He nuka reo e kitea ana i te paki, i te kiriata me te whakaari, inā ka whakaaturia tētahi mahi, tētahi whakaaro, tētahi āhuatanga rānei nō mua i te wātū o te tāhū.
A literary device used in narratives, films and plays where an event, idea or aspect is shown that precedes the present point in the plot.
karapa - to glance, peek, scan
whakamuri - backwards
Ki tō whakaaro, he aha i whakaurua ai te karapa whakamuri ki tēnei wāhanga o te paki?
Nā te karapa whakamuri tātou i mōhio ai ki te āhua o te tamarikitanga o tuahangata.
Ko te karapa whakamuri tēnei ki ngā pakanga o Tūhoe me te Karauna i tērā rautau, me te āta hono anō ki te kaupapa o te kiriata, arā, te urutomo atu o te ope pirihimana ki ngā kāinga o Te Urewera.