Katahi a ia ka ngau i te harakeke here i a ia, a i tana waimarie, pakaru ana. Ka piki a ia ma te puaretanga ki te tuanui o te whare ka peke ki runga i etahi harakeke, oma atu ana. I a ia e oma haere ana, ka tutaki ohorere a ia i tetahi o ana tangata ano, e kimi ana i a ia, katahi raua tahi ka oma. I muri tata tonu i a raua ko te hoariri, na te mea i kitea a Mataroria e tetahi o nga kaititiro e peke ana i te pakitara. Kua puao tonu hoki, engari kahore i tino roa ka tae te tokorua nei ki tetahi repo. Katahi te rangatira nei ka kite i tana hoa e hinga ana i runga i nga paretai e rua o te repo nei, a he tao i roto i tana pakihiwi. I tana hoa e takoto ana, ka whiti te tangata nei i runga i a ia ano he piriti, engari tera tetahi o nga toa a te hoariri, i peke ki runga ki te tupapaku. I te peketanga ano, tau anaki te taha o te rangatira o Pipiwai nee, engari i paoa te mahunga o te toa nei ki te mere, puta atu ana a Mataroria. Kanui te koa o tana iwi i te hokinga atu o to ratou rangatira, a, no tetahi o nga ra katahi te rangatira nei me ana tangata tekau ma rua ka haere ki te tanu i to ratou hoa pumau. Te Toka Kuia I mua o te taenga mai o te pakeha, he kaitiaki a Maunganui i te moana me nga iwi e noho ano i tera takiwa. I te tihi o te maunga nei, ka kitea e tetahi Kaitiro (tutai) te hoariri e haere mai ana ma te moana, ma te whenua ranei. I tetahi wa, katahi tetahi kuia ka piki i te wahi teitei o te maunga nei. I te taumaha o tana piki, i te ekenga ki runga katahi a ia ka noho ki te whakata. tied and locked in a tall whare, near and higher than the pa's wall. The warriors and chief held a council. The victim would be cooked in a hangi, for the morning. The prisoner sat on a log, watching through a slit in the raupo roof, but suddenly he had an idea to escape. Gnawing the flax steadily, it soon snapped under the sharp teeth for good luck was with him. He climbed through the roof and jumped on to a flax dump. Running wildly over stumps, suddenly he met one of his own men, who was looking for him; he was tall and slim. They were being closely followed, because a sentry saw him leap the wall. Dawn was now very near. Soon the two escapers reached a swamp. The chief saw his friend falling over the two swamp banks, with a spear in the shoulder. Using his friend as a bridge, he walked across, but one warrior as fast as the others jumped on the corpse. With a leap he landed near the escaping Pipiwai chief, but then a mere crashed on the warrior's head. Mataroria escaped. He had a very warm welcome by his own tribe. Next day the chief and twelve warriors went to bury their loyal friend. Te Kuia Rock by Malapihi Maori School Before the pakeha came, Maunganui, the great mountain guarded not only the harbour but the tribes which lived around it. From her summit, a sentinei could see the approach of an enemy by sea or land. On one occasion an old woman had climbed the highest point and sat down to rest after her strenuous climb. A remarkable thing about the