Whakaakoranga 1
Rāniera Erihana rāua ko Riki Erihana
Te Wharekura 70 whārangi 4, 5
E nohinohi tonu ana a Rāniera ka toremi tōna pāpā ki te moana o Tītahi, ka mate. Nā, ka whakatupuria a Rāniera rātou ko tōna tuakana a Tame, ko tō rāua tuahine a Hāriata e tō rātou whāene e Te Ikairaua me ngā whanaunga i Korohiwa, i Mana, i Porirua, i Pōneke, i Waikanae, i Arapaoa me Waikawa. Pakeke ake ana a Rāniera, ā, ka heke ia ki Te Waipounamu, ki te takiwā ki Te Whakatipu Wai Māori, i te tau 1861, ki te kimi koura.
Nō te tau 1862 ka hoki a Rāniera ki ngā whenua koura. Ka whāia haeretia e rātou ko ōna hoa, ko Hakaraia Haereroa, ko Hēnare Patu Kopa, ngā kitenga koura tau atu ana ki Te Kimi Ākau. Nō te taenga ki reira ka kitea kua nōhia kētia ngā wāhi pai rawa engari kāore anō tētehi kia whakawhiti i te awa nō te mataku ki te tere o te ia. Kāore he raruraru ki a Rāniera, he toa hoki ia ki te kauhoe, ka ruku ki te awa, ka whai atu ko ōna hoa me tāna kurī. Nō te whakawhitinga ki tētehi taha ka kitea, kua hopukia te kurī e te ringa kaha o te taniwha o te awa, kua haria i te ia o te wai. Ka ruku atu anō a Rāniera ki te whakaora i te kurī, kua tau ki tētehi toka e tū ana ki waenganui o te awa. Tau atu ana ki reira ka kite ia e pīataata mai ana ngā huruhuru o te kurī! He koura! Kikī ana te toka i te koura! I mua i te tōnga o te rā e toru rau aunihi ka riro i a Rāniera rāua ko Hakaraia.
