Taniwha

So I'm like, "I can't get them on."

Oh, and speaking of which, uh, Northland, the Taniwha, uh, defended the shield against my Mulloos.

Uh, I don't think it's leaving-

Oh, bro

I dart upon him like a hungry shark.

I have him! I have him under! Down, villain! Down to the kraken and the whale! To the Taniwha cave! Down, down, down! As we sank, I heard one grand roar of wild laughter from the shore.

The word utu I heard roared by many voices, but did not then know its import.

The Pakeha was drowning the Maori for utu for himself, in case he should be drowned.

But the temporary local tapus were the most tormenting to the Pakeha, as well as might, seeing that even a native could not steer clear of them always.

A place not tapu yesterday might be horribly tapu today, and the consequences of trespassing thereon proportionately troublesome.

Thus, sailing along a coast on a riverbank, the most inviting landing place would be almost to a certainty the freehold property of the Taniwha, a terrific sea monster, who would to a certainty, if his landed property were trespassed upon, upset the canoe of the trespassers and devour them all the very next time they put to sea.

The place was tapu, and let the weather be as bad as it might, it was better to keep to sea at all risks than to land there.

Right behind them.

And I normally cheer for the Taniwha.

In any other situation, I cheer for the Taniwha.

But no, not this one.

I'm sorry, Taniwha fan, but you know where I'm coming from.

I want Manawatu to experience what you've experienced for the last two or three weeks.

Absolutely.

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Story 19 The Island and the Tanifa A fierce storm at sea caught a party of fishermen out in their boats.

Rowing hard to shelter, they all reached their homes except two brothers called Manini and Hiki, who were farthest from the land.

Buffeted by the wind, blinded by the rain, tossed on the great waves, they were carried past every point of land they tried to reach.

If she had, the daughter would have chosen Manini.

At last the old woman said to the brothers, You must run a race.

The winner shall marry my daughter if he can afterwards kill the Tanifa.

All the islanders gathered around.

And I think those Tasman Marco can keep their baggies off the shield.

Tanifas.

Yeah, they're damn right.

They can keep them off the shield.

Rui Farrant, who is the Waikato halfback, and a quarters game on Saturday night.

A handy little player, and he's going to talk to us this week ahead of the Ranfurly Shield Challenge against the Taniwha this coming weekend.

Paul Cole dominated the London Squash Classic, and he'll join us at around 8.15 this morning, and Paul Mawadi will be here with our TAB Odds update.

Of course, it's Wednesday, and that means...

It's a big occasion this weekend, isn't it?

Hell yeah.

Mate, they don't get much bigger up in Taniwha territory.

But, mate, congratulations.