tae raua a ka tahaetia e raua nga toenga i manakohia e raua ka amo ki to raua pupahi. Ko te mahi nai ko te amonga i a raua wahine, i a Te Aowel sea, i a Te Aomihia. Okioki ana raua i to raua pupahi, e tatari ana mo te hau parera hei hoknga mo raua ki to raua moutere. Ehara, i tetahi po ka puta te parera, ka eke ratau ki runga ka hoe ki te moana. I mua atu i to ratau maunutanga, tino kaha te riri a nga wahine nei ki a raua, a, he mea tupikipiki tonu i eke ai i a raua ki runga i to raua porototara, a, ao rawa ake kua tino tawhiti ratau ki te moana, ko te parera e arahi ana i a ratau pera ano i ta nga tihi-maunga i waitohu ai. Ko wai te wahine e kaha ki nga kupu whakawai a te tane, kua mohio ke nga wahine nei ki a raua ko nga tangata i whiua nei ki tetahi moutere pamamao a ko raua tenei e kawhakina nei i a raua ki reira. Ka whakaaro raua, mehemea ehara i te toa, i te maia, i te ngaio, i te marohiroki, tera ano e ora raua, e hoki ki uta ma runga i te poro-rakau, a e hoki ano ki to raua moutere. I roto i to raua pouri, i a raua arita, ka whanau te miharo ki a raua mo enei tangata ka whakaae raua ki te tono a nga tangata nei kia haere ratau i runga i te rangimarie i te tumanako kia u ratau ki to ratau moutere. Ka hopu atu a Tiki raua ko Toko, ko nga ingoa hoki tenei o nga tangata nei, ka hongi ki a Te Aowehea raua ko Te Aomihia muri iho i te whakamataratanga o raua taura here, ka hoe whanau ratau i te Moana nui a Kiwa. Kua mohio a Tiki raua ko Toko ki te ihu-moana, kua whai raua i nga whetu arahi i a raua i te po, kua manawa-reka raua ki nga ra kei mua i a raua, kua pai mai hoki nga wahine nei ki a raua, me u ki uta ka tika. Otira, na te pumau o te parera i taea ai, ina hoki, pakapaka ratau katoa i te rehu tai, i te pao a te ra, i te makariri i te po, i te mate kai, katahi ano ka u ki uta. Ka hoki mai te waiora ki a ratau ka moea e Tiki a Te Aowehea, ka moea e Toko a Te Aomihia. Kaore i roa kua oti o ratau kainga, kua tipu a ratau kai i mau atu ra, kua tau a Tamaiwaho kei runga i a ratau. Ka haere na te wa, ehara, ka hapu nga wahine nei, a ka tae ki te whakamamaetanga kaore i kitea te ritenga mo te whakawhanau, ko te hua i te wa o ia wahine i whakawhanau ai, ka mate tena wahine, tena wahine, engari ora iho ko a raua tamariki, he wahine anake. Me aha e raua te whangai kia ora ai a raua tamariki kua tangohia nei hoki te wai u i a raua. I roto i to raua pouritanga, poraruraru-tanga hoki, ka manakitia a raua tamariki, ka ora, ka tipu, ka pakari. Ko to raua aroha ki a raua wahine he roa te wa i tangihia ai e raua, a, no te memehatanga, ka hoki o raua whakaaro ki te hoki ano ki te wa kainga ki te tiki wahine ano ma raua, engari i te whakaaro ki a raua tamariki, ka puritia e raua tenei mo tetahi atu wa, kia pakeke a raua tamariki.
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Te Ao Hou, June 1959, Page 60
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