu ōku whatu i te whānautanga, koina tēnā ko i Tirohia. Anā, ko Te Rongopai i Tirohia."

Ki runga ^



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