Ko Huriana ahau
Nā Oho Kaa
He tamariki whāngai a Huriana rāua ko tana māhanga a Tereia. Ko Māmā Paraone tō rāua māmā whāngai. He horoi taputapu, he hāwini ngā mahi a Māmā Paraone hei oranga mō rātau.
He tamaiti totoa rawa, he tamaiti hautete a Huriana, ā, pērā tonu ia i te kura. Nō te mutunga o tana kura, ko tana mahi he horoi i ngā wharepaku o te tāone. Ahakoa rā ko tana moemoeā kē, kia noho a ia hei kaituku waiata, arā he DJ i runga reo irirangi.
I ngā pō, ka haria e ia tana reo irirangi ki tana moenga kia pai ai tana whakarongo ake
ki ngā kaituku waiata. Ka hanga whakaarotia e ia tana rūma pakupaku, tīhaehae nei te whāriki, hei rūma teihana reo irirangi māna. Ko ia tēnā e mahi hangarau ana he kaituku waiata a ia, e whakamōhio atu ana ko wai ngā kaiwaiata o ia tēpa. Ko tana uruoro ko
tana paraehe makawe.
Ka rongo tonutia a ia e tōna māmā whāngai rāua ko Tereia, nā te mea he pīrahirahi te pakitara, nā kua haparangi atu ki a ia kia katia tōna waha, ā, me moe. Engari kore rawa a Huriana i rongo i a rāua. Pau katoa ana whakaaro ki tana moemoeā.
Nō tētahi rā i te wā o te tina, ka haere a Huriana ki te reo irirangi ā-iwi, i te tāone. Ka kōrero atu ki te kaiwhakahaere mō tana hiahia kia noho a ia hei kaituku waiata mō te reo irirangi. Kātahi ka titiro atu te kaiwhakahaere ki a Huriana e tū mai ana. Ko te hauhau o te āhua i roto i tana tarau waho me tana pōtae poareare katoa.
Kātahi ka pātai atu, "Kua kuraina koe mō tēnei mahi?" "Kāore e Tā," tana whakautu.
"Ā kāti, kāore he mahi i konei māhau."
Ka pōhēhē te kaiwhakahaere e kore a Huriana e kitea i reira a muri ake.
Engari kāore a ia i te mōhio he tīmatanga noa iho tērā o te moemoeā a Huriana. Ko tana hiahia kia taea e ia te hoko mai he whare ātaahua mō tōna māmā whāngai. Nā tōna māmā whāngai tonu a ia i whakahau me whai i āna moemoeā, nā reira, i whakaaro tonu ia ka whiwhi ia i tētahi mahi i te reo irirangi ahakoa te kōrero pērā mai o te kaiwhakahaere.
Nō reira i ia rā, ka hokihoki atu a Huriana ki te teihana ki te pātai atu mehemea he mahi anō i reira māna. I te mutunga, ka whiwhi mahi ia, arā he kaitonotono kāore he utu. I te tīmatanga, he tiki kapu tī, he hari mai ā rātou kai, he mau atu he hapa mā ngā kaituku waiata. Ahakoa he aha te mahi mā Huriana, ka mahia e ia. Nā te kaha whakaawe o tēnei tama ki tāna mahi, ka tonoa a ia ki te tutaki i ngā manuhiri rongo nui i te taunga waka rererangi mā runga i te tekihana.
I te wā ka tata atu a ia ki ngā kaituku waiata, ka mātakitaki, ka whai atu i ngā tuhi o ō rātau ringa, te whakanekeneke o ngā pātene, me ērā āhuatanga katoa. Nā te hōhā tonu ka ki atu ngā kaituku waiata me hoki a ia ki te kāinga. Nā, hoki hāngai tonu ana ia ki tana rūma ki reira whakatū ai i ngā mahi a ngā kaituku waiata. I mōhio tonu hoki ia tērā te wā ka noho ko ia ki taua tūnga.
Heipū rawa i tētahi ahiahi Hatarei, i te āhua māuiui te kaituku waiata, nā rā i te kaha rawa o tana whakangahau o te pō Paraire. Ka rutua rā i te moe. Ko Huriana anake tētahi atu i reira. Kua pā kē mai te rekareka ki a ia. Nā te pakōtanga mai o te waea, nāna kē i whakautu. "Kia ora, ko te teihana tēnei."
"Kia ora," te whakahoki mai.
Mōhio tonu a Huriana ko te kaiwhakahaere tērā.
"Huriana, whakarongo mai. E kore pea e taea e te kaituku waiata te whakaoti i tēnei wāhanga o te reo irirangi. Ka taea e koe te waea atu ki tētahi o ngā kaituku waiata kia haere atu?"
"Āe, kei te pai, māku e waea atu." ko tā Huriana.
Engari nō tōna hekenga ki raro o te waea, ka kī ia, "Pēnei te kaiwhakahaere he pōrangi ahau!" I waea tonu a ia, engari ehara ki tētahi o ngā kaituku waiata. I waea kē a ia ki tōna māmā whāngai, me tana whaiāipo kia whakatangihia ā rāua reo irirangi nō te mea ākuanei ka rongo rāua i a ia. Tekau mēneti pea ka waea atu a ia ki te kaiwhakahaere. "E Tā, kāore e kitea e au he kaituku waiata." Ka noho puku mai te kaiwhakahaere kātahi ka mea atu, "Huriana, kei te mōhio koe ki te whakanekeneke i ngā pātene?"
"Āe, e Tā, kei te mōhio ahau!" Tere tonu tana oma atu ki te rūma o te kaituku waiata. Āta nekehia atu e ia te kaituku waiata kua warea rā i te moe. Ko ia e noho ana i te tūru. Ko ngā mīhini i mua tonu i a ia.
Kāwiritia ana te wahahiko, ka kī atu, "Whakarongo mai, whakarongo mai! Ko au tēnei, ko Huriana, tā koutou mōkai, tā koutou tamaiti, tā koutou tino mokopuna o te motu. E kore he mea i mua i ahau, e kore anō hoki he mea i muri ake i ahau. Nā reira, kia mōhio mai koutou ko au anake tēnei, ko au anake. He rangatahi ahau, kei te takakau tonu, he pai ki ahau te whakahoahoa. Kei ahau te tiwhikete mō te whakangata i ō koutou hiahia mai i tēnei teihana. Nō reira, kia tūpato koutou kōtiro mā, ko au tā koutou tino kaituku waiata!"
Nā te mea kua kaha kē tana hiahia ki tēnei momo mahi, kāore āna āwangawanga. Tino whakamihi ngā kaiwhakarongo me te kaiwhakahaere o te teihana ki a ia. Mai i taua rā, haere whakamua tonu te mahi a Huriana hei kaikōrero, hei reo i runga i te reo tātaki hoki. I tutuki katoa i a ia tēnā o ana moemoeā.