Raerena Tomoana: Te Pipi
Ka Whakanohoia e Ruawharo te Pipi ki te Tai Rāwhiti1
Na, ko tēnei tangata ko Ruawharo ko te tangata tēnei nāna te pipi i whakatipu ki ngā one o Aotearoa.
Ko te take i whakatipuria ai hei kai mā āna tamariki, wehewehea mārietia e ia āna tamariki ki tērā wāhi, ki tērā wāhi. Ko Hinemuhu ki tērā wāhi, ka waiho anō he pipi hei kai, tipu tonu atu. Ko Taupunga ki tērā wāhi, ka waiho anō he pipi hei kai, tipu tonu atu, pēnā tonu.
He kuku ētahi o āna kai i whakatipu ai mā āna tamariki.
He nui āna tamariki i waiho ki ngā tahatika o Aotearoa noho ai, he kōhatu te āhua o aua tamariki ināianei, engari e mōhiotia ana e ngā Māori ināianei he ingoa katoa o rātou.
1 Ropiha, Hori (1893) quoted in: Best, E., 1929 Fishing Methods and Devices of the Māori Government Printer, recited here by Raerena Tomoana.