Tērā tētahi tamaiti i piki ki te tihi o Tihirau.
Ka kite ia i tētahi waka e
rere mai ana.
He nui ake i te waka o tōna pāpā,
nui ake i te waka o te rangatira,
nui ake i ngā waka katoa kua kite ia.
Once a little boy climbed to the top of Tihirau.
He saw a strange canoe sailing into the bay.
It was bigger than his father's canoe,
bigger than the chief's canoe,
bigger than any canoe he had ever seen.
Ka haere ia ki te whakaatu ki tōna pāpā. He
pōnānā nōna, ka oma
ia ki te kāinga mā tētahi awaawa hōhonu, awaawa
pōuri. I taua awaawa
tētahi ana hohonu, ana pōuri, Ā, i roto i taua
ana e noho ana tētahi
TANIWHA wehi,
TANIWHA whakamataku.
I te mataku o te tamaiti nei, ka auē ia. Ka ngōki haere
mā mua o te ana o te TANIWHA rā.
"Auē...ē! Ai..i!"
He set off to tell his father. He was in such a hurry that he
took a short cut to his home.
He went down through a deep dark valley, a deep dark valley with
a deep dark cave.
And in that cave there lived a terrible frightening TANIWHA. The
little boy was so frightened that he squealed as he crept past
the TANIWHA'S cave. "Eiih! Eiih!"
Haruru ana te whenua i te ohonga o te TANIWHA. I te putanga mai,
e
rakuraku ana ia i tōna māhunga weriweri mā ōna
ringa weriweri. Ka piupiu haere i tōna waero.
Kātahi ka hāparangi, "NĀ WAI AU I WHAKAOHO"
Ka hamumu te tamaiti, "Nāku koe i whakaoho. E hika, kaua
au e kainga! Kei te whāwhai au ki te whakaatu ki taku iwi i kite
au i tētahi waka tauhou. E hika, kaua au e kainga! Kore, kore,
kore rawa au e hoki mai anō."
Ka mea mai te TANIWHA, "Kāti, kāore koe e kainga i
tēnei rā. Ēngari, ki te whakaoho anō koe i a au,
māku koe e katikati hei hapa māku!"
With a roar and a scream the TANIWHA woke up and came crashing out,
through the cave. He scratched at his horrible head with his horrible
hands and thrashed his long tail about.
"WHO WOKE ME UP?" he shouted.
"I did," said the little boy in a little voice. "Please
dont eat me up! I'm hurrying home to tell my people about the strange
canoe in the bay. Please don't eat me! I'll never, never come this
way again."
"Very well," said TANIWHA, "I wont eat you today. But
if you wake me again I'll bite you into small pieces for my tea!"
Haruru ana te whenua i te hokinga o te TANIWHA ki roto i tōna
ana. wiriwiri ana te tamaiti i tōna omanga mā te awaawa
hōhonu ki tōna kāinga. "Auē..ē! Auē..ē!
Ai..i, taukuri e!"
And with a mighty roar the TANIWHA crawled back into his cave.
The little boy trembled and shook and ran through the deep dark valley
to his home as quickly as he could. "Eiiih! Eiiih! Eii!"
Ka tūtaki te tamaiti nei ki tōna pāpā i te
taiapa.
"Pāpā, i kite au i tētahi mea tauhou! He waka,
e Pā, he
waka tauhou. He nui ake i tō waka, e Pā, nui ake i te waka
o te rangatira, nui ake i ngā waka katoa kua kite au!"
He 
met
his father at the fence. "Papa! I've seen a strange sight.
There's a strange canoe in the bay. It's bigger than your canoe,
bigger than the chiefs canoe,
bigger than any canoe I've ever seen!"
Haere tonu atu rāua ki te rangatira. Haere tonu atu
te rangatira ki ngā toa. Haere tonu atu ngā toa ki te
waka tino nui. Rere tonu atu ki te waka tauhou.
They went straight to the chief and the chief told his strongest
warriors to launch their biggest canoe. They pushed off from the
shore and paddled out to meet the strange canoe.
Kātahi te mea whakamīharo! Arā te waka tauhou.
Arā ngā tāngata tauhou.
Arā ngā kākahu tauhou, Ahakoa te mataku, ka hoe tonu
ki te waka tauhou; e whātero ana, e pūkana ana, me te hoe
atu.
Ka kite a Kāpene Kuki e pūkana ana mai, ka mataku,
ka karanga,
"Man the cannon!"
"Light the fuse!"
Ka rere te matā, PAKŪ ana!
It was a strange sight. A huge canoe with pale men abroad, wearing
strange clothes. The warriors were frightened, but they paddled straight
towards the ship, making fierce faces and looking as brave as they
could.
Captain Cook saw their fierce faces and was frightened.
"Man the canon!" he cried.
"Light the fuse!" And the canon ball went off with an enormous
BANG!
Ko wai i rongo i te PAKŪ? Āe, ko te TANIWHA. Haruru
ana te whenua i tōna ohonga ake. Ka rakuraku i tōna mahunga
weriweri mā ōna ringa weriweri. Ka piupiu haere i tōna
waero.
"NĀ WAI AU I WHAKAOHO ANO?"
Ka tiro iho i te waha o tōna ana. Arā te mata i PAKŪ
nei, te PAKŪ i whakaoho nei i a ia. Arā te waka tauhou nō
reira te matā e whio mai nei.
"Auē! Ai..i! E kī rā!"
And who heard it? Ah yes, TANIWHA! He woke with a roar and a scream,
scratched his horrible head with his horrible hands and thrashed his
long tail about.
"WHO WOKE ME UP AGAIN!" he shouted.
He looked out from the mouth of his cave and there below him in the
bay he saw the large black cannon ball that made the BANG that woke
him up. And he saw the strange canoe that had fired the cannon that
had sent the cannon ball whistling through the air.
"EEEII!" he yelled
Ka rere iho te TANIWHA, ka hopu ki te matā mā ōna
ringa weriweri. Haruru ana te whenua i te hāparangitanga o te
TANIWHA. Ka porowhuia te matā ki te waka tauhou.
"KAUA ANŌ AU E WHAKAOHOTIA!"
He flew down to the bay and caught the cannon ball in his horrible
hands. With a roar and a scream he threw the cannon ball right
back at the strange canoe. "DON'T WAKE ME UP AGAIN!"
Ka kite atu a Kāpene Kuki i te matā e rere mai ana ki
tōna waka,
ka karanga, "Hoist the sail!
Row!
Turn about!
RUNAWAY!"
Captain Cook saw the cannon ball hurtling towards his ship.
"Hoist the sail!" he called.
"Row!" he called.
"Turn about !" he yelled.
"RUNAWAY!"
I taua pō, ka tuhia e Kāpene Kuki a CAPE RUNAWAY ki
runga i tana mapi nui.
Ka tangi te mapu o te TANIWHA i a ia e moe ana i roto i tona ana.
That night, Captain Cook charted CAPE RUNAWAY on his big map. The
horrible TANIWHA smiled in his sleep in his cave.
Pērā anō te tamaiti,
tōna pāpā,
te rangatira,
ngā toa katoa,
i a rātou e moe ana i roto i tō rātou whare i WHANGAPARĀOA.
