OTAKOU.
I mua tata atu nei tokotoru nga pakeha, o te whenua e mahia mai te koura, i Otakou, e kimi haere ana i te wahi koura he mahinga ma ratou. Kitea ana e ratou tetahi wahi i mahara ai he koura ; katahi ka •whakaarahia ta ratou teneti, tahuri ana ki te mahi. He hinapouri taua takiwa. Malii tonu aua pakeha ra, mete kite touu i te koura—a, ka taea te takiwa i kowhiti ai te maratna, ka marama nga po. Tena te toka, 30 putu te teitei, i tetahi pito o te awa i tu ai ta ratou teneti, e tu ana. Noho ana aua koroke i -waho o ta ratou teneti i tetahi po marama, e kai paipa aua—e korerorero ana. Noho ana, a, ka karanga atu tetahi ki ona hoa; —"Aue! titiro atu ki runga kite toka ra !" Ka titiro ratou, e
wliitingia nuitia ana a runga ote toka e te marama. Ka karangi tetalii; "he kanohi tangata pea ia ?" Ka mea mai tetalii;— " Ae, he kanohi ano ia. He aha ra i kore ai e kitea e tatou i tetalii po ? " Ka mea mai tetahi ; —"e tama ma ! he wairua pea a ia." Heoi, he mataku anake ratou ; katalji ka tomo ki ro teneti moe ai. No te aonga ake o te ra ka titiro atu ano ratou kite toka, kua kore e kitea te kanohi—kua ngaro. Iva haere ratou kite mahi, no te ahiahi ka hokiinai kite kainga. Ite po ka noho ano ki walio kai paipa ai ano. te niarangatanga o te marama ka anga nga kanohi kite toka titiro ai, Aue! tena te kanohi te whakaputa mai ano ! No te ata ka tukua ii:o ta ratou teneti ka haere he whenua ke noho ai, he kawenga 110 te wehi. Korerotia ana e ratou ki tetahi pakeha ta ratou i kite ai. Whakatika ana taua pakeha raua ko tona taina, haere mai ana ki taua awa (i kitea ai te kanohi) malii ai. Ka maranga te teneti o taua tokorua, ka noho. No te titinga 0 te marama ka kitea atu e raua te kanohi ra e whakaputa mai ana. Te taenga kite ata ka pikitia e raua te toka ra, katahi ka kitea iho he tupapaku kotiro maori e takoto ana i runga i nga koliatu, he mea whakapipi ua te tangata—ko te upoko he mea urunga kite tienga. He koiwi toi toi (manu nei) i waenga 0 nga turi e takoto ana. E mau ano auaetahi 0 nga makawe, he mea ata whiri mar ire. Ko nga kiko 0 tetahi tahae kainga ana e te hau, kua pau—ma tonu nga iwi. Koia tenei te kanohi i mataku ai nga pakeha tuatahi. I te awatea kaore e kitea ana ; kia titi ra ano te marama i te po te kitea ai. Korero ana nga maori 0 reira no mua noa atu tena tupapaku. ehara i enei whakatupnranga i muri nei. I mohiotia e ratou kite toi toi i waengauui 0 nga turi. Eki ana no mini, no mua noa atu, tena ritenga te whakanoho he toi toi i roto i nga turi 0 te tupapaku—kua mahuetia e nga whakatupnranga o muri nei.
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Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 25, 14 May 1864, Page 3
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529OTAKOU. Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 25, 14 May 1864, Page 3
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