TE RERENGA O TE KUAKA.
(Na James Buckland.) KA whakanoti te pito whakararo o Aotearoa ka papaku ka takoto he koraha onepu, otira i ohorere tonu te pikinga ano ka tu he puke he kurae e tu ana i te moana. Ko Te Rerenga-wairua tenei—ko te kuaha, e ai kite Maori, e rere ai te wairua kite po. Kei te rawhiti o tenei kurae he kokorutanga he onepu katoa, ko Kapo-wairua. I kiia ai ko Kapo-wairua ko te wahi hoki tenei i huihui ai nga wairua i mua atu i to ratou rerenga kite reinga. I nga po ka rongo te Maori kite kapakapa o te parirau o te manu rere-po, ka mea ratou he wairua e haere ana kite reinga. Ko tenei kokorutanga, ko Kapo-wairua, te wahi pai atu i Aotearoa kite matakitaki kite rerenga o te kuaka. I te ngahuru e kitea ana te pokai kuaka, e 50 kite 1000, e topa ana i nga takutai o Aotearoa e ahu ana kite Rere-nga-wairua. Ko te pokai o ta ratou rere e rite ana kite ahua o te marama hou. I te 3 o Aperira kua huihui katoa tona tini 0 te kuaka ki nga tahuna o Kapo-wairua, tatari ai ki te whakarewanga ki Ahia. I kite ahau i te rerenga o te kuaka, e kore rawa e wareware i a au taku i kite ai. I ata matakitaki au ki taku i haere mai ai i te roa o te whenua kia kite. Ko nga tahuna ngaro tonu i te kuaka; e taupatupatu noa ana ta ratou noho i te tino nui rawa, he mano kei runga tonu e whakaangi ana i te kore tauranga, ko etahi kei runga i nga tuara o nga mea kua tau, e tutetute ana kia whiwhi ai kite tauranga. I taua ra e tae mai ana he kahui kuaka, na wai ra ka pnrangi noa iho te ahua o te manu i te tini rawa. A, i te ra e huri ana i te pae moana, ka piki he manu toa, me tana tangi ano, ko te hikitanga o taua iwi huruhuru. Ka piki, ka piki, a nawai ra ano he tongi i te kikorangi. Te rewanga ki runga noa atu ka topa whakamua te te kai arahi, ka ahu kite raki ka toremi atute ope haere ki roto o te pouritanga. Tau mai ana te aroha ki a au i te kitenga atu i te ope haere ki tawhiti. Kotahi tekau nga ra i muri mai e tae mai ano e rere ana te kuaka. E kore e taea e tatou te whai te kuaka kia mohio ai tatou kite kainga e haeretia nei otira kua kitea etahi tangata rere ai ki Ruhia ara ki Haipiria. E kitea ana te kuaka i nga ra timatanga o Hune i te moana huka i Haipiria. Hei Akuhata, i te mea kua pakari nga pi, ka timata te hoki mai a te kuaka. I te ngoikore o nga pi kaore e rite te hokinga mai kite rerenga, engari ka okioki ki nga moutere
huhua ote Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Hei a Oketopa ka tae mai ano te kuaka ki Niu Tireni. Hei Aperira, hei te ra tuturu ka whakaemi ano te kuaka ki Kapo-wairua i mua atu o te rerenga ki Ahia. Ko nga manu kaumatua e noho tonu ana i Niu Tireni, kaore e hoki ana, kaore hoki e whakawhanau. He whakatauki na te Maori, “ Ko wai ka kite i te hua o te kuaaka.”
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Pipiwharauroa, Issue 46, 1 December 1901, Page 8
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579TE RERENGA O TE KUAKA. Pipiwharauroa, Issue 46, 1 December 1901, Page 8
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