Ko Tāwhiao, tana tupuna, Kīngi Māori o mua, ko Te Rata Mahuta Pōtatau Te Wherowhero, ko rāua i haere ki Ingarangi ki te tuku petihana ki Piritania, ki tōna Kīngi, kia whakahokia ngā whenua o Waikato i raupatutia. Kei te taha maui ia o tēnei whakaahua me ōna hoa haere i tēnei whīkoi o te tau 1914 – ko Te Pirīmia o Te Kīngitanga, ko Tupu Taingākawa, me ngā hēkeretari, kaiwhakapākehā hoki, arā ko Hōri Tiro Pāora me Mita Karaka. Ka tūtaki i a Kīngi Hōri V me tōna hoa rangatira, ēngari ko te kupu me hoki ia ka haria ai tōna kaupapa ki te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa māna hei whakatikatika.
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