Te Kehukehu Patara Ngawhika

He tama tēnei nā Mātaatua me Te Arawa. I whānau mai ki a Pātara Pāngara Ngawhika rāua tahi ko Wākata Taituha. Ōna tātai whakaheke, ko Ngāti Whakahemo me Ngāti Rangiteaorere ki te taha o tōna matua. Ki te taha o tana whaea, he uri ia nā Ngāi Taiwhakaea rāua ko Ngāti Kawa.

Ahakoa i whānau mai i roto o Ngāti Whakahemo. Nā Ngāi Taiwhakaea a ia i whakatangata ki Te Pāroa, takiwā o Whakatane. Nā te tungāne o tana whaea, na Te Rau rāua ko tana wahine, nā Matu ia i whakapakeke.  I kōnei, i Te Pāroa ka rehita ia hei hoia mo te rua tekau mā waru

He nui ngā korero mōna, engari ka waiho ma āna mokopuna hei whakakī

He tangata māhaki, he toa, he manawanui na ōna iwi katoa.

E kore koe e warewaretia i roto i te tokomaha

1914 - 1992

Reference:

Whānau Collection, Pāroa

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