HE KORERO TARA.
Ko Ruatapu, he tama no Uenuku Nui i tana wahine ia a Paimahutanga. He tangata whakakake tana tamaiti, a, no reira i ki atu ai te papa i tetahi rangi. 'Ekore ra e tika kia haere koe ki te whare a to tuakana, he tama meamea koe noku,' mo te whaea pea tenei kupu, eliara hoki ia i te rangatira. Tapoko ana te kupu nei kite ngakau o Ruatapu, a, ka tangotango mahara kia tineia etahi o nga rangatira o te iwi kia na ai tana puku whakatakariri. Ka whakahaua eia be waka, kia hauga, ko "Huripureiata," a, i te meatanga ai kia manu, ka tonoa mai e ia nga tama o nga rangatira ote iwi ewhitu te kau to pu. I mea te hunga ra e hoe ana ki tetahi motutere, i aua noa atu. I mua atu o te manunga, ka oreorea e Ruatapu he puta i te riu o te waka, araia ana kite raparapa ote waewae. Hoe nei roa noa, ka taea tawhiti, ka unuhia te puru, te tino putanga o te riu, inamata ! tomo ana te waka huri taupoki ana. Kotahi te maunu o te waka ra ko Paikea, he tani-
wha ia, whakaahua ane ia ia kite ngohi a, ka kau mai ia i te moana nui malia noa nga ra 110 te tacnga mai kite motu o Aotea, ka u kiuta, ko nga hoa kua mate ke. No te anga kiuta, ka riro auo i a ia tana tinatia tangata, a, ka no'io te taha marangai o Aotearoa, ara, o Nui Tireni. Ko etahi o nga iwi 0 enei walii e ki aua lie tupuna te tangata nei no ratou, a, e wliakahua ana ite whakatauki i roto 1 te ngakau hihi, "Ano te malii a Paikea, te tangate i wliakaahua nei i a ia, kite ngolii moana!" * TJen.tika—lie atua tona kainga kei nga kapua pakurakura o te rangi ite ite uru; he mea ano ko>i roto kei te aniwaniwa. He tini nga rangatira i mau ki tcnei ingoa i mua, otiia, i whai apiti kia matauria ai, ko Uenuku Nui, ko Ucnuku K.uare, ke TJenuku. \Xuwliatu, me ara atu.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 31
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360HE KORERO TARA. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 3, 1 March 1855, Page 31
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