chuckled, ‘We won through comfortably even though that canoe was never raised again. It had served its purpose anyway. ‘When we gave up that farm a few years back we had no wish to sit and idle away the rest of our lives, so here I am in the taxi business with my son. ‘You know,’ Bill said, smiling as he looked across at his wife pouring tea, ‘My wife has helped me all the way. No man is a success in any venture without the help of a good woman and the guidance of God.’

Maua Ko Toku Hoa na Rangi T. Harrison Turori ana maua ko toku hoa a, Tihohi ana ra i te takutai one Ko te Akutoru. Kia ara ra, i kia ara ra, Mai koe e tu, Te ariki mai tuamotu, Kahui ariki, kahui po, kahui katoa, Tihei mauri ora. Piki ana maua ko toku hoa Te puke i Apiri, Ko te marae tuatahi. Patu mai ana te ahu kamaka, Oha tapu o Tane. Ki a Io-te-korekore. Tere ana maua ko toku hoa Ma te moana, Ko te wahapu, Tokota, Mana whakahirahira, Kia rarata hoki e. Rewa ana maua ko toku hoa Ma runga o Manurewa, Tau ana. Ko Porapora i te hoe o nuku, Te oe o Whiro, Waka taua, Te pupu ura o te whare Tau ana Kei roto o te awa nui. Hikoki ana maua ko toku hoa Ko Whangaroa. Hei aha koa, e kore e mate, He kakano i ruia mai i Rangiatea. Te paepae o Turi e, tena koe, E Turi e, tane purotu, E Turi e, tane makaurau. Whiti ana ra maua ko toku hoa Ki Opoa whenua ariki, Opoa marae tapu. Whiro tupuna, Maro ura, maro tea e, Hui e, taiki e. Ka tere ra te waka a maua ko Toku hoa ki waho a Nguturoa, Ko Tahea. Maungaroa, ko Waimate. Titiro whakarunga. Ko Whiro tupua e rarapa kau Ana ki te toka e, E kia tupato ra te hoa ki Hiipu, Ko te whare mango i, Ka mau te wehi wehi!