E hāngai ana ēnei ngohe ki ngā whārangi 30–31 o te pukapuka Te Wharekura – He kōrero whakamaumahara 1960–2010. E aro ana te rauemi nei ki te whenu ‘Te Whakaritenga Pāpori me te Ahurea’ i ngā taumata 3–4 o Tikanga ā-Iwi.
Ka noho tahi tēnei rauemi me te aratohu Te Takanga o te Wā i roto i te horopaki 'Te Whakaora i te Hītori'. E hāngai ana ki te wāhanga ako Tikanga ā-Iwi i ngā taumata 1–2.
Nō te tau 1841 ka parawhenuameatia ngā takiwā o Waitara, o Ngāmotu i Te Tai Hau-ā-uru e ngā tāngata Pākehā i tatū mai ki Aotearoa me te Kamupene o Aotearoa (The New Zealand Company).
Mēnā te Tiriti o Waitangi ka noho hei kawenata whakaū, whakararau i te noho tahi o Tauiwi me ngā hapū, he aha koia te take i pahū ake ai ngā pakanga i Te Tai Tokerau?
Nō tuaukiuki rā anō, nō te orokohanga mai o te ao, ka kitea te tuku ihotanga o te whakapapa, o ngā kōrero pūrākau, o te tapu, ki ngā whakapaparanga haere ake nei, haere ake nei.
He tangohanga ēnei mai i ngā pukapuka Kā Roimata – Wāhaka 1 me 2, nā Hana O’Regan i tuhi. I whakaputaina ēnei i te tau 2008 mō te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga e Hana Limited.
Ko ngā āhuatanga i kōrerohia i raro nā ka puta mai i te rua tau nō muri i te pakanga ki Kaiapoi. Ko te ngaki i te mate me te nako kia whai mana ai rātou huri noa i Te Waipounamu, te whakaoreoretanga o Ngāti Toa Rangatira ki te tuki.
