He Waka He Tangata
Te Whakatere ā-lwi-Taketake
i te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa
Ngā Tikanga o Hatawara
Ofanuw (Titiro Moutere)
Ofanuw (wofanu rānei) he tikanga e maumaharatia ai ngā huarahi whetū ki ētahi moutere. Ka whiriwhiria e te ākonga he moutere. Ko taua moutere hei pokapū, ka tahuri haere ia i te kauwhata whetū e pātere PAPAKUPU pātere, waerea (tūmahi) - ka waiata haere ana i ngā ingoa o ngā motu o ia aronga; “Ka noho au ki Hatawara. Ka ara haere i Mailap ki Tiuka.” Ka tau he kauwhata moutere ki tōna hinengaro. Ka pēneitia ngā moutere katoa, “Ka noho au ki Tiuka. Ka tō haere i Mailap ki Hatawara.”
I muri nei, ka ako ki te whakauru ākau me ngā tohu ora o te moana. I te ahiahi i te ut, ka whakamātaungia ngā rangatahi e ngā kaumātua, i a rātou hoki. E kore tēnei āhuatanga e mutu!
He whakaahua mai i te whakaahua kei ‘Systems of Measureent o Woleai Atoll, Caroline Islands” nā W, Alkire, 1970, wh 42
Ko Maverick Eranginug
E tohua ana e Maverick Eranginug ngā aronga o ngā moutere huri noa o Hatawara.
