Tēnā koe Pīpīwharauroa,
Greetings to you, strong-winged traveller from warmer places, whose whistle-waiata is an augury of spring, stealthy trickster in iridescent camouflage, who lays her eggs in the nests of others that they may raise her young as tamariki whāngai!
I write on behalf of Yolo the sister and Blu the brother, together known as Yllwbro. Being shy of disposition, preferring to remain unseen, they send you their representatives, the hot-headed Wētā and the blue-wattled Kōkako—the former travelling in Tipi Haere: Miss Wētā’s All Terrain Caravan & Mobile Home, to be parked up high amongst the eaves of Te Pātaka Toi; the latter flying himself down, and looking forward to sharing a cuppa with his whanaunga in your new whare, Te Tohu o Kōanga. …
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