Hī ika

I tētahi rā ka haere ahau ki tētahi haerenga ki te hī ika i Tauranga. I haere au ki taua haerenga i te wā ka noho au ki reira. Rawe ana te wāhi ki te hī ika. He haerenga hī ika tūturu nō te mea ka haere mātou mā runga poti ki te moana,he rerekē i te hī ika ki te arawhata.

Ko te take rawa ka haere ahau ki tō tōku hoa whare ki te whakatā. Tata tō tōku hoa whare ki tōku whare kē. He pai te hīkoi poto. Nō te taenga atu ki tōna whare, ka kī mai ia “me te mea nei ka haere tōku pāpā ki te hī ika mēnā ka hiahia tāua”. E ai ki tāku mohio ki te wā whai mua, ka mohio kē au, tino hiahia ana tōku hoa ki te haere. Ka pai te hī ika ki te whānau katoa o tōku hoa. I tērā wā kaore ano au i haere mā runga poti, heoi ka hiahia ahau anō hoki, hei tapiri he kōwhiringa tāku e mōhio ana, me kore au e ngahau. I te tīmatanga ka āhua anipā ahau e haere ana mātou mā runga poti. Ehara i te mataku i ngā makō, ngā mangō, ngā whai, ngā wheke, ētahi atu momo mea rānei, engari nō te kore au e pai haere mā runga poti. Ākene pea au ka ruaki. I pūrei rawa māua i ngā kēmu whakaata, heoi, me te mea nei ka haere mātou ki te hī ika .

I rere mātou ki te wahapū mā runga poti. Ka mōhio tō tōku hoa pāpā he wāhi pai hei hī ika nō reira ka rere mātou neke atu i te tekau mā rima meneti āpānoa ki tētahi wāhi huna. Kua reri mātou ki te hī ika. Ko te mea tuatahi, te māunu ki runga i te tautara. E ai ki te kōrero, rawe ana te māunu tō tōku hoa pāpā. Kaore mātou i te whakamahi i ngā paraoa, ngā ngoru, ētahi atu mea koretake rānei. Ka whakamahi mātou he māunu nō ngā ika.

He mea whai tikanga e pā ana ki te mahi hī ika, ka hiahia tētahi hoa pai nō te mea he roa te wā e hī ika ana. Mēnā ka roa te wā kia hī ika, ā, Ehara te kōrerorero i te pai, heoi ehara te wā hī ika i te pai. Mārie anō he kare pai tāku, ā, he pai te kōrerorero tō tōna pāpā. He maha ngā momo kōrero, arā he maha ngā kaupapa. Heoi anō I wareware i ahau te kaupapa, mātou e mahi ana. I pārekareka mātou, ka katakata, ka korero e pā ana ki te wā o mua, arā, i te wa i haere māua ki te kura tuarua. Neke atu i te toru tekau meneti whai muri ka tākirikiri te aho. Ina ka tākirikiritia te aho, me tatari, me kore hei hopu i tētahi ika. I te tākirikiritia tonutia te aho, ka tōia e au. Ka rawe kē. Ki tōku whakaaro, nui ana te ika. He pakupaku kē.

I te mutunga o ngā haora e rua neke atu, ka mutu mātou. He maha ngā ika e hopu ana mātou. Kāore au i te hopu he maha ngā ika heoi hei aha. Ka hopu au ngā ika e rua anake. Ki ahau ka pai rawa atu tētahi haerenga hī ika. I harikoa au i taua haerenga nō te mea, i ngā wā whai muri au haere ai ki te hī ika, i hopua e au he kore ngā ika. I te wā ka hoki mātou ki tō tōku hoa kainga, ka whakareri i te kai, ā, ka kai hoki. He haerenga rawe rawa.