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Nā ngā rangatira o Ngāti Whakaue, arā, nā Te Roro-o-te-rangi rātau ko ōna teina, ko Tūnohopū, ko Te Kata tā rātau ope tauā i ārahi ki te kauhanga o te riri i tū ai ki Tāwharakurupeti. Ka tū rātau ki tētehi ururua e kitea ai te ope hoariri e whakatata mai ana i te tonga.
Kātahi a Ngāti Whakaue ka kite i te tokomaha o Ngāti Tūwharetoa i tae takitini mai e mōhio ai rātau ka hinga rātau i a Ngāti Tūwharetoa. Nā Te Roro-o-te-rangi tonu ana toa i whakakipakipa ki āna kupu akiaki e maumaharatia tonuhia ana e ngā uri:
Ruia taitea, ruia taitea, kia tū ko taikākā, ko ahau anake.
He whakataukī e tohu ana kia ruia te wāhanga ngoikore o te rākau kia waiho noa ai ko te wāhanga kaha rawa atu o te rākau anake kia tū. Ko te whakamāoritanga o tēnei kōrero e tohu ana kia wehe te hunga mataku e waiho noa ai ko te hunga kaha anake ki te whawhai i te whawhai nui.
Ko te patunga o Te Roro-o-te-rangi, o Te Kata me te rahinga o te ope te otinga atu. Engari anō a Tūnohopū, i whawhai ia mō te hemo tonu atu kia pō noa te ao i whakaaweawehia ai te ope hoariri i whakaaehia hoki ai ia kia ora tonu ia.
Qualities: identity, relationships
More to watch:
https://www.nzonscreen.com/title/kairakau-episode-one-2016/quotes
More to read:
Pukaki: a comet returns, by Paul Tapsell
Tūnohopū: Te kuku o te tangata, by Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho-Ake Trust (Te Taumata)
More to listen to:
Hear Te Roro-o-te-rangi’s whakatauki being spoken and explained here by his descendant Ngataiharuru Taepa no Te AtiAwa:
This entry is related to these other entries:
Tūnohopū: Te kuku o te tangata;
Sources:
Te Taumata o Ngāti Whakaue Iho Ake Trust - Te Rangihakahaka Wānanga Workbook.
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