I te tau 1975 nōna e mahi ana hei Minita Māori, ko Matiu Rata (Ngāti Kurī, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Whātua) te kaitōrangapū 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 ki tētahi o ngā uiuingā tohu nui ā te taraipiunara, ārā, ko tērā o Muriwhenua. Nō te tuwheratanga o ngā rongo kōrero ki Te Hāpua ka waiatatia a ‘Karanga rā’, he waiata i titoa mō te kaupapa nei. Ko ngā kupu, ko ngā whakapākehā hoki o te waiata kei raro iho:
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, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
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