He kaihara whakatuki, he waranga t¨©ota whakaihi t¨na, ¨¡, he p¨± whai kariri hoki t¨¡na, Kirikiriroa, te 25 o ?kuhata 2014
Te Whakar¨¡kai Tohu M¨¡ia o Aotearoa
BSh288 Pirihimana Matua Blair Spalding
Te Whakar¨¡kai Tohu M¨¡ia o Aotearoa
BTY046 Pirihimana Benjamin Turner
I Kirikiriroa i te 25 o ?kuhata 2014, i wh¨¡nakohia t¨¥tahi w¨¥ne e t¨¥tahi kaihara, e hau nei te rongo m¨ t¨na r¨¡rangi hara o mua hei kaihara whakatuki me te kai t¨©ota whakaihi. Ka uruparetia te karanga e Pirihimana Blair Spalding n¨ roto mai o t¨na w¨¥ne Pirihimana kuri, ¨¡, ka arumia te w¨¥ne ki t¨¥tahi huarahi m¨¡totoru ana i te mahi a te waka. Ka ngana ia ki te t¨hipa atu me te whakat¨±pato i ng¨¡ tairaiwa waka kei mua me te hanga tau¨¡rai i waenga i ng¨¡ waka kirirarau nei me te w¨¥ne. Ka perori haere te w¨¥ne ki ng¨¡ waka e haere mai ana hei aukati i tana t¨hipa atu. N¨¡ runga i t¨na m¨hio ki te ¨¡hua o te kaihara ki te maup¨±, ka tau te whakaaro o Pirihimana Spalding kia kaua rawa ia e whakaae kia uru atu te w¨¥ne ki te p¨±manawa o te t¨¡one. N¨¡, ka taraiwa atu ki te taha tonu, ehara, ka perori haere, ¨¡, ka p¨¡ ki t¨ Spalding waka. Ka ¨¡ia atu te w¨¥ne e Spalding ki waho o te rori, ki tua o te takahanga waewae k¨¡tahi ka p¨±rere atu me te haere tonu i te tiriti. Me¨¡ke ka tomo ki te t¨±ranga waka o t¨¥tahi toa hokomaha m¨¡ te ara putanga, ka tuki atu ki t¨¥tahi waka. Ka wehe te kaihara i te w¨¥ne me te kawe i tana p¨± whai kariri.
Ka taraiwa atu a Pirihimana Spalding ki roto i te t¨±ranga waka ka hurihia e ia t¨na waka hei aukati i te kaihara. I t¨¥nei w¨¡ e haere ana m¨¡ raro te kaihara, ka oma tika atu ki te taha o te w¨¥ne kur¨© ka haere an¨. K¨¡tahi ia ka ngana ki te hari i t¨¥tahi atu waka o t¨¥tahi kuia ki tana p¨± i te t¨±ranga kura peneheni o te toa hokomaha. Ka tae a Pirihimana Turner ki taua w¨¡hi me te kite i te kaihara e kakari ana kia puritia e ia te waka o te kuia me ia hoki. Ka m¨¡harahara ki t¨na p¨¥heatanga ka kotahi atu ki te pupuri i te kaihara me te t¨ i a ia ki k¨ atu o t¨na waka. He m¨hio an¨ ia he p¨± ki te ringa matau o te kaihara, n¨¡ ka porowhiua te kaihara ki t¨na ringa maui kia neke tonu, kia tapepa tonu ai ia. I taua w¨¡ ka tae a Pirihimana Spalding ki te ¨¡whina i a Turner m¨¡ te pupuri i te ringa matau o te kaihara. Ehara, ka pak¨± ng¨¡ t¨±para o te p¨± ka whara a Pirihimana Spalding, he maha n¨ ng¨¡ pokanga ki t¨na waewae me t¨na rekereke maui. Waihoki ka ripia te waewae me te tarauma o te kaihara ki te h¨ta. I te taenga o Pirihimana Whakahau Kur¨© Scott Robinson, ka tukua e ia tana kur¨© a Uzi ki runga i te kaihara ka hoatu ai i ¨¥tahi here ringa hei pupuri i a ia e kino nei t¨na kakari.
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Pirihimana Matua Blair Spalding r¨¡ua ko Pirihimana Benjamin Turner