Tūpapa ana rā, hu, hu hu ana te whenua! Tūpapa ana ra, rū, rū, rū ana te whenua! Ngūnguru ana i te takahanga tangata e omaoma nei, e takatakahi nei i ngā rori o Peterehema i te aonga mai o te rā. Tangi ana te pikaokao, umere tahi ana rātou ko Rawi, ko Tiare, he whakakakama, he whakaoma tamariki te mahi. Ahakoa ngurungurua ana e te tangata, pakari ake ana te tinana i tona otinga. Hokia ana a Kahutapu, a Te Hoata, ki reira whakariterite ai mo te rā e whanga nei.
Puritia ana ko te kakau o te hoe, nā, ka maunu atu ngā waka i te akau ki Omokoroa. Ko Waikorire, ko Tirikawa e tere tonu ana i te moana e nui tonu ana te timu. Tokihi atu ana ngā waka, a, ka hipa i ngā tini pā o Te Pirirakau. Ko Mangawhai, ko Ongarahu, ko Huhārua ētahi. Katahi rā, ka tae ki Raropua, ka pātata atu ki Motuhoa, ka hipa atu i Waipa, i Te Kāreti.
Katahi, ka timu rawa te tai o Te Awanui, a ka hau mai he mata tāhuna, he matakerewhana hou ki waho rā o Tahataharoa. Mau ana te waka o Waikorire e te tai, ko te waka o Tainui te rite. Heoi, he rangatahi katoa mātou, horekau ana he ruahine hei whiunga atu ki te tai wīwī, wāwā , no reira ka puta ngā kaihoe katoa, me te tō i te waka, te kume i te waka kia maunu rā anō ki ngā hongere e pai ai te hoe. Paki ana ngā ngutu, me te tohe na wai mātou i mea ai kia pau te nuinga o te ra kā te kume waka.
Okea ururoatia ana kia mau i a Waikorire te hukahuka e rere ana i te tou o Tirikawa. Tapatapa ruru ana te hoe, ka hipa noa i Matuaiwi, i a Oreanui, i a Kaiarero, i a Titongi. Ka tae rā anō ki te puwaha o te awa o Wairoa. Paku noa te uru ka tau ki raro o Pukewhanake, ki reira tau ai mo te wa poto. Kumea ana te hoe i a mātou e whakatata atu ana ki te raorao maunga, ā, hakahaka mai ana te toenga o te kura, whakaataata mai ana te mana moana i tēna, i tēna.
E kore mātou, e Wairoa e aro roa nei. I te awa, ka whakawhiti ki Rangiwaea, ki Te Haka o te Tupere hei a Hinewai. Ka huri whakatetonga atu, hipa noa i Otumoetai, ka tuki anō a Waikorire ki tētahi mata tāhuna. He whenua hou na mātou i taunaha ake ko Mimitaka, heoi, me kore au e peka noa ki reira, kei riria e te tangata.
Ka tīmata anō te pari o te tai, ka nukunuku, ka nekeneke. Manini waka, tere waka. Ka tere ki hea? Ka tere i te moana o Tauranga, tau ai ki Panepane, ki te puwaha o te moana. Whakawhiti atu ai ki uta, ki te taketake o Maunganui, o Maungaroa. Ki konā oti ai te hoe i ngā paparinga o te moana. Mai i Te Kura i Maia ki Mauao. Ma kōna whai mana ai te tangata i te tuturutanga o tona mana moana, e tuturu ai te kii:
“He potiki au no tenei whenua i whakatokia ai ki te mauri o aku tupuna…
He potiki au na te tuarangaranga…
He potiki tupu ake au i te moana mai i Wairakei ki Otawhiwhi e!”
He potiki au na te tuarangaranga…
He potiki tupu ake au i te moana mai i Wairakei ki Otawhiwhi e!”
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