i ngā pō. Ko Rewarewa te marae i wehea hei whakahaere i te hui. Ko ngā kai hoki i Te Rewarewa anō. Mea ota ngā kai nō Whakatāne. Ko ngā mīti, nā ngā tangata miraka kau o Ruātoki nei. Mea tiki ngā wahia i te tāhuna, mā runga i ngā tarakihana. Taupatupatu Āku kōrero mō te ra o te ‘Hui ā Tūhoe’ i Ruātoki. I te pō o te Paraire ngā taupatupatu. Ko Tāwera me Mātaatua ngā mea i tīmata i ngā taupatupatu. Te kaupapa o ngā taupatupatu ko tēnei, ‘E tika kē ana īnaianei mā ngā tamariki ō Tūhoe e whakahaere ngā mahi ā Tūhoe’. Ka wini i a Tāwera. I muri iho i a Tāwera, ko Ruātoki rāua ko Kawerau. Tino pai ki ahau tā rātau taupatupatu. I wini hoki i a Ruātoki tēnei. Ko Tāwera rāua ko Ruātoki i mea, kāore rātau e whakaae mā ngā tamariki o Tūhoe e mahi ngā mahi ā Tūhoe. I te Rā Horoi ko Tūrangi me Kawerau. Ka wini i a Tūrangi. Kaore i mutu katoa ngā taupatupatu, nō reira kāore te kapu i wini. as headquarters. All the meals were prepared and eaten at Rewarewa also the food was ordered from Whakatane. The meat was obtained from the local farmers of Ruatoki. Wood was collected from the river bed, on tractors. Thomas Bush I write about the debates at the Tuhoe Festival held at Ruatoki. These began on Friday night, with Tawera and Mataatua being first. The topic was ‘It is right now that the children of Tuhoe should handle the affairs of Tuhoe’. Tawera won. After Tawera came Ruatoki and Kawerau. This was very delightful to me. Ruatoki won. Tawera and Ruatoki were on the negative. On Saturday Turangi and Kawerau debated and Turangi won. Owing to lack of time the debates did not finish so no one won this trophy. Katie Riini

Ta Matou Haerenga ki Ruatoki I tetahi Paraire ka wehe matou i Taupo ki Ruatoki noho ai ra. Ka haere matou ki ko ra kia ako i nga tikanga o te iwi Maori. E rua haora e haere atu ana i Taupo ka tae matou ki Rotorua. Ka tu te pahi ki te marae o Mataatua, ka kai matou i a matou tina, ara i waiata ai. Ka mutu nga waiata ka haere ano te pahi. I te wha karaka i te ahiahi ka tae matou ki te marae o Waikirikiri ki Ruatoki. I haere matou ki runga i te marae, ka karanga mai nga kuia. Ka powhiritia matou e te kaumatua. Katahi ka tu a Mr Hill ki te whakahoki. Ka mutu tana whaikorero ka waiata matou. He waiata tangi tenei. I muri o te waiata ka hariru matou i nga tangata whenua. I te po, i muri o te kai, ka haere matou ki roto i te whare nui ki te karakia ki te waiata, ki te mihi hoki. Ka tangi te pere, ka tu tetahi a nga tangata ki te karakia. Ka koropikotia nga mahunga o nga tangata. Ka mutu te karakia ka whaikorero mai te kaumatua. Katahi ka tu nga tangata whenua ki te waiata. Tino pai a ratou waiata. Ka tu a Mr Hill ki te whakahoki. Ka mutu, ka waiata matou. Ko ‘Taku Patu’ te ingoa o te waiata. I te tekau karaka, ka timata matou ki te haere moe ai. He tino ngenge ahau, engari i te pakupaku o taku wahi moe kaore taku moe e ora. I te ao ake, i muri o te parakuihi ka whakamarama etahi o nga kaumatua ki a