Tīrairaka

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“Tei tei tī tī tei!” te tangi a te tīrairaka. Ko te manu iti nei ko te tīrairaka. Nō Aotearoa ia. He manu māori nō te ngahere a Tāne. Ko ōna waewae he whīroki, he poto hoki. Kapi ana tōna tinana iti i te raukura pūhuruhuru, ngohengohe hoki. He pērā anō ōna parirau. Arā te roroa o ngā raukura i tōna remu. Rere ana te tīrairaka ki te rangi me te pīoioi o tōna remu roroa me ōna parirau ātaahua. Rongohia ana tōna reo e tīoriori ana i ngā peka rākau i te ngahere. Mai rā anō i tino pīrangi au ki tētahi tīrairaka hei mōkaikai māku, inā hoki te ātaahua o tōna reo korowhitiwhiti!

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