Te Wāhi Haumaru by Wilford School. Rongo the bear describes being collected safely from school
Written by Nā ngā tamariki o te kura o Wilford i tuhi i whakaahua with Whaea Cherie and Aunty Lizzie
3. Haumaru
Te Wa-hi
Nā ngā tamariki o te kura o Wilford
i tuhi i whakaahua
Wilford School
Petone
4. Kia ora koutou. Ko Rongo ahau.
Ko au te hoa o ngā tamariki o te Ruma 9.
Ko te Whānau a Ngā Puāwai taku whānau.
Ko te kura o Wilford taku kura.
Ko Whaea Cherie taku kaiako.
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5. Anei aku hoa.
He pai ki a au te haere
ki ō rātou whare, tākaro ai.
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6. I tētahi rā, i tae mai he reta …
“Kia ora Rongo,
ko te wā tēnei kia tirohia o niho.
Me haere mai koe ki:
Barnaby Dental Clinic
1 Rata St
Naenae.”
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7. He roa te haere ki te whare hauora.
Nō reira, i kī mai a Aunty Lizzy,
“Kei te pai Rongo, māku koe e kawe
mā runga i tōku motokā.
Engari he raruraru kē …
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8. Nā ngā rārangi kōwhai
i te kēti kāore e tukua
a Aunty Lizzy kia tū.
Me tū ki kō atu i te rori.
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10. Ka whakaaro a Rongo,
me pātai ki aku hoa kei Ruma 9.
“Kia ora, tamariki mā,
ka taea e koutou te āwhina i a au
kia haere pai ki te motokā o Aunty Lizzy?”
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11. “Āe! Kei te mōhio ahau
i te huarahi pai.”
“Mā runga wakarererangi!”
“Mā runga poti!”
“Mā runga waka ātea!”
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12. “Kei te mōhio ahau i te ara tika!
Me tatari ki te kaiako
hei āwhina atu i te rori.”
“Ka pai tamariki mā,”
ka tae mai a Whaea Cherie
ki te karaihe.
“He aha ētahi atu mea me ako
e tātou ki a Rongo?”
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