E whaikōrero ana a Matiu Rata ki te marae o Hoani Waititi i te tau 1980. I te tau i mua atu ka rīhaina a Rata hei minita Māori mō Reipa i tāna whakahē ki ōna kaupapa Māori. Ka hangaia mai e ia tana rōpū a Te Mana Motuhake, engari ka hinga ia i ngā pōti mō tōna tūru ō mua, arā, te tūru o Te Tai Tokerau. Ko Rata te kaiurungi mō ngā iwi o Muriwhenua ki ā rātou kerēme ki te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi i ngā tau 1980 me ngā tau 1990.
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