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Te pahi a Polly Deluxe

Nā Ross Ahuriri White

Tutū ana te puehu, haruru ana te rori, ko te waka pāhihi tērā o Polly Deluxe.

I ngā tau ono tekau ki muri, ko te waka kawe pāhihi i mōhiotia e te hunga kāinga, ko Polly Deluxe. Ko ia te tino waka kawe tāngata mai i Wharekahika tae noa ki Tūranga. Mai i te tau 1936, nā te kamupene Deluxe Motor Services te motokā kawe tangata i roto o Ngāti Porou. Ko te tikanga o te kupu Deluxe nei ko "whakahirahira, " ā, koinā te take i mau ai te ingoa "Polly Deluxe" hei ingoa karanga mō te kaitaraiwa mō Parekura Herewini.

Nā, ahakoa i muri iho i riro i a NZ Railways te mana kawe pāhihi, i noho tonu ko Parekura te kaitaraiwa o te pahi, ā, ko Eru White rāua ko Jumbo Kōpua ōna kaiāwhina i ngā wā e whakangā ana, e hararē ana rānei ia.

Bus on the road with two passengers waiting

Tīmata ai te pahi i Wharekahika i te waru karaka i te ata, kātahi ka peka atu ki Te Araroa, ki Tikitiki, ki Ruatōria, ki Te Puia, ki Tokomaru Bay me Tolaga Bay, tae noa ki Tūranga. Ēngari, ka tae atu ana a Polly ki Tokomaru, i reira ka tūtaki ia ki te pahi i ahu mai i Tūranga. Ka whakawhiti rāua ko te kaitaraiwa o tērā pahi, ka whakahokia e ia taua pahi ki Wharekahika kia tau atu i te hāwhe pāhi i te toru karaka i te ahiahi. I a ia e haere ana ki Tokomaru, ā, ka hoki ana ki Wharekahika, tūtū haere ai te pahi i te rori mō ngā pāhihi kei reira e tatari ana.

Ko taku mahara mō Polly Deluxe, he tangata ia ka taea te taraiwa kāpō mai i Wharekahika ki Te Araroa, nuku atu rānei. Kua roa kē, ā, kua kaumātuatia hoki e taraiwa ana i aua rori. He momo tōna meana kāore ia e tino rata ana ki te tangata ka mahue i a ia, ēngari ko ngā mea e tino kaingākau atu ana ia ka tatari mō rātau, pērā i a Te Ara White rāua ko Te Wharau Tipuna.

Tutū ana te puehu i a ia e taraiwa ana. Haruru ana i ngā wāhi i te rori he pāhihi kei reira e tatari ana, he kai puehu te mahi a ērā, ā, tū rawa te pahi. Rokohanga, e kore ia mō te heke ki raro ki te āwhina i ngā pāhihi, ahakoa tērā he kuia, he koroua rānei, arā, ki te puru i ā rātau pēke ki roto i te pahi. Heoi anō ko tana karanga, "Anā, makaia atu ā koutou pēke ki muri nā!" E hoa, i ētahi wā ka hemo noa iho te tangata ki te kata ki te kite atu i ngā kuia, ngā koroua e hēmanawa ana ki te hiki i ā rātau pēke, ki te maka atu ki roto i te pahi. Kātahi, he mahi anō hoki mā rātau ki te piki i ngā arapiki o te pahi kia uru atu. Heke ana te werawera.

Me te werowero atu a Polly Deluxe, "Kia tere, kia tere! Kei tōmuri tā tātau haere!" Ka aroha atu hoki ki aua kuia, koroua rā!

Ko tētahi atu o ana mahi he tohatoha nūpepa i a ia e taraiwa ana, me te mau i ngā peti purei hōiho a te iwi ki te TAB.

He tohunga anō a Polly Deluxe ki te tito waiata, ko tētahi o ana waiata ko "Pātangata". Nāna anō te rangi o "Ngā Kaihau Tū Mai Nei, " hāunga nā Wī White ngā kupu.

Nā, ko te mahi tino pārekareka a te pahi a Polly Deluxe ki a mātau ngā tamariki o taua wā, he mau i a mātau ki ngā pikitia i Te Araroa i ngā pō Hātarei. Otirā, he mea anō tēnei i kaingākautia e ngā pakeke. He mea nui tonu ki ngā pakeke me ngā tamariki ki te whakapaipai i a rātau ki te haere ki te pikitia. Kāore hoki he pouaka whakaata o aua rā, ā, koinei tonu te tino kaupapa whakangahau o te wiki. Nā reira i noho ai ko te pahi a Polly Deluxe tonu tā mātau tino taonga. Tīmata ai te pahi i te toa i Wharekahika ka haere ki tērā moka, arā, ki te wāhi o te wāpu, kātahi ka hoki whakamuri ki te toa ka ahu atu ki Te Araroa.

I te whare pikitia o Te Araroa, (ki ētahi ko te whare kutukutu), ka kite mātau i ngā whetū o Hollywood pērā i a Errol Flynn alias "Robin Hood," tēnā toa mō te whawhai hoari; i a Johnny Weismuller, ko "Tarzan" tonu tēnā; me ngā kaupoi hoki pērā i a William Boyd alias "Hopalong Cassidy" me tana hōiho a "Topper."

Mutu ana te pikitia, he mahi kē tēnā ki te whakahiato haere i ngā tamariki. Ko ngā mea pakeke, ngā rangatahi, ko rātau ngā mea uaua. E pīrangi kē ana erā ki te haere ki te kanikani i Hinerupe Marae, ā, me te hianga haere hoki. Ko ētahi anō kua ngaro ki ngā rupene i te ākau mahi ai i ngā mahi whaiāipo.

Ahakoa te pōnānā o ngā mātua, he poto noa iho te wā e tatari ana kua whakaharuru a Polly Deluxe i tana pahi. Ngā mea e tōmuri ana ka mahue.

Ki taku mahara he maha tonu ngā taitamariki nā te pahi a Polly Deluxe i whaiāipo, ā, ko te tūru nohonga o muri o te pahi te tino wahi whaiāipō. He wāhi whakauru, he wāhi mahana, he wahi pārekareka. Uru atu ana ngā taitamariki ki roto, kua oma ki muri noho ai kia kore ngā mātua e kite i ā rātau mahi.

Nā, ki toku nei mōhio, mō te wā e eke ana pea ki te toru tekau tau i a Polly Deluxe e taraiwa ana i tana pahi, kore rawa atu ia i tahuri, i aitua rānei.

Ko te aroha kua ngaro aua rā i tenei ao hurihuri, arā, aua rā whakahirahira o te ao o te pahi a Polly Deluxe. Kua ngaro aua rori tutū puehu, kua noho mai ngā rori tā o nāianei; kua ngaro i te tirohanga tangata ērā kua hupeke ki te pō, kua noho ko ngā mahara tonu ki a rātau. Kei whea ngā hoa, ngā whaiāipo, ngā hianga a te hunga tamariki me ngā kitenga o aua rā? Me kī kua huri te ao, kua ūhia kē kī ngā āhuatanga hou a te tētē kura.

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