Kōrero: Ngā iwi tuatahi
Tērā tētahi kōrero mō Tāwhaitū te wahine a Ruarangi, e mahi kūmara ana i te take o te pae maunga o Hākarimata, e pātata ana ki Pirongia. Ka rongo ia i tētahi ringa kiritea e kōtē ana i tōna kakī. Ka kawea ia e Whanawhana o te iwi patupaiarehe ki tōna pā kei te tihi o Pirongia, ka aitia te wahine rā. Oho ake, e tīraha ana ia i te taha o tana tāne, engari i mōhio tonu a ia ka hoki a ia ki a Whanawhana. Ka tohua te tokorua rā e tētahi tohunga kia pania ō rāua kiri ki te kōkōwai (te karamea kua kōroria ki te hinu mango), kia tunua hoki he kai māoa. I taua pō ka tae atu a Whanawhana, heoi nā te kōkōwai me te kai māoa, kāore ia i whakatata. Heoi, i ēnei rā e noho ana ngā uri o Tāwhaitū ki ngā tahataha o te awa o Waipa. He urukehu ētahi o rātou, he tohu ki te aitanga a Whanawhana te patupaiarehe i a Tāwhaitū.
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