Kei te pirangi te wahine pakeke kia noho rangatahi me te waatea kia paingia e te tane tana koowao. Kua reri ia ki te kakahu i nga kakahu tino wahine - kia rongo ano i te wera o tona tinana. Ehara i te mea miharo, ko te hongi o te tinana o te tangata he mahunga ngawari.
E te hoê tuahine nehenehe roa te rouru pouri, e te taoto ra oia i roto i te hoê tiaraa hau. Kare i roa tana korero ki tona tungane, te ahua nei he tangata kaingākau ia ki nga mahi moepuku. He kino te toro atu ki taua tuakana, he pai ki te piko mo tetahi mea, katahi ka mau tonu tana piston ki muri. He ataahua tona tuahine, he tangata whai mana, he waimarie tana tuakana ki te whai tuahine pera. A he watea, kei reira tonu ia mo ia.
Ko te mea e hiahiatia ana e te kotiro ko te arero korekore o tana hoa. Koinei tonu te take. Kaore he mana o te tane ki te whanonga o tona arero, ka mau tonu ki roto ki te kaihe o tana hoa wahine, a ka koa ia ki te ahua o tana mitimiti i ana ahuareka. I muri mai i te wahine taratara, ka pangia e ia tana cum. He wahine ataahua mai i te kotiro tetona.
He mahi pupuhi rawa tera. I whakaaro ahau kua kite ahau i nga momo mahi pupuhi katoa i mua, engari i miharo taku tamahine. Waimarie mo te papa tupuna kua whanau he kotiro penei.