Kōrero: Pounamu
I te tau 1857 ka tuhia e ētahi rangatira o Poutini Ngāi Tahu tēnei reta ki a Te Mākarini, te āpiha hoko whenua matua a te kāwanatanga. I whakatakotoria e ngā rangatira ā rātou āwangawanga mō te hokona o ō rātou whenua. I whakaae rātou kia hokona te whenua mō te e 2,500 pāuna, kia rāhuitia ētahi whenua mō rātou. Ko ngā rangatira nā rātou te reta i haina ko Tarapuhi, ko Te Iwipihi Paturi, ko Makarini Tohi, ko Inia Pikiwara, ko Po Arama Hotu, ko Hakiaha. Ahakoa tā rātou hiahia kia tiakina te pounamu, kāore i tutuki.
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