I te taenga o Ngātoroirangi ki Aotearoa mai i Hawaiki, ka haere ia ki uta hōpara haere ai. I tētahi wāhi ko Onetapu te ingoa, ka tau te makariri ki runga ki a ia. Kātahi ka karanga ia ki ana tuāhine a Te Hoata rāua ko Te Pupu, kia heria mai te ahi i Hawaiki hei whakamahana, hei whakaora i a ia. Ka rere mai te tokorua rā mā roto i te kōpū o Papatūānuku. Hei ētahi wā i tā rāua haerenga mai, ka puea ake te tokorua rā; ia pueanga, ka pupū he waiariki, he puia, he ngāwhā. Kei roto i te waiata ‘Ka eke ki Wairaka’ te kōrero mō tā rāua kawe i te ahi ki Aotearoa.
Tuhinga
Kāti au ka hoki ki taku whenua tupu
Ki te wai koropupū i heria mai nei
I Hawaiki rā anō e Ngātoroirangi
E ōna tuāhine Te Hoata, Te PupūE hū rā i Tongariro, ka mahana i taku kiri.
Nā Rangi mai anō nāna i mārena
Ko Pihanga te wahine, ai ua, ai hau,
Ai marangai ki te muri eKōkiri!
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: 182443
Image: New Zealand Post, 2000 Spirits and Guardians stamp issue
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