Te pūtōrino a Raukatauri
Nā Hirini Melbourne
I roto i ngā kohi kōrero nei, i tīmata ahau ki wētahi waiata mō te pūtorino nāna nei i whakapuāwai ngā tangi aroha ki ngā momo pūoro a ō tātau tīpuna, ā, ki tērā i whakahuatia ko Raukatauri te puhi o te tangi hotuhotu, mokemoke o ngā mōteatea. Kia hoki ngā kōrero.
Ko te pūtōrino he mea hanga i te rākau pēnei i te tōtara, i te maire, i te mataī. Ko tōna hanga he rite ki te whare tūngoungou o te pepe, o te pūrerehua rānei. He aha te tūngoungou? Tuatahi kimihia he aha te pepe, he aha hoki te pūrerehua. Kua mōhio nei koe he aha wēnei, ka whai mai ko wēnei kōrero. Ka whānau te pepe, te pūrerehua rānei i te hua, ka whānau mai he whē. Ka kai, ka kai te whē i ngā rau, ā, ka nui haere ia. Ka tae mai te wā ka hanga te whē i tōna whare tūngoungou. Ā te wā ka puta mai hai pepe, hai, pūrerehua rānei.
Ko te pūtōrino a Raukatauri he momo pepe, engari he rerekē ia ki ētahi atu momo pepe. Ka whānau hua te pepe nei, ā, ka puta mai he whē. Ka huri te whē hai tūngoungou, engari, ko te mea tāne anake ka whiwhi parihau hai rere haere. Ko te mea hine ka noho tonu ki roto i te whare tūngoungou. Ko tēnei tētahi kōrero mō Te Pūtōrino a Raukatauri.
Ka tīmata i te pō, he pō pōuriuri, he pō kerekere. I taua pō, he pepe e rere ana. Ko tōna ara rere e whai ana i tētahi tangi pūoro mai tawhiti. Ko taua tangi he tangi hotuhotu, he tangi mokemoke. Papaki ana te pepe i ōna parihau kia tere tae ai a ia ki te wāhi o taua tangi aroharoha. Ehara, kua tata haere atu a ia ki te tangi waiata aroha. Ka tau te pepe ki roto i tētahi rākau tarata. Ka kimi ia nō wai te reo reka rā. Ka kite atu ia i tētahi whare tūngoungou. Ka korikori mai, ka hurahura mai taua tūngoungou. Kātahi ka āta puta mai ko Hineraukatauri mai i roto i tōna whare. Ko tōna tinana he mea tiriwhana ki te moko kōwhaiwhai. Ko nga tai he pango, he kōwhai, he mā. Ka toro a Hineraukatauri ki te awhi i te pepe, ka hono ō rāua tinana. Mutu ana tā rāua ai, ka ngoikore te pepe, ā, ka hemo. Ko Hineraukatauri ka ora hai whakawhānau i ngā hua o te whakatupuranga hou.
Ko te tangi a te pūtōrino he rite ki te waiata whaiāipo a Hineraukatauri. Nā tēnei ka tapaia a Hineraukatauri ko te puhi o ngā tangi o ngā taonga whakapūoro a ngā tīpuna. Anei he waiata mō Hineraukatauri.
Waiata mo Hineraukatauri
Te pūtōrino
a Raukatauri
iri piri
runga peka e.
Kai roto
ko te puhi
o te tangi
korowhitawhita e.
He tangi
hotuhotu
mokemoke
mō te tau
kua wehe nei.