E noho ana tetahi taniwha koretake, ko Hamama, i te putake o Pukeako. Koia tera te taniwha me ona makawe pirikahu, ara, he kapua pouriuri e iri ake ana. Koia hoki tera te taniwha me tona reo whakamataku. A te wa ka tuwhera waha a ia, kua hia koe ki te oma atu, huna ai. I a ia e hamama ana, kia pena ana kupu ki tetahi hoari koi rawa atu e wero ana i te manawa. Ano hoki, tana ahuatanga riri i nga wa katoa. Ki te korero a ia ki tetahi...a, kahore tera i te ata whakarongo, kia tupato. Aianei, kua whati o wheua, kua maru haere to tinana i te patu o Hamama. Mo te aha te ata whakarongo ki nga kupu ngoikore, kahore he kakano maramatanga o waenga o aua kupu? Aue!
I hoha haere te iwi ki tenei. No reira, i te hui ratou.
"Ka aha tatou? He pehea te whai i tetahi huarahi whaihua?" te aue o taku teina.
"Me patu... me patu kia mate!!" te whakahokinga o taku papa.
Ko taku te korero ngawari... "Me whakarite tatou i tetahi tarapu mona."
"AE!" te tautoko o te whanau.
Inaianei... Me awhina koutou ki te whakatakoto whakaaro mo taua tarapu...
He aha te huarahi pai ake ki te aukati i a Hamama?
a) Te hanga i tetahi mira tumatarau, no reira, i tana kitenga i a ia ano, e kore a ia e wehe.
e) Te arahi i a Hamama ki tetahi ana. A te wa ka hamama a ia, kua whati ona ake taringa.
h) He whakaaro ano?? Whakatakotoria mai!
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....
He pehea tetahi hoari tino roa me te koi! Patua kia mate
ReplyDeleteI koretake marika a ia? He aha ana mahi kino?
ReplyDeleteAe ra! He koretake tana mutunga-kore...
DeleteAe ra! He koretake tana mutunga-kore...
Delete