Nga kōrero a Reweti Kohere Mā
Te Pahi a Marakaia
Te Pahi a Marakaia
He tino pepeha na Ngāti Porou, 'Te pāhi i te whare'. He pepeha hou tēnei ina hoki ko te pāhi (purse) he kupu na te Pākehā, ā, i whakapuakina hoki ki te whare inuinu waipiro, otirā kua waihotia hei tino whakatauki ma Ngāti Porou.
I tūtaki ētahi tāngata ki te whare waipiro i Te Awanui, ko
Marakaia tētahi, he kaumātua no Ngāti Rangi, ko Reporua te kāinga. I maroke te
korokoro o Marakaia, engari kaore āna moni. Kātahi ka whāwhātanga nei ki nga
pūkoro o tana tarau me te mea nei e rapu ana i āna moni. Ka mutu tana whāwhā, ka
mapu tana manawa, ka nanu, meake, 'te pāhi i te whare,' arā e ai ki tāna, kua
wareware atu tana pāhi ki te kāinga. Ko te tikanga o tana whakapū manawa kia
rongo mai ai nga hoa kei te mate ia i te kore moni. Ko Marakaia, 'Inā rā na, me
i kore ana te pāhi i wareware atu ki te whare, pēnei kua whiwhi inu tātou.' Ka
hautetia rā a Marakaia e ōna hoa, ka rite ki tōna hiahia. Heoi, ināianei ki te
kore moni te tangata ka pepeha,
E te pāhi i te whare!'
Rangiata
East Cape
Na Reweti Kohere ēnei kōrero. Kei roto i Te Pīpīwhārauroa nama 77, Hurae 1904. Whārangi 3. page 150