Pare inside her house. The Story of Pare and Hutu Na, tērā tētahi wahine puhi ko Pare te ingoa. He tino rangatira taua wahine, i noho ki tōna whare, ā, e toru taiepa o taua whare, he whare māhihi, arā, he whare whakairo. Te mea i noho puhi ai a ia, hei tino rangatira a ia mō tōna iwi, kāhore hoki i rite tētahi o tōna iwi ki a ia te rangatira. Ki te mea ka haria te kai mā taua wahine, me hoatu ki te pononga tuatahi, māna e hoatu ki te tuarua, māna e hoatu ki te pononga tuatoru, ā, mā te tuatoru e hoatu ki a Pare. Ko roto o tana whare he mea whakapaipai rawa ki te kaitaka, ki te korowai, ki te tōpuni, ā, ko ngā mea whakakakara he kawakawa me ngā mea kakara katoa a te Maori. Na, ko ētahi o ngā rā o te tau he rā tākaro nō te iwi — he tā pōtaka, he teka niti me ērā atu tākaro a te Maori, ā, i tētahi o aua rā tākaro, ka tae mai ki te kāinga i a Pare tētahi tangata rangatira ko Hutu te ingoa, ā, ka tākaro tahi a ia me te iwi o Pare. He tino mōhio rawa a Hutu ki te tekateka niti, ā, ki te tā pōtaka anō hoki. Ka niti te iwi, ā, ka rere anō hoki te niti a Hutu, ā, ko tāna niti te mea In former days there lived a woman named Pare. She was a ‘puhi’: a girl of noble birth who unlike other girls, was kept carefully guarded and was not permitted to have love affairs. She lived on her own in her house, a beautiful carved building with three fences around it. The reason for her being kept apart was that since she was of such high rank, among her people there was no one of equal standing to take her as his wife. When food was brought to her it was given to one of her slaves, who gave it to a second slave, who gave it to a third, and this third slave gave the food to Pare. The interior of her house was wonderfully decorated with the most beautiful cloaks: fine white cloaks edged with taniko work (kaitaka), fringed and tasselled cloaks (korowai), and cloaks of black dogskin (topuni). The house was sweetly scented with leaves of the kawakawa, and with all of the other perfumes known to the Maori. Now there were certain days of the year which were set aside by the people for games and amusements, such as whipping the top, throwing darts, and all the other games of the