I paanui tahi maaua ko to tooku kuia i te pukapuka Noou te ao! Na Dr Seuss i tuhi, naa Matua Hemi Kelly i whakamaaori. Ko teenei tetehi o aku tino pukapuka.
Waru marama aku pakeke, he maahanga au, ko Mawhai Aspinall tooku ingoa.
I te moe taku teina a Karioi.
Ko taku wawata kia kore haere au ki te Kohanga, ki te piritata ki tooku kuia ia raa no te mea kaha tooku kuia ki te panui i ngaa pukapuka whakamiiharo i au. Ka panui tooku mama, me aku tuahine i ngaa pukapuka e rata ana ki a ratou.
- Na tooku maamaa i waihanga i ooku whakaaro kia maarama koutou.
Naa Mawhai Aspinall
Ngati Porou, Waikato