Tēnā koe, Tā Kereama!
nā Henare Whitu Kīngi, nō Ngā Puhi, Te Arawa, Ngāti Ruanui me Waikato
"¥ ' f ahore he wahi atu i Te PapaTongarewa i whakanuitia ai a Ta Kereama me Reiri Emere Ratima mo ai a Ta Kereama me Reiri Emere Ratima mo nga ; mahi nuii mahia ai e raua kotahi i nga tau ki muri. Tae noa mai kite wa i whakaarongia e Ta Kereama te whakaaro me tuku iho i a ia i roto i ana hanga pai mo tana iwi Maori, i tautoko kaha a Reiri Emere i a ia. Kahore he pai o te tangata i roto i ana mahi mehemea kahore he wahine kaha kei muri hei tautoko i a ia, na reira ka mihi ki a Reiri Emere. E whae, tena koe. Ka huri ake i tenei wa mo nga mahi i mahia ai e Ta Kereama. No te tau 1956 ka tohungia
a ia he mangai mo nga watene Maori o Ngati Whatua ki Kaipara. Mai ite tau 1961 kite tau 1979 ka mahi ake aia i runga i tana pamu i Tinopai i Kaipara. No te tau 1963 ka tohungia aia kite Kaunihera a-rohe oTe Tai Tokerau. Ite 1964 ka tohungia a ia i roto i nga tangata e toru, ko ratou hei mangai mo roto i Te Kaunihera Maori o Aotearoa mo Te Tai Tokerau.
No te tau 1969 ka tohungia a ia hei perehitini tuarua mo Te Kaunihera Maori o Aotearoa. He maha noa atu nga turanga i riro i a ia i muri mai. Engari na tona kaha mo tana iwi Maori ka riro i a ia te taitara Ta ka mau mai ki runga ki a ia me tana hoa rangatira a Reiri Emere. No te tau 1990 ka riro i ia te turanga heamana mo Nga Kaitiaki Reti Ngahere Karauna. Ko tetahi atu o nga turanga i riro i a ia, hei mema o te Hmota Whanui o te Hahi Mihingare.
Ka hoki mai ki nga ra i tae mai ai etahi o nga mema Paremata, me etahi o nga rangatira o nga kamupene nunui o Aotearoa kite mihi ki aiai Te Papa Tongarewa iTe Whanganui a Tara nei mo taua ra katoa, ara, te Turei te 21 o Whiringa-a-nuku. No te po ka hakaringia te kaupapa nei i te Whare Paremata. "E koro, ma te matua nui i te rangi kourua ko Reiri Emere e manaaki mo te roanga ake o to kourua oranga i te ao nei."
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Muka, Volume 21, Issue 4, 1 December 2008, Page 4
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414Tēnā koe, Tā Kereama! Muka, Volume 21, Issue 4, 1 December 2008, Page 4
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