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Te huakore: te muna o te whatu

"E whai atu ana a Te Huakore i ngā pakiwaituhi o Arohanui rāua ko Meariki. Kua whānau mai he tamaiti tūrehu, kua tohua hei kāmehameha e āio ai te noho o ngā iwi o Te Wao. Engari ka parekuratia te iwi, hāunga te tamaiti, e tētahi taipo me tana mōkai kaitangata - he whakamate i te tamaiti tāna i whai ai. Ka hipa te wā, kua tipu ake hei tamaiti whāngai nā Pēhi rāua ko Hineamuru, nō Ngāti Kaitipua, ā, ko Taramea tōna ingoa. I tētahi ahiahi pō, ka kitea e Taramea rāua ko tana tuakana a Parekoi tētahi unahiroa e taka mai ana ki runga o Matawehi maunga, mea rawa ake ka hē ngā rā o Ngāti Kaitipua, ka mutu o Te Wao hoki. Ka rere anō a Taramea i tōna kāinga, engari ka mōhio tonu ia me pēhea e tau anō ai te mauri o Te Wao. I tōna haerenga ka tūtaki ia ki ētahi tāngata rerekē - ko ētahi he pai, ko ētahi atu kāore i te pai"--Publisher's website

Print Book, Māori, 2015
Huia mō Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga, Wellington, N.Z., 2015