E pēnā ana tāna tere ki te uirā e whaititiri ana.
"H...h...," ahakoa tāna rūhā katoa, te pau o tana hau, ka whakapau kaha tonu a ia... Arā, ko te āhua nei, ki te mutu tana omanga, ka mate a ia.
Ko wai tērā e whai mai ana i te kotiro taikaha nei? He aha i pēnei ai te tere o tana oma?
I te ngahere tarutaru a ia, kua rakua e ngā rākau koi, kua tūtukingia e ngā paiaka rākau. I ētahi wā, ko te ngāoki noa tana mahi i te maha o ngā tupu e kōpiripiri ana.
Koia tērā, te taiohi eiriana, te taiohi nō ao kē - he kikorangi tōna kiri, kia pēna ki ngā tai moana hei te wā e haka ana a Tamanui-te-rā. Ka neke, ka wiri, ka ngapu ōna makawe... anā, he nake kōwiriwiri e ngaru ana.
"Hssssss," ko tā rātou kōhimuhimu mutu-kore ai.
Kāhore ōna karu, tōna ihu, tōna waha.... he mānia katoa tōna kanohi tio. Ka kōrero, ka kite, ka rongo kē ōna makawe mōna.
I te timatanga he kōwhiringa tuhinga o nga tamariki tau 6 ki te 8 i tētahi whānau rūmaki reo e noho ana i te pito o Tamaki Makaurau. Whai muri atu ko ngā tamariki tau 5 ki te 6... heoi, i taku wehenga atu o te huarahi Māori, ka mokemoke ahau i te reo Māori. He tīmatanga i te tau 2014 ki te takoto mai i āku tuhinga. This started as a collection of writings by year 6-8, then year 5-6 children in an immersion Māori language whānau in Auckland. From 2014, it is just a place for me to write....
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