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Te Matenga O Te Wawahanga,
Me Te Kupu a Te-Whatu-I-Apiti

Ka tatu a te Wawahanga ki te mate, ka pataia e tona papa e Te Whatu-i-Apiti ka ui atu "E te Wawahanga, mawai to hoa moenga i muri i a koe?"

Ka ki atu e te Wawahanga "He aha oti?"

Ka mea atu a te Whatu-i-apiti "Ina ra ko to hoa moenga i muri i a koe, ma to teina."

Ka ki ake a te Wawahanga "Nawai i ki ma tena tutua taku hoa moenga, engari mau tonu."

Ka tahi a te Whatu-i-apiti ka pepeha:

Haere ki te po whakarongo ake ai
Ko to teina te tangata nou mo
Heretaunga

Ko te teina o te Wawahanga e kiia atu ra e te Whatu i apiti:

Ko Hika-wera	=	Uira-i-waho
Rangi-tohu-mare	=	Huki
Hine-rau	=	Hopara
Homata-i-te-rangi	=	Whare-nui
Kukanga-o-te-rangi	=	Hine-i-taua
Whakamarino	=	Rangi-ka-purotu
Ropiha	=	Poti
Hori Ropiha

Ko te whakapapa mai tena o Hika-wera i whakataukitia ra e Te-whatu-i-apiti a tika tonu, nui rawa atu te mana o Hika-wera me ona uri katoa, me tana tupuranga katoa, he rangatira anake, me te mana katoa, a i pono te kupu o tona papa ki aia.