Ko te korapa mō te mahi i te toutouwai me ētahi atu manu. Ka pinea te korapa ki te whenua. Ka whiua haerehia he mōunu ki ngā taha – he noke, he huhu, he kākano. Tau mai ana te toutouwai ka kūmea te taura kia taupokina te manu e te korapa.
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Reference:
Elsdon Best, Forest lore of the Maori. Wellington: Dominion Museum, 1942
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