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He Paki Tāonga i a Māui, Ko Kupe me te Wheke Nunui
I te Moana nui ā-Kiwa ka aruaruhia e Kupe te wheke matekai, ka kitea e ia te motu o Aotearoa.
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I te Moana nui ā-Kiwa ka aruaruhia e Kupe te wheke matekai, ka kitea e ia te motu o Aotearoa.
Ka kauhoe tētahi wahine i te pō me tana tāmahine i tana tuarā, ki te whakatūpato i tōna whānau mō te mōrearea nui.
I tīni mō ake tonu atu te oranga i Tūranganui nā te tūtakina whakamate ki ngā manuhiri tauhou.
Ka ako tohutohu puiaki a Rata mō te tiaki i te taiao.
Ka whakamahia e Māui te paewai tūmatarau ki te hī i te ika nui rawa atu, ritenga kore hoki.
I whakaorangia te oranga o tētahi tama e te tamāhine o te rangatira me tana kaitiaki.
I runga o te tiakitanga i te Moana Nui ā-Kiwa, ka pā he aituā mai i ngā terorihi Wīwī.
I whakatōreatia e tētahi taitamāhine tōna whānau mō tana whaiāipo.
I inoi āwhina a Tāne mai i a Kiwi ki te whakaora i te ngahere – engari he utu nui te otinga.