He pai te whaea me te tama! I kitea e ratou he waahi ki te ruku i te weriweri - kei waenganui tonu o te huarahi! I te tuatahi ka pai te ahua o te taitama ki tana mama me te mahi i tona arero, katahi ka timata te whaea ki te eke ki runga i te ure whakaraerae a tana tama iti. I a au e matakitaki ana i tenei riipene whakaata, ka whakaaro ahau ka pewhea te ahua mena ka uru mai tetahi kaitaraiwa taraka e peia ana e te tokorua nei.
He aha te whanau, ka korero ahau ki a koe! I te wa e horoi ana a Mama, ka kite tana tama i te ata. He mea noa mo tera tau. Maoti i te faahua e aita hoê a‘e mea i tupu, ua taniuniu oia i ta ’na tamahine uteute e ua ani ia ’na ia tauturu i to ’na tuaana. I te mutunga, ka makona raua, ka koa te whaea i te mana ano o te rangimarie ki te whanau.
He kaihe iti te kotiro iti. He roa te wa ki te mahi. Engari karekau he taima a te niger ki te tatari. Whai muri i tana pupuhi, ka werohia e ia tana raka ki roto tonu i te kaihe o te pipi. Kare au i te mohio he aha tana mahi, engari ki taku whakaaro he pai tana mahi. I muri mai i taua sledgehammer i roto i te kaihe, ko te pupuhi ki roto i tana putea he rite ki te hararei. A he aha te take i pai ai taua kotiro kirikiri ki nga taane pango? He tio reka ake, he parāoa reka ake ranei?