The seven whales.
Where the water phosphorescence and the days shimmered by, in the deep, swam the almighty seven whales. Watching from a distance was the mighty Tohunga. He is so powerful, that people were afraid to even whisper his name.
A light so bright shone on the glimmering, turquoise sea and the sand shone as gold as glowstone. The whales names were Tahutoria, Takitaki, Korito, Onepoto, Iwitea and Tuhara. But in their tribe was their lazy baby brother, Hikunui. They all liked to get information from all different species. From all different parts of the glimmering sea. But one thing they need to remember was that they need to be out before sunrise.
Tahutoria likes to catch up with the other whales. They speak of different Tohunga throughout the seas. Takitaki liked to catch up with the dolphins. As the dance around in the shimmering crystal clear waters of Tangaroa. They speak of different tribes. Korito likes to hang out with sharks. They speak of war and destruction.
Onepoto loves to catch up with the sword fish. They are cheeky little things that like to roam around in the sea, and they speak of the warmth and light. As you know, they love their sword fighting. Iwitea always heads down to see the old grumbly groper and catch up with some Dozy John Dory. They are some really lazy things. Tuhura went to the crystal clear sands and bathed with the snapper and sometimes if he was lucky, found the Silver frost fish. Hikunui was the laziest of them, all he ever did was float around in the kelp.
When it was cold and dark, the whales dozed to sleep during night. Everyone, apart from Hikunui. He was awake all bright, nearly for the whole night. But this upset his brothers a little. They were all tired and wanted to get to sleep. Hikunui thought it was scary seeing his brothers angry at night so he tried to go to sleep.
As dawn passed by and all the whales swam back to their parts of the ocean, Tahotoria looked around frantically to ask if Takitaki or Korito had seen Hikunui earlier in the day. Onepoto heard him and span around but only Iwitea and Tuhura could be seen swimming out from Waiatai.
A gust of wind whistled through the air and the climate changed. Then from the depths of the sea, appeared the mighty Tohunga. He looked straight into the whales fearful eye. The whales had always feared him and in a blink of an eye the Tohunga cursed the seven most frightened whales into hills. And to this following day, you can see them around just east of Wairoa. Turned into hills. As for Hikunui well, he won't be waking up anytime soon.
