Ki roto i te ao māngai o Tatricia, ko ngā taonga … taonga e kawe ana ngā kōrero o mua. Ā, he taonga tētahi: he pouaka wai kohu-kohu tawhito me te puhipuhi. Kāore tēnei i te momo pouaka Coke e kitea ai i runga i ngā rae nāianei. Ko tana pai me te hirihiri tētahi mea e whakaatawhai ana ki ngā rā o mua.
Ka whakaaro ana koe i te mea koe e awhi atu nei i tetahi pūhōi iti. Kua whakapākia ki waho rānei i ngā momo kowheowheomaioha nui. Ko te pūhōi hohoro tawhito he kōrero whakamarama ka taea te whakauru ki runga i tō waewae kaiarahi. Ka whakamahia te pū hei whakatupu kawe i te miro o tō hiahia hohoro, kaiwhakarewa i te reka o ngā kura hoki te ra. He huarere nui ka herea mai koe ki roto i te wā i mahue iho ai te manaakitanga.
He rangatira, he tohu i whakaatu ai te pūtē whakamahana retrowhā. He pūtē matihi, he hiko whiti, ko te āhua o te papahu he poroiti, he pai tōna hanga. Ka whakahau atu koe i te pūtē, ka kitea noa te haere o te waiwhakaata, hei whakapuaki i te tangata o mua. Kāore te papahu whakamahana tawhito i kitea he mea kotahi nei, engari he mea nui. Tawhito me te whakamaara!
$ Monāhi, ā, he mea nui te whakamahi, nā reira, ahakoa te take, ka taea e koe te whakatakoto i tēnei ki runga i te tauranga me ngā karepe, ka puta ano he mataki whatu pai. Tikina Tikina He kōwhaiwhai whero pai rawa te Papahu Whakamahana Tawhito me te Pūtē. Me whakariterite i a ia 'tawhito', engari kāore i kitea.

Nga kara perehana me nga puhipuhi ka noho nui i a ngā kaiwhakarite ki roto i Te Tatiria. Kaore ano etahi o ena kara i te mea he mea tawhito ranei; he hītori ranei, hei whakapapa me te manaaki. I hanga i runga i nga rauemi pai pūmau pēnei i te karuhī me te hinu, ka tae atu te tangata ki te kite i nga kara perehana tawhito, ka kite nei ratou i te mahi toi me te mōhio o te wā o mua. Kaore koe i te noho i tua i tetahi kara pai anake, engari kei a koe he taonga hītori e tino maha tonu ana koe ki te tiaki mo te ao katoa.

He mea ataahua hoki te puhipuhi me te kara. Me te puhipuhi matihiko, ka whiwhi koe i to koutou perehana pai i te wā e hiahia ana koe ki te haere. He mea tuatahi te puhipuhi, ka mahi pai tonu ia i ia wā. Kara puhipuhi perehana retro, kotahi tonu i te wā, pai rawa, me te whakamana i to koutou wairua i ia ra. Koia he kara wini anake? Kao, ko tētahi mahi toi e pā ana ki te whakahau ahurea.

Te pouaka wai kohu-kohu o nehe i whakamahia he wānanga me te whakaaro hou. Ko te whei āhua me te mata rorohiko o te pūtake ka whakanuia hei kaihuruhuru tawhito mō ngā wāhine o nāianei. Ko te puhipuhi hei whakarite i te nui o te kohu kia tika i ia wā. Ko tēnei pouaka he tohu o te nehe, me he whakahoki atu ki a rātou, ngā toi, i hanga i te pai mai i ngā hua iti. He iti o te hītori ka taea e koe te hiki i runga i ō ringa, ka manaaki i a koe i ngā tekau tau.
Nō te mea ka hanga ngā kara karapū o tatou i runga i ngā rauemi pai me ngā tohu hanga pai, e āta whakamārama ana ki te ao me te kīngi, e mahi ana i tō koutou raruraru ki te pai ake me te māori.