Te Rohe Taro he mea iti.
I nga wa o namata i pa ano te mate kai ki tetahi whenua notemea i raki nga kai i te ra. Tera i taua whenua tetahi rangatira i nui ona taonga tono mai ana e ia kia haere mai nga tamariki ngahuru topu ki tona whare, a ka mea ia ki aua tamariki, " Tera i te kete na, tetahi rohe iti ma ia tahi o koutou. Tangohia, a ka hoki mai ano koutou i ia ra i ia ra i tenei haora nei ano, kia tonoa mai ra ano e te Atua pai nga wa e pai ake ana i enei." Taakare rawa te mahi o aua tamariki mate kai, kite tango i nga rohe i te kete ngangare ana, whawhai ana i runga i te totohe mo aua taro notemea i hiahia ano ia tahi 0 ratou kia riro mai te rohe i nui 1 pai ake te ahua i etahi, tukutuku ake ka haere ratou i runga anohoki i to ratou kore whakawhetai ki taua rangatira pai. Otira tera tetahi kotiro, ko Keretene tona ingoa, i ahua rawakore ahakoa i pena tona ahua erangi i ataahua i ma nga kakahu 0 taua tuawahine, noho ana ia 1 tahaki atu i runga i te atamai 0 tona ngakau, toe mai ana ko te rohe iti o aua taro katoa, tangohia ana e ia tana taro iti ka aro atu ia ki taua rangatira mote aroha ana ia i te ringa o taua tangata, hohoro ana ia ki tona kaainga. Ao ake te ra, i rite tonu te mahi o aua tamariki tutuu, tu wehi ana taua kotiro a Keretene 1 tahaki atu, a ko te rohe i wai-
hotia mana i te kete, he mea iti rawa kahore pea i hawhe tona nui Hie era rohe i tangohia e aua' tamariki. Ano ka tae taua kotiro kite whare o tona whaea e noho turoro ana, kotia ana taua taro iti i waenganui motu rawa. Anana! taka tatangi ana nga tini moni hiriwi hou i ahua kanapa rawa. I ahua wehi ano te whaea ka mea, whakahokia tonutia aua moni kite rangatira pai na, notemea kua uru pohehetia aua moni kite paraoa, ina te ahua. Kia tere e Keretene, kia tere! Ano ka tae atu te kotiro iti na, kite rangatira ka korero ai i nga korero o tona whaea kia tangohia e ia aua hiriwa ka mea ia i runga i te reo aroha. Kahore, kahore, e taku tamaiti, kahore i he te takoto o aua moni. Naku aua moni i tonoa kia whaka-urua kite rohe i iti rawa he maimai-aroha mou, kia penei tonu to noho paimarire to noho rangatira, to whakakore i nga mea mau me to ahua pai i runga i te atawhai e puna ake ana i to ngakau, ko ia ka tatari-marire kite rohe iti rawa mana kia kaua ai e tu te ngaungau mo nga mea nui ake ka whiwhi ke atu i nga painga e neke ake i to nga moni i uru kite peka rohe. Hoki atu koe ki to whaea pono. Mau e tuku atu taku powhiri aroha me taku manaakitanga ki a ia.
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Korimako, Issue 73, 16 March 1888, Page 8
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531Te Rohe Taro he mea iti. Korimako, Issue 73, 16 March 1888, Page 8
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