Hinemoa

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Title: Hinemoa With Notes & Vocabulary
Author: Unknown
Translator: Henry James Fletcher
Release Date: July 6, 2007 [EBook #22009]
Language: Maori
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HINEMOA
WITH NOTES & VOCABULARY
REV. H. J. FLETCHER
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HINEMOA
WITH NOTES AND VOCABULARY.
BY
REV. H. J. FLETCHER.
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Christchurch, Wellington, and Dunedin, N.Z., Melbourne and London:
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INTRODUCTION.
In the great mass of literature relating to New Zealand there is nothing
similar to the plan of this text book. There are a number of books, very
useful as far as they go, written for the purpose of enabling anyone so
desirous, of learning a few sentences of the Maori language. A text
book with a vocabulary and explanatory notes ought to meet the wishes
of those desiring to go a little further. And while it is practically
impossible to acquire a good colloquial knowledge of the Maori
language from books, it is possible, for those who have the time, to
obtain a knowledge of Maori stories, such as Hinemoa, beyond what
the best translation can give.
The most suitable grammar to be used with this is "Williams's First

Lessons in Maori."
H. J. FLETCHER, The Manse, Taupo.

KO TE KAUWHAU TENEI O TE KAUHOENGA ATU O
HINEMOA KI MOKOIA.
Titiro e Kawana--a whakarongo mai hoki. Ko te wahi e nohoia na e koe,
ko te wahi tena i noho ai to matou tupuna a Hinemoa, i tona Kauanga
mai. Kia kauwhautia atu iana, e ahau, ki a koe. Na, ko Rangiuru, te
matua wahine o Tutanekai, ko Whakaue-Kaipapa tana tane tupu; he
tane tahae a Tuwharetoa. Ko ana tamariki matamua tokotoru, ko o ratou
ingoa, ko Tawakeheimoa, ko Ngararanui, ko Tuteaiti; muri iho o te
tokotoru, ka moea tahaetia a Rangiuru e Tuwharetoa. I haere manuhiri
mai a Tuwharetoa, nana a Tutanekai, he poriro ia, otira i moea ano e
Whakaue a Rangiuru; ka hapu ano, he tamaiti, ko Kopako tona ingoa;
ka hapu ano hoki ia i muri iho i a Kopako, he tamahine, Ko Tupa tona
ingoa, ko te whakapakanga ia o nga tamariki a Whakaue.
E noho tonu ana ratou ki Mokoia; ko Tutanekai, i atawhaitia e
Whakaue, ano ko tana tamaiti tupu ake. Ka tupu nei a Tutanekai ratou
ko ana tuakana, a ka whakatangata. Na, ka tae mai te rongo o Hinemoa.
He wahine pai tera, he rangatira hoki ia, ko tona matua tane, ko
Umukaria, ko tona matua wahine, ko Hinemaru, na, pirangi ana nga
tuakana, pirangi ana te teina, ki taua wahine.
Na, ka hanga e Tutanekai tona pourewa ki reira ki Kaiweka. Ka huihui
raua ko tona hoa ko Tiki, na he putorino ta Tutanekai, he koauau ta Tiki,
Na, ka piki raua ki runga ki to raua atamira, ka whakatangi i a raua pu i
te po, i nga po marino. Na, ka kawea atu te tangi e te hauwhenuaapo, ki
Owhata, ki te kainga i noho ai te puhi-humarire nei, a Hinemoa, te
tuahine o Wahiao.
Ka rongo a Hinemoa, ki te rekareka mai o te tangi o nga pu a Tutanekai
raua ko tona hoa takapui ko Tiki, ka hari tona ngakau i roto i a ia. Na,
pera tonu te tikanga a Tutanekai raua ko Tiki, i nga po katoa; ka mea a

Hinemoa na Tutanekai te pu e rangona atu nei e ia.
He puhi hoki a Hinemoa, otira kua kitekite noa ake koki raua i a raua, i
nga wa e huihui ai nga tangata o Rotorua.
I aua huihuinga, ka kite a Hinemoa i a Tutanekai, ka titiro atu, ka titiro
mai, a, ahua pai ki to tetehi ngakau, ki to tetehi ngakau; e wawata puku
ana tetehi me tetahi, ki a raua ake. Kaore ia, a Tutanekai, i mohio, ki te
mea ranei ka haere atu au ki te matoro i a Hinemoa, e kore pea ia e pai
mai ki ahau. Ka mea a Hinemoa, ki te mea ka tonoa atu he karere ki a
Tutanekai, ka mea tona ngakau, e