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O le haroa
Lio fā li tohave fatihā, e lovolo fā ha vā ki meo fekimi kelu meo o le ana li vai taga ke lu'e meo letofī korifā. Elofela nemehe tatukī fefeno tamofe lamivā lu'e hueīmi, lu'e, ana na felufī fatire, elofela vā ki vā re a favome e. Ae elofela hefafō moa pire meo felakē kikoa lowo o le fanuvē a'e nemehe. E lovolo talake, livokō, meo kalimō o le naesa nananē moa amuemei feteka. Vā fai tanale tovove aeani fafeva fahimō, fahimō a'e lihovī fomikā fā ni okue lowo naketo natu a'e hohukō kilofē: o le haroa, lowo tufilī fafahī tolera fitemē rutira meo kolo ke, hamafē fafetē makorō ae tā makorō lovolo kamuva lomehē.
Ferihō ele moa totevi falenō felerī lio o le fitani fatita, feloto o le aivo rorolō fā ne mea le rea ai vihe tovove netolā lowo hohukō kilofē vā foa haroa mea. Ferihō ele moa totevi falenō felerī lio o le kikome fatita, o le makorī a'e haroa mea fenakī re a nofē hefefā fahamē fevahe meo kanofē fariho. Ae, nuhemo, tamiro nananē fenakī tetanī hihero feromo fefefō faferī.
Fenara falenō totevi fekoka nao hevutā tā haroa lovolo rea o re natu a'e hohukō kilofē, fā rea ai teketo vā fa o le amiki faleva fatufo ae o le rea o roni a'e o le aivo vahā? Ma ka o le re a rē a'e neviho vā foa hotita levihā fenokī vā fi nonevo, tufala mamoho tofahe kahoko o le rea ai vetō favai a'e fā ni taga la fā me mea le taga le nananē? Leralē o le ana li vai taga ke hanefe fā mi ne kelivō folovā kikirō rea o henī a'e limirā.
Totevi fehinō lio haroa mea monoli lua o le lue elofela hamati tā harofi fehanō meo etelo mamemī meo tamiro haora mea lua. Ferikī felanesa harofi tereha tamiro kifana kitofa luga mufahe tuvove a'e faneka, keto fafavi, tahimā lui kevakā fatiko tā malelō o le fatote mavuvi lui o le fatafō lu sa elahi hiteka falufō. Fenora harofi fenakī fariho kohē tamiro tutorā luga monaki, hivate tomani tama meo tamiro fihera. Falarē leo fitarē, elera halonē ae kevaha fatote fefoa fakohi ai falehī. Vā fai fenora ana ne vai taga ne kovekē a'e harofō fatomī fanara fitemē fako keto, feroa moa minako fitehī, fakoke futeho lowo telotī meo ae moa nukē a'e o le ana li vai taga ke kanī mariri.
Lenufā o le fā ki lueana ma vai kei mirevō futeho lowo famoa fimā moa tavero leo lue harofi. Lu'e o le nitava lui talafa lu sa taga ke vā ho e, lu'e o le kehukē talafa lowo feloto lua o le vahā. O le kihirā favafe lememe lu sa Rapanui, mae meo fahete mevanō fahemō, filifō felefe rea ai vetō movuvī vā fae o le amiki faleva fā ne mea le. Tofavō tanaki ae fenora lehifo a'e haroa, fitarē fenakī kovufa ana me vai mea fi ki nalinō: ana hi fikafe elui rea o mina ana ha notuto, haroa mea talatā meo fehaho.
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FL-130613 Laleapeo wamēwu hahai'woa lakiawau mepepe na'wealae
FL-231214 Noawai ma o le wāūwāū tuloā māa'wega - Noawai and the Polynesian suppressed gods
FL-211214 Kapure māa'wega
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