Kua maroke katoa tōku waha, kia pēnā ki tētahi koraha o Āwherika. I ānini mārika tōku māhunga, me kī, i te pīoioi haere tōku ao.
"Auē taukiri e!" taku kōhimuhimu. Anō nei, taku ohorere ki te rongo i tāku reo, kua āhua rakuraku tana rerenga.
I tata tūtuki ahau... heoi anō, nāku ahau i whakatika me te whakaaro... ki te taka koe e hoa, ka hemo katoa. Kāhore anō koe mō te tū.
Nō reira, ko Ruthylu tēnei, te tangata kotahi e ora tonu ana i a Papatūānuku. Āhua 40 ōku tau, heoi anō, tē taea e au te whakapono... he whakapae noa. Ae marika, nā te aukatinga karaka e te Rangatira Claudius o te ao. Kua tōmuri a ia, ia rā, ia rā... Nā tana hōhā haere i aukati katoa ngā karaka, i ngā rorohiko, tae atu ki a Pīki Pene i Rānana....
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"Shhhh!" tāku kōhimuhimu ohorere atu ki ōku hoa pūmau e huna mārika ana.
Kei rō ngahere kōpā, kua kōpiripiri katoa mātou, i te maha rawa o ngā rākau, ngā tupu, ngā aka e peia iho ana i a mātou.
E wiriwiri katoa ana tōku tinana, tū pakoki ai ōku huru-kiri, ā, ka mataku katoa au... ka hopu hau, e kore e taea e au te tuku.
Pā....HŪ! PĀHŪ!!
Koia tērā, te hoariri, te māeroero, e haramai ana!
"Auē!" tāku karanga. "E oma!"...
I te timatanga he kōwhiringa tuhinga o nga tamariki tau 6 ki te 8 i tētahi whānau rūmaki reo e noho ana i te pito o Tamaki Makaurau. Whai muri atu ko ngā tamariki tau 5 ki te 6... heoi, i taku wehenga atu o te huarahi Māori, ka mokemoke ahau i te reo Māori. He tīmatanga i te tau 2014 ki te takoto mai i āku tuhinga. This started as a collection of writings by year 6-8, then year 5-6 children in an immersion Māori language whānau in Auckland. From 2014, it is just a place for me to write....
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