Ko te rangatira o Tainui ko Eva Tuaiwa Rickard e tohu ana ki ngā papatipu a tōna iwi ki te Minita Whenua a Venn Young. I te wā o te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao ka tangohia e te kāwanatanga aua whenua hei taunga rererangi taua, engari nāwai ka hurihia hai papa hahaupōro. I te tau 1978 ka mauheretia a Rickard me ētahi o tōna iwi mō tā rātou porotēhi ki reira. Heoi nā tana oke ururoa i te kaupapa ka hoki ērā whenua ki a Tainui Āwhiro i te tau 1979. I te tau o muri mai ka kōrero a Eva ki a Irirangi Aotearoa mō ngā take ture, tōrangapū hoki.

He kōnae nā Ngā Taonga Kōrero. Me whai koe i te whakaaetanga o Ngā Taonga Kōrero i mua i te whakamahi (EVA RICKARD/Reference number 04/10/1980/sa-t-2355-su03-pm).