Kei whakahāwea koe
Nā Koro Heke
Kei Aotearoa, he kainga e tata ana ki Wharepuhunga, tētahi kōhatu e tū ana. Ko tōna ingoa ko Tokahaere. Ko tēnei takiwā te nohonga o Ngāti Raukawa.
Ka kite atu ana te tangata i taua kōhatu nei, ka ohorere te ngkau i te rite ki te tangata e tū mai ana.
E kīa ana e ētahi kōrero, he tangata tēnei i ahu mai i Taupō ki te whai mai i tana whaiāipo no Rotorua.
Ko tana iwi kihai i whakaae kia moe rāua, engari i te kaha o tana tohe, i te nui o tana aroha, ka whakaaetia ia kia haere. Ka kīa atu anō e ngā kaumatua, "Kia tūpato, kei mau koe i te awatea."
I te pō, ka haere atu ia. Ko ana haringa ko tana tokotoko mānuka me tana ngārara, arā, he atua pea nōna.
Nā, ka tae tana tira ki tēnei takiwā, ka mau ia i te awatea, whakakōhaturia iho ana ia ki konei. Ko tana mānuka tupu tonu atu kei tana māhunga, ā, ko tana ngārara kei tana taha e rapa ana. Kua kōhatutia pērā anō i a ia.
Ki ngā kōrero, ki te haere te tangata i taua huarahi, e kitea atu nei a ia, he pai noa iho te mihi atu ki a ia, te waiho noa iho rānei i a ia kia tū ana. Ko te tangata whakahīhi, ā, whakahāwea rānei ki a ia ka whakawhiua.
Ka rongo tētahi taitama i taua kōrero nei, ka pukukata, ka mea, "E kī ka whara ahau i a koe." Ka kite atu ia i te toka nei, ka whakapaua e ia te haere a tana hōiho. Kāore anō kia ngaro atu, kua hūtiki te hoiho, ā, kua taka te toa nei ki te whenua whanawhana ai. Tino marū tana tinana i te mamae.
Ko tētahi anō i whakahāwea anō, ā, oho rawa ake i te ata, kua pupuhi katoa tētahi o ana waewae. Ka roa, ka mahara ia ki tana mahi whakatoi, ka mohio ia ki tana mahi hē.
Kīhai i roa, kua ora tana mate. Ā, e kīa ana, tērā atu anō ngā whakawhiu i te tangata poka noa. Nā, he aha koia te hē o te mihi atu ki te koroua nei, te waiho noa atu rānei i tana tū. Kua nui rā hoki tana whakawhiu inā hoki, ko te utu o tana tohe ki tana tau aroha, koia nei he tū mokemoke mai rā anō, a, tae noa mai ki tēnei rā.
Ki te whāia e tētahi tangata tana tira, he awaawa nei, he raupō nei ngā taha, ka puta ia ki Taupō rā anō.
Ko te āhua nei kore rawa tana tau i haere mai ki te mau mai i tōna nei aroha; inā hoki ko ia anake e tū mai nei.