Ka kukua te ringaringa, ka motokia ake ki tōna ihu, ā, ka toto te ihu, ka pania ki te matau, ka whiua ki te moana; ana rere tonu, rere tonu, ā, ka tae ki te tekoteko, mahue ake; ka mahue ngā māhihi, ka ngaro ki te roro, ehara, ka mau ki te paepae o te whatitoka te matau a Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga (TAH 38:48). / He clenched his fist, punched his nose and when his nose was bloody, he smeared it on the fish-hook and cast it into the sea. It went on and on and reached the carved figure on top of the house, but passed that, passed the bargeboards and disappeared into the verandah of the house, and behold te fish-hook of Māui-tikitiki-a-Taranga caught on the threshold of the doorway.

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