Tāmati Wāka Nene

Ka tino tautokona e ia Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ko ia tonu tētahi o ngā rangatira tuatahi i haina ai. I tana taenga atu ki te hui, he ngākaurua te wairua. Ka tū ia ki te kōrero, ki tāna, he pai kia tukua ngā Pākehā kia whakauru mai, he painga mō te rangimārie me te rongomau. Ki tāna, e kore e puritia e ngā rangatira Māori ngā Pākehā turekore kua tae kē mai.

Ka mea atu a Nene, me noho mai te Kāwana hei matua, hei kaiwhakawā, hei kaihohou hoki i te rongo, engari, me noho katoa mai ngā tikanga Māori, kaua hoki e tukua ngā whenua kia ngaro atu. Nā kauwhau a Nene i huri mai ai ngā whakaaro o te hui, ā, ka tautokona te kaupapa.

I te tau 1845, ka tū ko te pakanga ki a Hone Heke rāua ko Kawiti. Ka piri a Nene ki te tautoko, ki te āwhina hoki i ngā ope o Ingarangi. I muri, he hoa hoki a Nene ki te Kāwana, ki a Hōri Kerei. Ka mate a Tāmati Wāka Nene i te tau 1871. Kei tana kōhatu ēnei kupu: 'te hoa o te Kāwanatanga me te matua o te Pākehā'.

Tohutoro
 NZDB: Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau

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