Rata And The Totara
One day in a village near the big totara tree. Rata’s mother told him that he must go and make a waka out of the great totara tree and find out about his father’s murder. Early the next morning he went to chop down the totara tree he finished and it was late and he decided to carve it out the next day. When Rata had gone home the birds and insects put it back together. When Rata went back the next day he was annoyed and angry that he had to chop it down again this happened the next night aswell but he had started to carve out the waka the birds fixed the great totara once again he started to cut down the tree once more when it got too dark to continue he hid behind a bush to see what happened and sure enough the birds and insects came out Rata demanded an explanation they told him that he had not asked permission from tanemahuta to cut it down Rata asked him and the forest went silent he thanked tanemahuta and said to the birds and insects I will do it tomorrow they insisted that they would do it for him when Rata woke he saw a beautifully carved waka then he set off on his journey. Tiakina nga manu, ka ora te ngahere. Ka ora te ngahere, ka ora nga manu. Look after the birds and the forest flourishes. If the flourishes, the birds flourish.
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