The Legend of the Angry Mountains

Te Ao Hou, May 1957, Page 45

The Legend of the Angry Mountains by Otukori Maori School TE PAKIWAITARA O NGA MAUNGA RIRI I nga tau maha kua pahure nei. i noho nga maunga i Taupo, te karu o te lka a Maui. Ko ta ratou noho he noho i runga i te hari me te koa, engari kahore hoki i roa ka uru mai te riri ki waenganui i a ratou haere atu ana nga maunga ririki, etahi ki te raki etahi ki te tonga. I haere i te po a na te whitinga o Tama i te ata i whakamutu te haere. Ko nga maunga i mahue ko Tongariro, ko Ngaruahoe, ko Ruapehu. A Pihanga, ko te wahine a Tongariro a ko a raua tamariki koa Ua, ko Whatu, ko Hukarere, ko Uira. Many years ago the mountains lived happily together at Taupo which is the eye of Maui's fish. After a time anger arose between them and some of the smaller ones travelled north and south during the night until stopped by Tama the rising sun. The only remaining mountains were Tongariro and their children were Rain, Hail, Snow and Sleet. Mount Taranaki (Egmont) tried to win Pihanga from Tongariro who became very angry and spat flame, lava and smoke. Taranaki fled to safety leaving a long channel which became the Wanganui River. When Taranaki is covered with

Tera a Taranaki e whakamatau ana kia riro i a ia a Pihanga, riri ana a Tongariro puta ana te mura, te paru wera, me te auahi ia ia. Katahi ka oma a Taranaki a i tana omanga waiho ana e ia tetahi awaawa. Ko taua awaawa, ko te Awa-o-Wanganui inaianei. Ka taupokihia ana a Taranaki e te kohu, e tangi ana mo Pihanga, a ka mahara ana a Tongariroki a Taranaki ka uru mai te riri a taupokihia ana tona mahunga e te auahi. mist he is weeping for Pihanga. When Tongariro remembers Taranaki he becomes angry and a cloud of smoke covers his head.