Ka mea a Hēnare Tomoana ki a Te Wiremu (Atirikona Hamuera Wiremu): ‘Ki te morehu kaumātua o Heretaunga, ka karanga au ki a koutou – engari kua pahemo koutou katoa, ā, kua toe mai ko koe. Pupū ake te ngākau i te aroha. Engari au i te kaumātua, heoi nā te rironga o ō mātou kaumātua kua kīa mai ahau he kaumātua. I meatia ahau kia ako i te iwi, ā, ko te tūmanako ka ara te tētē kura o te iwi Māori otirā mō tēnei reanga; kua tutuki taku wawata i te rangi nei. E tika ana kia aratakina te hunga rangatahi e ngā kaumātua ki te ara tika, e tū rangatira ai rātou. Engari me ngāwari mātou. Nā mātou nā ngā kaumātua tonu i whakataha mai. Kaua mātou e whakarērea. Ā te wā mā koutou hei whakakī ngā tūranga nei, e hiki ai te mana inā kaumātua ai koutou. Tēnā koutou' ('He kupu whakamarama', Te Pipiwharauroa, Hui-tanguru 1902, p. 3).
E kauhau ana a Tōmoana ki te hui a te rōpū tauira o Te Aute i te tau 1902. E anga ana ōna kōrero ki ngā rangatahi Māori, arā mō te pueatanga o tētahi rangatira. Ākene pea ko Apirana Ngata tērā e kōrero ana ia. Nō muri mai tū ai a Ngata hei mema Paremata. Hāunga anō tāna kī ake ehara ia i te kaumātua, kei ngā tau 70 te pakeke o Tōmoana i tērā wā.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Niupepa: Maori newspapers
Reference:
Te Pipiwharauroa: He kupu whakamarama, February, 1902, p. 3
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