WhakamĀrama Āpitihanga
Hei whakaahua i te putanga mai o te uira:
Te putanga ohorere o te aho me te pūngao i te Rangi. Ka takea mai te uira i te rukenga nui o te hiko mai i tētahi kapua ki tētahi, mai i tētahi kapua rānei ki te whenua, mai i te whenua rānei ki te kapua. Kitea nuitia ai te uira i te wā o te āwhā. Nā te tukituki o ngā pata wai me ngā maramara tio i rō kapua ka whai whana hiko ai. Ka piki ngā pata wai whana tōrunga ki runga o te kapua, ka heke ngā pata wai whana tōraro ki te pūtake o te kapua. Kia rahi tonu te whana hiko, kātahi ka rukea, ka puta ko te uira.
The sudden appearance of light and energy in the Sky. Lightning arises from a large electrical discharge between clouds, or between a cloud and the Earth. Lightning is produced during a storm. The water droplets and ice particles in a cloud collide and become electrically charged. The positively charged particles gather at the top of the cloud and the negatively charged particles at the base. When the build up of electrical charge is sufficient, a discharge occurs in the form of lightning.