Published in: Kokiri Issue 2 - Paenga Whāwhā - Haratua 2007
He whakahōnore i a Haane Manahi o Te Arawa me ana mahi hōia i te pakanga tuarua o te ao te kaupapa nui.
I te tekau mā whitu o ngā rā o Maehe i tēnei tau i pōwhiritia a Te Arawa e te Tiuka o York a Prince Andrew (te tama tuarua a Kuini Irihāpeti) me te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa ki te marae o Te Papaiouru i Rotorua.
Ko Prince Andrew te kanohi mō te Kuini o Ingarangi, nāna nei a Lance Sergeant Haane Manahi me āna mahi nui i te pakanga o Takrouna i Awherika ki te raki i whakahōnore.
E toru ngā taonga a te whare ariki o Ingarangi i whakatakotoria e Prince Andrew hei whakanui, hei whakamana hoki i te rā. He reta i tuhia e te Kuini, he pare karakia, me tētahi hoari mai i te tōpuni taonga o te whānau ariki o Ingarangi.
E ai ki te Minita mō ngā take Māori, a Parekura Horomia, “e tino harikoa ana ahau, i tae mai a Piriniha Andrew ki Rotorua ki te kawe i te whakataunga mana kōwhiri.”
E ai ki a Parekura Horomia, “ko te wawata, kua tau, kua okioki te kaupapa ināianei.”
He hōia a Haane Manahi mō Te Rōpū Rua Tekau mā Waru, ā, i te tau 1986 ka aituā ia i roto i tōna waka i Te Puke.
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