ORAITITANGA O TETAHI TANGATA I TEMERERA.
Haere atu ana i tona kainga tetahi tangata o Temerera ki ro ngahere kite
pupuhi haere i te manu, i te kuri ano, o tena whenua. He ata i haere atu ai. Ko ia anake i tona haere; otira, he hoa ano ona, ko ona kuri erua. E whai haere ana aua kuri i muri tonu i ona waewae. Tena tona kuri e pain<na rawatia ana e ia ka raahue atu i te kainga—ko te kuri toa, kaha rawa tentu Tangi noa taua kuri kia haere tahi i tona ariki, kaore i tukuna—herea ana, mahue ana ki muri. Ko nga mea i mauria ehara i te mea hei whakaora i a ia i nga kuri kai tangata o te ngaherehere, engari he mau noa. Mehemea i whakaaro ia he mate kei mua, penei, ko te kuri i mahue te mea hei haere—te mea kua kitea noatia e ia te kaha, te aroha nui ki a ia, ki tona ariki. Heoi, haere tonu te tangata ra. Haere tonu, mete pupuhi haere, nawai ra, ka ki tona peeke i te manu. Kotahi te kuri i puhia e ia, he Tia te ingoa—he kai ano na te tangata. Whakairia rawatia ana ki runga kite rakau; tohutohu rawa, ka waiho iho—e mea ana mo te ata ka tono i tetahi o ona mokai kite tiki. Ko te hokinga mai i hold mai ai. Ka whano puta ki waho kite parae, ka kitea, i tetahi taha o te huarahi e haere atu nei ia, erua no-a mea e puratoke mai ana iroto i te wahi ururua. Mohio tonu ia he kanohi kuri kai tangata e rarama mai ana. He Kouka te ingoa—he kuri ahua rite ki te Taika nei. Katahi ka whakaaro, — " Auera; he mate tonu tenei! " Ki te hoki ki muri he mate, kite haere tonu atu ki mua he mate ano. Kia ton, e tama e; kia toa! Kei te ngakau toa anake he oranga mou! Katahi ka tuku iho te pu ki runga kite tahau o te ringa maui takuto ai; ko te koromatua o te ringa katau kite whakaara i te kuha kite kati pupuhi—he mea ata whakaara marire koi rongona e te kouka ra. Ka haere atu hoki te koroa o taua ringa ano kite napihanga. He pu maeneene noa taua pu—kaore i koakatia i roto; ma reira e kino ai akuanei. Heoi, haere tonu te tangata ra. Ki hai i takitaro—etoru tonu hikoinga waewae hamama ana te waha, rere ana te whakamataku o te raratanga; ko te rerenga mai o te kouka ra i tona nohoanga. Katahi ka puhia, kaore i mate. Kei hea ra ona kuri? Tera te oma ki ro ngahere ao haere ai i te whakamataku. Katahi ka whakarere atu i te raparapa o te pu; parau noa kite whakaruke, tomokia mai ana e te kouka, mamau kau ana taua tokorua; aue ra! kei raro kei te whenua te tangata ra, e anga ana te takapu ki runga! Ko te kouka ki runga ake e whakangunu ana te noho. Tera te toto ka pipi mai i te rapehanga a nga matikuku, ka heke haere atu i nga kaokao o te tangata ra. Ko tetahi waewae kite anganga rarapi ai—me-
hemea tonu ko ona roro e aohia ana ki waho. Katahi ka he nga whakaaro, ka ahua haurangi te ngakau; ko nga kanohi, kape tonu ite toto. Tohe tonu te tangata ra; te ngehe, te aha. Ko te uaua o nga ringa kite nonoti i te korokoro, kite hapai atu ite upoko ote kouka, e tohe ana kite ngau i a ia. Nawai ra i kaha te tangata ra, i kaha, i kaha, ka ngehe hoki; ka tatata rawa te waha o te kouka ki tonakanohi. Ko nga whatu mumura o te kouka kite titiro tonu iho ki roto ki nga kanohi toto kau o te toa e takoto ra; nawai ra i hangai te titiro, ka titaha hoki; me te niea e whakama ana ki tona main kohuru. Heoi, kua ruhi rawa te tangata ra; tohe noa, tohe noa, a, ka mate tenei. E tuku ana i tona hinengaro kite po; ko te taniwha horo tangata nei, ko te mate, e kapo ana i tona tangata. Katahi ka mai i roto ite ururua; ka rongona he pahu kuri; katahi ka hoki ake te whakaaro ote tangata ra kite ao marama. Ki hai i whai taro ka waea te ururua e tetahi kuri taumaha rawa; mete whenua tanuku te taunga iho kirunga kite kouka nei, a, takahuri haere atu ana taua tokorua ki tahaki. Heoi ra; ka orate tangata, ka hoki ake ite waha o te parata. He aha kia korerotia ai te meatanga i ora ai? Tena koutou e mohio ko tona kuri i mahue atu ra. No te haerenga mai o te tangata i te ata ka tangi tonu tona kuri i mun i a ia, mete mea e mohiotia ana he mate kei mua i tona ariki, Okeoke tonu, kukume tonu i tona mekameka; ko te motunga i motu ai; ko te haerenga mai kite kimi i tona ariki; rokohanga mai, ka hemo —nana i ora ai i te mate kino ra.
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Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 11 July 1863, Page 3
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864ORAITITANGA O TETAHI TANGATA I TEMERERA. Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 11 July 1863, Page 3
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