DASS-321: Ko te tangata whenua o te Tono Tāne, ko te tangata whenua e tārua ana i te mōrahi me te Ratonga Hiko Katoa a te Puhi, o Mary Tachibana

I a au e haere ana i te taone nui i te pouri o te ora i muri i te ngarotanga o taku mahi i tua atu i te puhi, ka kite ahau i tētahi pānui o te "Male Recruitment". I ētahi wā e kite ana ahau, engari i whakaaro ahau he momo tinihanga tērā, a, kaore i māharahara, engari kaore ahau i ngaro ahakoa, nā reira kaore ahau i waimarie. No taku haerenga ki te wāhi i whakaritea, tērā te wāhi wawau. A, ko Meri, he ātaahua ātaahua me te kāhua tino pai, he iti noa iho nga whatu mokemoke. Kore rawa ahau i whakaaro ka taea e au te tūtaki i tētahi ...... tino ātaahua! Kai te pōrangi a Meri nā te mea he pai ki a ia, a, he kaha tōna hiahia, engari kua ngaro i a ia tana tāne, a, kai te pōrangi. - Mai i te ngahau o te kite i a Mako mo te wā tuatahi me te āhuatanga kore tae, kāore anō kia oti, ka tino nui a ia ki a Meri. Ka whakatuwhera āta whakatuwhera a Meri i tōna ngākau, a, ka tukuna atu tōna utu me te pūtiro ā-waha. A, i a koe e whakawhiti kōrero ana ki a rātau, ...... rerekē o whakaaro.