Ko te pirihi Māori tuatahi o te hāhi Katorika ko Minita Matua Wiremu Te Āwhitu kei waenganui i a Pīhopa Snedden o Te Whanganui-a-Tara (taha māui) rāua ko Pīhopa Delargey o Tāmaki-makaurau. Kei te whakaeke rātou ki runga i te marae o Ngāpuawaiwaha ki Taumarunui mō ngā whakanuitanga e 25 tau o te pirihitanga o Te Āwhitu. Arā anō ngā minita Māori i whai wāhi ki tēnei rā – ko Henare Tate rātou ko Karaitiana King, ko Harwood, ko Bennett ko Peter Lander (he irāmutu nā Te Āwhitu).
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Reference: Clark, E. R. ‘Silver Jubilee.’ Te Ao Hou 69 (1971), p. 53
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