He kōhao anō kei te ara whakawhanake i te whakataunga tiriti o Ngāpuhi.
Ko tētahi o āna hapū taura here i Tāmaki Makaurau, ko Mahurangi e aro atu ana ki te kōti ki te whakatārewa i te kōwhiringa o Te Roopu Tuuhono hei mana whiriwhiri i te kereme.
“Kua roa a Mahurangi e tū ana engari tō rātou kore pai, ngā iwi o te kāinga anō, nā Ngāpuhi,” i mea atu a Miriama Solomon, “ahakoa mātou, tātou katoa o Ngāpuhi, kei reira anō ētahi e whakakoretake ana i a mātou.”
Wheoi hei tā Sonny Tau o Te Roopuu Tuuhono, ehara te kōti i te wāhi tika kia ea ai i ngā nawe.
“He mahi taurekareka i te mea me tuku a Ngāpuhi ki te haere i tana mahi,” i kī atu a Tau.
Kua toru tau a Mahurangi e rēhita ana hei iwi mana whenua o Tāmaki Makaurau.
E ai ki tā rātou tono kua aukatingia rātou ki te tuku pōti ā-hapū mēnā āe, kāo rānei me kōrero tōtika atu a Te Roopuu Tuuhono ki te kāwanatanga hei whakatau i ā rātou kerēme whenua.
“Tika ana rātou e whai wāhi ana rātou ki roto i ngā kerēme mō Mahurangi ki raro i te mararā o Ngāpuhi, engari me pēhea tātou e whakatutuki ai i ēna?” te korero a Tau.
“Ā tae noa hoki mai rātou ki te kōrero tahi ki a Ngāpuhi ki te Roopuu Tuuhono nei.”
Ehara tēnei i te wā tuahahi kua rangona e te Minita Whakatau Take Tiriti i ngāua amuamu tae mai ki tēnei waa kahore tonu ia mo te whakapakepake ake ki nga whakahau.
Kua whakakorengia e te kōti tā rātou tono whakatārewa, engari, e āhei ana rātou ki te tuku tono hei aukati i te kōwhiringa.
