Te Noho i Te Puea Marae
nā Raukura Roa te tuhi
nā Ant Sang ngā Pikitea
nā Ant Sang ngā Pikitea
Mihi mai ki te whānau o Te Puea Marae. Ko Joy te māmā o Kirihaehae rāua ko Tama. He māhanga te tokorua nei. E noho ana rātou ki te Puea Marae i te mea kāore tō rātou kāinga i tēnei wā. Engari, kei roto i te wā, ka whiwhi kāinga motuhake rātou. Ko Huri te tiamana o te Marae. He tangata rangatira a Huri hei manaaki i ngā whānau me ngā tamariki pēnei i a Kirihaehae rāua ko Tama. Ko Koro Tame te kaumātua o te Marae. He puna mātauranga a Koro Tame. Ko Whitiao te kuia o te marae. He wahine marae a Whitiao. Koia kei a ia mō te whāngai i te iwi.
Kāpeka: Kei te kēti a Kirihaehae e huna ana. Kāore ia i te pīrangi whakatikatika i te whare. Ka tonoa e Joy a Tama kia haere ki te kimi i a Kirihaehae. Ka kite a Huri i a rāua e huna ana, ka tonoa kia hoki ki tō rāua māmā.

Tama:
Kirihaehae, kei whea koe? E pīrangi ana a māmā ki a koe?

Kirihaehae:
Turituri Tama. E huna ana ahau.

Tama:
He aha ai?

Kirihaehae:
Kāore au I te pīrangi whakapai i te whare. Arā, kua tae mai te manuwhiri nō Hawaiʻi. Kei te waharoa e tū ana. Tino ātaahua ō rātou kākahu.

Tama:
Oi, kaua koe e mahi kino. Kātahi anō tātou ka tae mai ki Te Puea Marae. Mōhio koe ki ngā tikanga ‘mahingia te mahi hei painga mō te iwi!’ Ki te kore koe e mahi, kei panaia tātou. Kāore au I te pīrangi hoki ki te wēne moe ai.

Kirihaehae:
Tino goody two-shoes rawa koe e Tama. Aiare! Kāore au i te pīrangi ko koe hei māhanga mōku!

Tama:
Kāore hoki au i te pīrangi ko koe hei māhanga hoki mōku.
Ahakoa i te pāmamae a Tama i ngā kupu whakawhiu a Kirihaehae, kāore ia i pīrangi kia kite tana māhanga i tana mamae. Engari he tino koi a Kirihaehae. Rite ia ki tana karanga ingoa, mōna tēnei Marae. Ka titiro aroha atu a Kirihaehae ki tana māhanga.

Kirihaehae:
Tama, kāore a Uncle Huri e pana i a tātou. He nui rawa tōna aroha mō māmā rāua ko pāpā.

Tama:
Nē? Kāore koe i te horihori?
Kātahi ka puta mai a Uncle Huri, ka kite i te tokorua nei e huna ana ki muri i te taiapa.

Huri:
Oi, e aha ana kōrua? E rongo ana ahau i tō kōrua māmā e karanga ana ki a kōrua? Me hoki pea kōrua ki te kāinga.

Tama:
Kāore ia i te kimi i a au, Uncle, e kimi kē ana a māmā i a Kirihaehae i te mea kāore anō ia kia mahingia tana moenga!

Kirihaehae:
Turituri Tama. Aiare! Kaua e whākī! Shame!

Huri:
Me hoki kōrua, kia tere - te tohutohu a Huri.