Kōrero: Māori rugby – whutupaoro

Ko te whakaahua o Riutēneti Wirihana Puna o Aramoho, Whanganui – he mea whakaahua i te takiwā o te tau 1860. He riutēneti a Puna i raro i a Te Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp) i ngā pakanga whenua o Aotearoa. I te tau 1869 i te pakanga o Te Pōrere, ka riro i a Puna te haki taua a Te Kooti. Te āhua nei, ko ia te kaitākaro whutupaoro Māori tuatahi i tuhia ai tōna ingoa ki ngā rēhita. E ai ki ngā tuhituhi hitōria ko ‘Wirihana’ te kaitākaro Māori kotahi, i tākaro ai mō Wanganui Country ki a Wanganui Tāone i tētahi kēmu, e rua tekau ngā kaitākaro o ia tīma tākaro, ki tana kāinga taone o Aramoho, i Whanganui, i te tau 1872.