Maata Hurinui 08. Ngā Tāngata o Ō-poutama

[Greg] He aha kē ngā mahi i te marae i taua wā... i mahi ai?

Ngā tāngata o Mahanga nui rawa¤ atu rātou... Ō! ... Te Mahia, Mokotahi. Nui rawa atu ngā tāngata... well ngā rangatahi i taua wā. Ināianei mōhio mātou... he rangatahi. Haramai¤ ki te kanikani, ki te ako ki te kanikani..He pai. Mahi moni mō tērā marae, tērā marae.

[Greg] He nui ngā tāngata i noho i Ōpoutama i tērā wā?

Āe! Ngā whare katoa. Kotahi te... ko Ruka Rarere me tōna hoa, Polly. Taihoa, me hoki ki te kāinga o taku whaea i mua i tōna...i tō mātou whare ko ngā Harrisons. Haere koe i te corner o... no. Pahi koe i te kura, ka haere koe ki ... over the bridge. Now I've forgotten what hand it is... Turn right by the school. Ka haere koe i roto ... Ōpoutama. "The village" te wāhi i noho mātou.

Te kāinga i mua ka taenga atu koe ki te marae, ki taku mōhio ngā Harrisons i konā. Tae atu ... te whare i mua i tēnā, ko Lena[?] Pākimana, me tōna whānau...Tommy Taurima... tōna tamahine a Ducky, mōhio au ko Ducky, kāore au e mōhio tōna ingoa tūturu.

Ka tae atu ki tō mātou whare. Ka haere tonu. I taua wā kāore ngā... he whare hou... [i te] taha o mātou, ko ngā Austins. Ka heke tonu... ko te Pikitia... i kona. Me Abie Rarere me tōna hoa Bena me ō rātou tama a Robyn i tērā taha o te rore.

I tērā atu taha o te rore ko ngā Browns. Engari kāore i konei ināianei [now??] Ko rātou noho ki roto i tērā whare, i tērā taha o te rohe.
Tērā koroua, a Nuia, noho ki kona – i tērā kāinga.

Kei te hoki mātou ki te kura. I mua i te ke kura... te wāhi ko Matetohora, ko Ted Keil, ooo, kua wareware i au te Pākehā i noho i konā tonu. E toru rātou ngā koroua i noho ki korā.

Ka haere tonu ki te marae. Ngā tāngata. Kua kōrero au mō Ruka Rarere [i] tērā taha o te rore.

And then... ka haere koe ki terā taha o te rore. Taha o te rore o ngā Paraone ... ka noho. Ka kite koe ... ngā kuia ... ngā kuia e noho i roto [i] ērā whare. Ko Lillian Teka, ko Phoebe Gemmell ka kite koe i mua he whare i konā. Pērā tonu i te "flats" ... pea? Kāore au e mōhio te ingoa mō tēnā. Ngā whare... flats. Kua nui rawa atu ngā tāngata i noho i roto i tērā whare. Tahi... rua... toru ... e whā! E whā ngā ... i roto i tērā whare.

Ka tae atu ki a Pheobe me Lillian. Ka haere tonu ki te marae. I runga i te hiwi, i muri o te marae ki taku mōhio he kōkā¤ ki ahau – ko Emma Neilson. Kaore au i kite tōna tāne.. [ki] taku mōhio... kei te mahi ētahi wāhi....ko tērā te kōrero ki a mātou. Tōna tāne kei te mahi tētahi wāhi. Kei te kāinga ināianei kei te noho a Ngaromoana. Me Māhea i roto i tō rātou whare i taua wā.

And ka heke mai.... ki te whare i mua. I mua i Ngaromoana, te kāinga ko nga Rārere, ko Jack Rārere me tōna hoa. Tōna tamahine mōhio au haere au ki te kura i tōna taha ko Royalene. That's the one I spoke to you abou... she had polio... her arm was....[Maata twists her arm up]

I taua wā. Tētahi ōna ō rātou tamaiti noho i tērā .. tērā whare.
Ka haere tonu, huri haere. Mō te mahi o te whare o ... ināianei ko Huia me tōna tāne i roto. Te whare i te taha a Bob me Wahati.

Te wā e pakupaku au ka noho mātou i konā i roto i te whare i mahi [i te] ponga. Ko au tētahi i moe i roto i tēnā whare. Kotahi te rūma. Ka mahi koe he ahi kei waho.Mahi kai mō tātou, i te wā he tamariki tonu au. Mōhio au i noho mātou i konā. Engari kāore e roa, ā ka hūnuku mātou. ... ki tētahi wāhi. Engari [he] pai.

Kāti. He nui ngā kuia i runga i te hiwi. Ka haere koe, kei konā tonu te rore. Haere koe - ka haere koe ki Wai-kōkopū. I mua i tō haere ki Wai-kōkopū, ngā kuia katoa, piki haere ō rātou whare.

Taku mōhio... te wāhi e piki koe... taku Nene Iri, Iri Wairau me tōna whānau. Ko tōna whānau ko – taku mōhio – ko Sonny Wairau, ko Joe Wairau, ko .Whaiora, Aunty Polly Hammond, ā ko wai tētahi atu? O. Towser, Towser Wairau. Tūrei... Āe.