Nō te marama o Tihema o te tau 1996 waiatatia tuatahitia ai te waiata nei ki Te Hāpua. He waiata tēnei mō te minita mō ngā take Māori o mua, a Matiu Rata. Nō te tīmatanga o te hui a Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi mō Muriwhenua ka waiatatia te waiata nei. Nō te tau 1988 ka puta te pūrongo a te taraipiunara mō ngā taunga hī ika o Muriwhenua; nō te tau 1997 ka puta tana pūrongo mō ngā whenua o Muriwhenua. Hei uri a Matiu Rata nō Ngāti Kurī; nāna, ka tū Te Rōpū Whakamana i te Tiriti o Waitangi i te tau 1975, ko ia hoki tētahi o ngā kaitono i te tau 1986.
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