I te tau 1975 nōna e mahi ana hei Minita Māori, ko Matiu Rate te kaitōrangapū toa i whai wāhi nui ki te whakatūnga o te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi. I te tau 1986 he kaitono matua a Rata (o Ngāti Kurī) mō te kerēme o Muriwhenua. Nō te tuwheratanga o ngā rongo kōrero ki Te Hāpua ka waiatatia ai tēnei waiata a ‘Karanga rā’:
Karanga ra, e Rata
Te hiku o te kika e
Whakaripo ake nei e
Tenei a Tai
Whakamana te Tiriti e
Te ope nei e
Tainui e
E tama Rawiri
Paora e
Whakaterehia ra
Maranga mai
Te iwi ohoake ra
Tauiwi tahuri mai e
Whatungarongaro
Toitu te whenua e
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Alexander Turnbull Library, Evening Post Collection (PAColl-0614)
Reference:
1/4-021374-F
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