He Kutu Honore — I te whai-korero a Colonel J. Leader i Nepia i whakaatu ia i nga mahi a te hoia i te wa o te pakanga nei. Tera tel alii “Tame” i roto i nga parepare e whawhai ana kite Tiamana. laia e whakapuru ana i tana pu ka rongo ake ia ite kutu e ngau ana i tana kaki. Katahi ka tuohu kite hopu. I a ia i tuoho ra tika tonu mai te mata a te Tiamana pato ana ki te peeke i muri i a ia. Mehemea kaore tana tuahutanga kua tu te mata ra ki tana mahunga. Katahi ka puritia e ia te kutu ra katahi ka tnihi ki tana kutu : “E kutu, mehemea e whai wahi ana ano i runga i a koe hei iringa mo tetahi mera (medal) ka whakamaua atu e ah an i te mea nau ahau i ora ai. Ko tenei ite mea kaore e taea e ahau te whakahonore i a koe, e hoki kite wahi i hopukia ai koe e ahau.— Katahi ka whakahokia ki tana kaki ! ”
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Toa Takitini, Issue 9, 1 April 1922, Page 12
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