Ka tere a Te Tahi-o-te-rangi mai i Whakaari ki uta mā runga i a Tūtarakauika. Iri ai te pikitia nei ki te marae o Wairaka i Whakatāne i te tekau tau atu i 1920. He pēnei ngā kōrero:
1) I au i haere mai nei i Whakaari ki Whakatane,
i haere mai au i runga i te kare o te wai. I te huarahi i haere atu ai a te Karaiti
ki te tango ake ia Haimona Pita i roto i te wai.
2) Na, i taku whakatakoto tanga atu
i taku mauri ki te wai, tuhera tonu mai he ara moku i runga i te kare o te wai, hai
ara atu moku ki Whakatane. Pera hoki me Mohi i whaka takoto atu ra i tana tokotoko
ki te Moana Whero, a tuhera ana te moana kiaia, whiti atu ana ia ite moana whero ki
tetahi taha.
3) Na ko toku kamera e tu nei au i runga, ko te kamera ano tenei i
haria atu ai a Hona ki te kauhau i ninewa. Na ko wai o koutou e hikataurewa ma, e
rite te nui o te mana ki toku mana, e kaha ranei ki te haere mai i toku huarahi. Ki
te aaru mai hoki koutou i muri i a au, ka pera ano koutou me Haimona Pita, i totohu
ra ki te wai, ia te Karaiti i ki atu ra ki a ia, he aha tau e te hunga whaka pono
iti ngakau rua.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Alexander Turnbull Library, Albert Percy Godber Collection (PA-Group-00048)
Reference:
APG-1038-1/2-G
Photograph by Albert Percy Godber
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