Wā whakahaere: 122 meneti
He whaea wahine, he tamāhine puku. Ko te wairua o toku whaea, i whakamamaetia, i patua, i whakararurarutia e toku papa i ia rā, mai i te wā i pakaru ai te whakarerenga. Ehara i a au e tangi ana, e tangi ana ki a ia, he porohita tērā i honoa e tētahi hoa nāna i whakaora taku whaea. I a au e whakangāwari ana ki te kite i te kanohi o taku whaea e tiaho ana i ia haerenga, ka kikī ake te tahua whānau, a, i a ia e nui ake ana tana pākaha ki nga ngohe a te pāhonotanga. I tētahi rā, ka tuohu mai taku whaea ki a au nā te mea i tino hiahiatia e au, a, i hoatu e au taku wahine ki tētahi tangata kaore ahau i mōhio ki te whakawhiti moni. Kaore e taea e au te mahara nui mo taua mea nā te mamae me te roimata, engari i whakaaro ahau mehemea ka whakaorangia tōku whaea, kotahi anake te wā. I ētahi marama i muri iho, ka tuohu anō taku whaea i tōna māhunga i roto i te whakapae. "Me hari tāua i tēnei wā me tēnei moni," ka tāhaetia ahau e taku whaea, ka mau i te moni i whiwhi ai ia, a, ka mahue i ahau. I a au e titiro ana ki muri o tōku māhunga, ka whiua ahau puta noa i tōku tinana e te koroua kātahi anō ka tūtaki ahau. "Ko tēnei anake te huarahi haere, Mom," tana kī, ka kati i te tatau me te haere atu me te kore tirotiro whakamuri. No te matenga o te kōtiro, nāna i patu tōna ngākau, he whakaaro ki tōna whānau, a, ka pā noa iho ki te wā, ka tukua ki te whakamamaetanga pōturi o te tangata, te paraihe me te haehae. Ko te pūrākau o tētahi kōtiro rawakore e whakamahia ana e nga pakeke, he māngere rawa.