Aunty Hope
E tata ana a Tumanako Reweti (JP) kite whakaeke atu kite whitu tekau ma rima, engari kei te kaha tonu a ia ki nga mahi aroha i waenganui te iwi whanui. Otira, kite katoa, eMino mohiotia ana a ia ko Aunty»Hope tona ingoa, he noho whaea hoki nona kite iwi nui. He rite tonu te hari koa o tona kanohi, he mate pai tenei kia piri mai ki nga tangata e tutaki ana ki a ia, mete mingo kata mai hoki ona i nga wa katoa. Tokorua ana mokopuna kei a iae whakatipuana, koTania Tumanako Kirikau (6) raua ko Mario Kirikau (4!/ 2 )- He hoahoa tahi raua ki nga mokai e rua a to raua tipuna, he kuri, ko Champ raua ko Tina nga ingoa. 1 te rongo koe ia ia e korero ana ki enei kuri, ka pohehe koe he tangata, otira, koia nei te ahua o tenei kuia, he ngakau nui kite tangata, ki te kuri, kite katoa noa iho. 1 whanau a ia i Orakei Maehe 2nd 1903. Ko ia tetahi
o nga kaumatua 0 Orakei Marae. E ki ana ko ia “koia ana aku mokopuna e noho mai na i Bastion Point”. He nui nga koha a te iwi ki a ia mo tona ahuatanga, kaoree namatia te aroha. 1 pinea a ia kite Silver Jubilee Medal, ina tata ake nei. Kei a ia ano te British Empire Medal, mo ona mahi i waenganui i te iwi, mo tona whenua hoki. Na te kuini o Ingarangi enei taonga whakanui. E kaha ana ia kite tautoko i a Syd Jackson kia uruatukite tunga Kai Tieki o te kaunihera, ara mo nga poti a te Kaunihera. E ki ana ko ia “Ko ia ano ta tatou tangata, he taitamariki, he mohio kite korero, he humaria, he pai ki te korero mai nei kite tangata. Ka mutu te tamaiti he kaha ki te whawhai mo te taha Maori. Mo te mana o te iwi Maori kei a Syd”.
Katahi te kuia nei ka huri mai ka kata, “e riteana hoki ki te mana o te nupepa nei”.
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Mana (Auckland), 14 July 1977, Page 3
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350Aunty Hope Mana (Auckland), 14 July 1977, Page 3
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