tokorua nei, kātahi ka ahu mai; ka whai te ngārara nei, ka whai i ngā tokorua nei, nā te mea anō, ka eke ki te matua-iwi. Kātahi ka huakina e ngā tāhapa, ka huri te hiku, kātahi ka werohia, ka tū, ka huri anō te hiku, ka huakina e tētehi tāhapa, ka werohia, ka tū, kātahi ka patua te ngārara nei, ka mate. Akuanei ko te wāhi i parepare ai te hiku, e ono putu te teitei o ngā parehua i te okenga o te ngārara nei. Kātahi ka haehaea te puku o te ika nei. Nui atu te ūpoko tangata, te taiaha, te pouwhenua, te patu parāoa, te patu pounamu, te tōpuni, te kaitaka, te pūreke, te patutīkoka, te pūihiihi me ngā kahu katoa a te Māori, i roto i tōna puku e pūkai ana. E hoa mā, kātahi ka ora ngā tāngata o tērā motu, kātahi ka whati ngā iwi nāna i patu taua ngārara. Ka mutu tēnei kōrero. Ko ngā iwi nāna i patu tēnei ngārara, ko Ngāi Tara, ko Ngāti Apa, ko Ngāti Tūmutakōkiri, ko Rangitāne, ko Ngāi Tahu, ko Te Ati Awa ki a Te Koheta; ka mutu ngā iwi nāna i patu a Te Kaiwhakaruaki. nā Karepa Te Whetū and turned to pursue them. When it did so the main group of warriors rose up to attack it. Then the men at the sides attacked it—the tail swung one way and they speared it, then it swung back the other way and the men on the opposite side speared it. Then they clubbed it to death. Where the tail of the ngarara lashed about, there are now banks six feet high that were formed in its struggles. The ngarara's stomach was cut open, and inside there were found great quantities of human heads, taiaha, pouwhenua, clubs of greenstone and whalebone, dogskin cloaks, fine cloaks with taniko borders, flax cloaks, capes, piupiu, and every other kind of Maori garment—all heaped up there inside its stomach. Friends, after this the inhabitants of the South Island lived once more in safety, and the men who had destroyed the ngarara returned to their homes. That is the end of the story. The people who killed the ngarara belonged to Ngai Tara, Ngati Apa, Ngati Tumatakokiri, Rangitane, Ngai Tahu, and Te Ati Awa under Te Koheta: those were the tribes responsible for Te Kaiwhakaruaki's death. by Karepa Te Whetu

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