E whakahē ana a Hirikia Murray o Ngati Haua ki tā Te Rūnanga o Te Rārawa rīhi o Whakakoro maunga i Whangape. E hiahia ana ia ki tētahi mahi whakatewhatewha i te take. Engari ko tā Haami Piripi ko te rūnanga tonu ngā kaitiaki o te wā, kei a rātou hoki te haepapa ki te maunga.
Kua rīhingia e Te Rūnanga o Te Rārawa a Whakakoro maunga, engari e ai ki a Hirikia Murray horekau i whakawhitiwhiti kōrero me Ngāti Haua.
"We want a full investigation into what's happened and how everything has planned out, there's a lease being done. We don't want to be told that our lease is already done. Haami or the Runanga we want to tell you guys how what we want done with our whenua."
E ai tā Haami Piripi kua rīhingia te paraka whenua rua mano tahi rau eka ki a Rob Murray o Ngāti Haua. Hei tāna anō, e rite ana ki te wariu o te mākete. He rīhi ono tau, toru tekau mano tāra te utu ia tau.
"He maha atu ētahi atu o ngā whānau o reira o ngā kaumātua o ngā rangatira o ngā kaiwhakahaere o te marae kīhai te tamaiti i tino mārama pea kua kōrero au ki ērā tangata."
I hokona tūturutia e Te Rūnanga o Te Rārawa te whenua o Whakakoro i tērā tau. Tā Haami, i hokona mō te hia miriona tāra whai muri i ngā whakawhitiwhiti kōrero ki te kaipupuru taitara o te wā.
"Tāku e whakapono ake nei kua whakawhiwhi mātou i te whenua mai i te wā nei tae noa ki te tatūtanga o Ngāti Haua me pēhea rānei te tiaki te whenua ne te mea tuatahi ko ngā rēti kia kaua e riro ki te pākeha anō. Mea tuarua ngā mahi kia whakamahia ō runga i oti i ahau ēnā kaupapa."
Hei tā Murray, "My reaction to that is bullcrap we don't have to be told what to do with our whenua and who gets to choose who our whenua goes. We were there fighting part of the occupation for our whenua to come to us. We've done that and for someone to come in and take it off us for three or four years is not nice."
Atu i te rīhi whenua, e mea ana a Haami ka wheeke tonu te Rūnanga ki te whakahono atu ki te hapu kia whakawhanake ai, kia tau ai anō ki tētahi rāngai whakahaere o roto i ngā rā e haramai nei.
