Natanahira Waruwarutu, a Maori, was a child at the time of the capture of Kaiapoi Pa by tribal leader Te Rauparaha"s Ngati Toa warriors in 1832. The early years of his life - recounted here in the original Maori text and a parallel translation - were a turbulent time for the Maori communities of Waitaha (Canterbury) and Akaroa. Before his death, Waruwarutu passed on to scribe Thomas Green, himself