Ka noho te rangatira a Hirini Te Rito Whaanga (Ngāti Rakaipaaka) rāua ko tana wahine tuatoru a Mere (te tamāhine a tētahi kaipatu wēra Pākehā) ki Nūhaka. I te tau 1884 ka tahuri katoa rātou ko ngā mihinare Māori o reira ki te whakapono Mōmona i te taenga atu o ngā Mōmona e toru nō Amerika. I te tau 1894 ka haere te tokorua nei me ō rāua whanaunga ki te temepara Mōmona ki Pātote ki Amerika. Nō muri mai ka hoki a Whaanga hei mihinare Mōmona ki ngā hapori Māori.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference:
EP/1982/4163 (left); EP/1982/4164 (right)
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