I te tekau tau 1930 ka hua ake te whanaungatanga i waenganui i a Reipa me Tahupōtiki Wiremu Rātana. Ā, tae rawa ki te tekau tau 1980 ko Rātana te mana ki ngā tūru Māori. He whakaahua tēnei nō te tau 1966 o Iriaka Rātana e kōrero ana ki tētahi marae ki te tai hauāuru. I moe anō ia i ngā tama e rua a Rātana, arā, te tāne tuarua i muri i te tāne tuatahi, ā, i whai atu ia i ngā tapuwae o te mea tuarua ki te Pāremata hei māngai mō te Tai Hauāuru. I taua tau hoki (1949) ka tū koia te māngai wahine Māori tuatahi.
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