Ehetere.
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I muri iho i ēnei mea, i te mea kua mārie te riri o Kīngi Ahahueruha, ka mahara ia ki a Wahati, ki tāna i mea ai, ki te mea hoki i whakaritea mōna. 
Nā, ka mea ngā tāngata a te kīngi i mahi nei ki a ia, “Kia rapua mai ētahi kōtiro ātaahua mā te kīngi. 
Kia whakaritea hoki e te kīngi ētahi kaititiro puta noa i ngā kāwanatanga o tōna kīngitanga, ā, mā rātou e huihui mai ngā kōtiro ātaahua, he wāhina, ki Huhana, ki te whare kīngi, ki te whare wāhine, ki a Hēkai, ki tā te kīngi rangatira rūma, ko ia nei te kaitiaki o ngā wāhine; ā, kia hoatu ngā mea hei tahi mō tō rātou poke. 
Nā, ko te kōtiro e pai ki tā te kīngi titiro, ko ia hei kuīni i te wāhi o Wahati.” Nā, pai tonu taua mea ki te whakaaro o te kīngi, ā, pērā ana anō ia. 
I Huhana, i te whare kīngi tētahi tangata, he Hūrai, ko tōna ingoa ko Mororekai, he tama nā Haira, tama a Himei, tama a Kihi, he tangata nō Pineamine. 
He mea whakaheke mai i Hiruhārama i roto i te whakahekenga i whakahekea ai a Hekonia kīngi o Hūrā, i tērā i whakahekea rā e Nepukaneha kīngi o Papurōna. 
Nā, he mea atawhai nāna a Haraha, arā a Ehetere, te tamāhine a tōna matua kēkē; nō te mea kāhore ōna pāpā, i ōna whaea, ā, he ātanga taua kōtiro, he ātaahua; i te matenga hoki o tōna pāpā, o tōna whaea, ka tangohia ia e Mororekai hei tamāhine māna. 
Heoi, ka rangona te kupu a te kīngi, me tāna ture, ā, ka tokomaha anō ngā kōtiro ka huihuia ki Huhana, ki te whare kīngi, ki te ringa o Hēkai, nā, ka mauria anō hoki a Ehetere ki te whare o te kīngi, ki te ringa o Hēkai kaitiaki wāhine. 
Nā, he pai taua kōtiro ki tāna titiro, ka atawhaitia hoki e ia; i hohoro hoki tāna hōmai i ngā mea hei tahi mō tōna poke, me ērā atu mea anō māna, me ngā kōtiro tokowhitu i tika nei kia hoatu ki a ia, nō roto i te whare o te kīngi. I nekehia atu hoki ia, rātou ko āna kōtiro ki te wāhi pai rawa o te whare wāhine. 
Kīhai i whakaaturia e Ehetere tōna iwi me ōna whanaunga; nā Mororekai hoki i ako ki a ia kia kaua e whakaaturia. 
Nā, haere ai a Mororekai i tēnei rā, i tēnei rā, ki mua i te marae o te whare wāhine, kia mōhio ai ia kei te pēhea a Ehetere, ā, ka pēheatia rānei ia. 
Ā, nō ka rite te wā mō tēnei kōtiro, mō tēnei kōtiro, e haere ai ki a Kīngi Ahahueruha, i te mea ka taka ōna marama kotahi tekau mā rua, ko te ritenga hoki ia mō ngā wāhine, ko reira hoki rite ai ngā rā mō te tahi o tō rātou poke, arā e ono ngā marama o te hinu maira, ā, e ono ngā marama o ngā mea kakara, o ērā atu mea anō e tahia ai te poke o ngā wāhine. 
Ko te tikanga tēnei mō te haerenga atu o tētahi kōtiro ki te kīngi; ko ngā mea katoa i hiahia ai ia, i hoatu ki a ia, ā, ka riro i a ia i roto i te whare wāhine ki te whare o te kīngi. 
I haere mai ia i te ahiahi, ā, i te ata ka hoki ki tō ngā wāhine whare tuarua, ki te ringa o Haahakata, o tā te kīngi rangatira rūma, ko ia nei te kaitiaki o ngā wāhine iti; heoi anō ōna haerenga mai ki te kīngi, kia hiahia rā anō te kīngi ki a ia, kia whakahuatia anō hoki tōna ingoa. 
Ā, ka rite te wā e haere ai ki te kīngi a Ehetere tamāhine a Apihaira, a te matua kēkē o Mororekai, he mea tango nei hoki ia nā tēnei hei tamāhine māna, kīhai tērā i mea ki tētahi mea māna, heoi anō ko tā Hēkai i whakarite ai, ko ia nei tā te kīngi rangatira rūma, te kaitiaki o ngā wāhine. Nā, āhuareka rawa a Ehetere ki te titiro a te hunga katoa i kite i a ia. 
Heoi, ka mauria a Ehetere ki a Kīngi Ahahueruha, ki tōna whare kīngi, i te tekau o ngā marama, ko Tepete hoki taua marama, i te whitu o ngā tau o tōna kīngitanga. 
Nā, nui atu te aroha o te kīngi ki a Ehetere i tōna ki ngā wāhine katoa, āhuareka tonu ia, manakohia rawatia ana ia e ia i ngā wāhina katoa, pōtaea ana e ia te karauna kuīni ki tōna māhunga, meinga ana ia e ia hei kuīni i te wāhi o Wahati. 
Kātahi ka tukua e te kīngi he hākari nui mā āna rangatira katoa rātou ko āna tāngata, arā te Hākari o Ehetere. I whakangāwaritia anō hoki e ia ngā mea ki ngā kāwanatanga, ā, hoatu ana ētahi hākari e ia, he mea i rite ki tā te kīngi tikanga. 
Nā, i te rua o ngā huihuinga o ngā wāhine, kei te noho a Mororekai i te kūwaha o te kīngi. 
Kīhai anō i whakaaturia e Ehetere ōna whanaunga me tōna iwi; ko tā Mororekai hoki tērā i ako ai ki a ia; i whakarite hoki a Ehetere i te kupu a Mororekai, i pērā me ia e whakatupuria ake ana i tōna whare. 
I aua rā, i te mea e noho ana a Mororekai i te Kūwaha o te Kīngi, ka riri a Pikitana rāua ko Terehe, tokorua o ngā rangatira rūma a te kīngi, he kaitiaki i te tatau, ā, ka whai kia pā te ringa ki a Kīngi Ahahueruha. 
Nā, kua mōhiotia taua mea e Mororekai, ā, ka whakaaturia e ia ki a Ehetere, ki te kuīni; kōrerotia ana e Ehetere ki te kīngi i runga anō i te ingoa o Mororekai. 
Nā, ka oti taua mea te uiui, ā, ka kitea he tika, ka tāronatia rāua tokorua ki runga ki te rākau, ā, ka tuhituhia taua mea ki te pukapuka o ngā meatanga o ngā rā i te aroaro o te kīngi. 
