Te Pahi a Marakaia

He tino pepeha na Ngāti Porou, 'Te pāhi i te whare'. He pepeha hou tēnei ina hoki ko te pāhi (purse) he kupu na te Pākehā, ā, i whakapuakina hoki ki te whare inuinu waipiro, otirā kua waihotia hei tino whakatauki ma Ngāti Porou.

I tūtaki ētahi tāngata ki te whare waipiro i Te Awanui, ko Marakaia tētahi, he kaumātua no Ngāti Rangi, ko Reporua te kāinga. I maroke te korokoro o Marakaia, engari kaore āna moni. Kātahi ka whāwhātanga nei ki nga pūkoro o tana tarau me te mea nei e rapu ana i āna moni. Ka mutu tana whāwhā, ka mapu tana manawa, ka nanu, meake, 'te pāhi i te whare,' arā e ai ki tāna, kua wareware atu tana pāhi ki te kāinga. Ko te tikanga o tana whakapū manawa kia rongo mai ai nga hoa kei te mate ia i te kore moni. Ko Marakaia, 'Inā rā na, me i kore ana te pāhi i wareware atu ki te whare, pēnei kua whiwhi inu tātou.' Ka hautetia rā a Marakaia e ōna hoa, ka rite ki tōna hiahia. Heoi, ināianei ki te kore moni te tangata ka pepeha, E te pāhi i te whare!'

Reweti T Kohere

Rangiata

East Cape

Na Reweti Kohere ēnei kōrero. Kei roto i Te Pīpīwhārauroa nama 77, Hurae 1904. Whārangi 3. page 150