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He ātaahua hei kai mā te mata. Engari ka aroha kē te haunga! He āhua rite te hanga o te hekaheka whero nei ki te putiputi, ki te pātangaroa rānei. Kei te papa o te ngahere e tipu ana, ā, kāore pea i kaha kainga e te tangata. Kia pakari, he hāwareware uriuri kei te uptake o ia kawekawe – he rite te piro ki tō te kiko pirau. He uri hoki tēnei hekaheka nō te whānau pihi-haunga. He whakawai tā te hāwareware i te ngaro. Kai ana te ngaro i te hāwareware, riro ana koia te kaikawe i ōna pua atua ki tawhiti. Tērā pea i kainga te puapuatai e te tangata i te wā e pūhouhou ana, he hēki kē te hanga. Kia pao te hua, hei reira toro ai ōna kawekawe keha.
Kāore e tino kitea te puapuatai i ēnei rā, engari e kitea nuitia ana tētahi o ōna uri tata, he hekaheka pihi-haunga whero anō, i ngā maramara rākau, otaota ka horahia ki te whenua i ngā māra tūmataiti, tūmatanui anō. He haunga anō ngā kawekawe whero o tērā. Engari ehara i te hekaheka taketake o Aotearoa, ā, kāore pea e kainga.
Ki ōu nā whakaaro, he aha te take he whero, he roa hoki ngā kawekawe o te ropihua o te puapuatai?
WHAKAAHUA: Te puapuatai kei te pane-kuīni 90 hēneti o te tau 2004. Nā Manaaki Whenua.