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E kī... Nā wai i hopu?

Nā Wānanga Te Ariki
Nā David Burke ngā pikitia

"Rēnata, matiki! Matiki! Rēnata, matiki! Ke kama! E haere ana māua. Ināianei tonu. Ke kama!"

Kātahi anō au ka oho, otirā, kei te taumaha tonu ōku whatu i te matemoe. Te hōhā hoki! Kei te pōuri tonu a waho, engari, anei kē ngā nanenane e whanawhana ana ki te haere.
"Aua atu! Me haere kōrua. Ko kōrua ngā pū mō te hopu ika. Waiho au kia moe. Kei te matemoe tonu au. Nā, haere . . . haere atu kōrua."

"E tama. Tō māngere hoki. Ke tere, matiki! Matiki!" Kātahi ka warea ngā tokorua nei e te pōrangi. Ka mau kē te wehi. Ka kūmea e rāua ōku paraikete me tōku pera, ka panaia au ki waho i tōku moenga, ā, tata tonu au te putu ki raro.

"Kāti, kāti. Kua oho au, kua oho au." Kātahi ka hāmeme au, "Pokokōhua."

"He aha tērā?"

"Kāre koe i rongo? Tō turi hoki. Me horoi ō taringa. I kī atu au, kua paera te kōhua?"

"Mō te aha?"

"E hoa, kātahi anō koe ka oho kei te matekai koe. Hei aha ai? Tēnā, kāre tātau e parakuihi ana kia hoki rawa mai tātau. Koina te take o tā tātau haerenga, hei hopu ika hei parakuihi mā tātau. Tēnā, ke kama . . . maranga!"

Ka maranga au, āhua parori te tū, ka mau i a au ōku kākahu, ka whakatikatika i ngā taputapu mō te hī ika. Kāre rawa i roa kei runga rori mātau e haere ana, ko tōku taokete ko Piripi, me taku irāmutu ko Whai.

"E Piripi, e Whai, kia āta haere. Kei mahue au i a kōrua. Ko te kamakama hoki ō ngā tokorua nei. Parahutihuti ana tā rāua haere, engari kei muri au e whai ana, kei te āhua matemoe tonu. "Kia āta haere." Moumou tāima noa iho. Kāre rāua i rongo. Ki tonu pea o rāua taringa ki te tāturi. He tino mate tēnei o ngā tokorua nei. Te kore taringa. Nā, teretere tonu tā rāua hare.

Ka pātai au, "E Piripi, e haere ana tātau ki hea?"

Ka whakahoki mai a ia, "Ki Snowy's Rock." Kei te tino mōhio au kei hea taua wahi.

"Auē, ka ngēngē hoki ngā waewae ki te whakaaro noa iho. Te mamao hoki."

"Hoianō, kua oreore kē tōku tinana, kātahi ka pakari te haere. Ka piki rori mātau, ahu ki tētahi puke, kāore i roa, kei runga mātau e tū ana. Kātahi anō ka whiti mai te rā. "E hika, te ātaahua hoki."

Tīhaehae ana ngā pūhihi i ngā kapua o te rangi. Kārohirohi ana te moana, he marino tonu hoki. Ko te mīharo hoki o ngā tae e tau atu ana i ngā kapua. "Ka mau kē te wehi."

Ka kōrero a Pipipi, "Hara mai, me heke tātau." Ā, ka heke mātau mā tētahi arā hipi kōpikopiko ki tātahi. Tae atu ka hāparangi mai a Piripi, "Kei te haere atu au ki Snowy's Rock. Kei te hara mai anō kōrua?"

Ka whakautu māua ko Whai, "Āe, kei te haere atu māua."

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Ko te toka nei a Snowy's Rock, kei waenganui moana kē, engari nō te āhua timutanga o te tai, ka ngāwari tā mātau haere. Ahakoa, tata tonu atu mātau, kei te paratī tonu te wai ki ngā taha o Snowy's Rock. Ka kau atu mātau, ā, ka piki ki runga i te toka nei.

He nui ngā wā kua tae mai mātau ki tēnei wāhi, kāre tonu au e tino mārama he aha i tapaina ko Snowy's Rock. Ka pātai atu au, "Piripi, he aha tēnei toka i whakaingoatia ki tēnei ingoa?"

"Aua, kāre au e mōhio. Ko te tiko o ngā karoro o runga pea i pērā ai, na, ka rite tonu ki te hukapapa," tōna whakahokinga mai.

"E tā, kia tika. Nāhau anō tērā, nē? E tika ana pea ko koe hoki te tiko kāre na te manu." Ka pakaru te kata i a mātau. Ko te kaha o te kata a Whai, ka tapape ia, tata rawa atu ki te hinga ki rō wai, engari, ka tū hāngai ia, ka pai.

Ko Piripi anake anō i whai matira. Ka whakamau ia he mōunu, kātahi ka tukuna ki rō moana. Te tino kaha hoki o tōna makanga, ka roroa rawa atu te rere, a, kātahi ka heke ki rō wai. "Whū! Kīkino koe e hoa. Kāre kē e painga ki a koe."

E hī ake ana a Whai i te taha o te toka me tana aho. Ko au hoki kei te mātakitaki. Roa tonu te wā kāre anō kia mau i a rāua he ika hei parakuihi ma tātau. Ka mea atu au, "E hoki ana au ki uta. Me waiho ki a korua, ngā toa hopu ika, hei hopu he ika kaitā mō tā tātau parakuihi."

Ka hoki rawa au ki waenga tāhuna, kāore i roa ka huri au, ā, ko Whai e haere mai ana. Ka noho māua i te one titiro atu ai ki a Piripi i runga i a Snowy's Rock e hī ana.

Kua whārōrō kau ahau, tata tonu ki te moe, ka ūmere mai a Whai, "Rēnata, titiro, titiro!" Ka maranga au. "Tiro! Te ngaru pīkiwhara e hara mai ana." Ka hāparangi māua ko Whai ki a Piripi. Auē, te tūreiti hoki. Nō te tino teretanga o te hekenga atu o te ngaru rā, kua taia iho a Piripi ki rō moana. Tere tonu tā māua oma ki te whakahirihiri ki a ia.

Ka pātai atu a Whai, "Piripi, kei te ora koe?"

"Ā, kei te pai au."

Ka mea atu au, "He tohu pea tērā kāre tēnei te rā e tino pai ana mō te hopu ika."

Ka whakaaro, ka whakaea mai, ka kī, "Koira pea. Tēnā, me hoki tātau ki te kāinga."

Tōna mākū hoki, kua tōpuni ōna kākahu, hū katoa. Ka kohikohi mātau i ōna taputapu i taka atu ki rō wai, ā, kātahi ka hoki ki te kāinga.

Taenga atu ki te kāinga ka ui mai a Kuia, te hoa wahine a Piripi, "Kei hea ā koutou ika hei parakuihi mā tātau?"

Kaha ana te tautau o ō mātau ngutu ka kī atu a Piripi, "E nui ana ngā kai parahua, otirā, kāre i mau i a mātau."

"Tō koutou kore take noa iho. Hai aha, haramai ki te kai."

Nā tō mātau matekai hoki ka pakaru mai te menemene. Ka pātai au, "He aha te parakuihi ma tātau?"

Ka whakahoki mai a Kuia, "He ika hoki."

"E kī. . . nā wai i hopu?"

"Na wai hoki! Na Watties."

Ka titiro mātau ki a ia me te pākete ika kei tōna ringa, ka hemo katoa mātau ki te kata.

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