Tokowhā ngā kaumātua i kōrero mō ō rātau whākatipuranga, ō rātau whakapapa me ētahi atu tāhūhū kōrero.
Ko te kuia nō Whanganui he kaihāpai i ngā kōrero o Te Whiti o Rongomai rāua ko Tohu Kākahi. I kōrero te kuia nō Te Tai Tokerau mō tana whakatipuranga ake i roto i te hāhi Moromona [Mōmona?].Kāre te koroua i paku whakapono ki ngā kōrero o ngā pakeke.
Ko te reo Māori tētahi mea i tīmata i a rātau e tupu haere ana i te kura. Mo ētahi i hoatuhia he ingoa Pākehā ki ngā Māori i reira.
Heoi anō e kōrero ana ēnei kaumātua mō ō rātau oranga i a rātau e takatū ana i runga i te mata o te whenua mai i ō rātau tamarikitanga tae noa ki te wā i hopukina te kāmera i a rātau mō tēnei hōtaka.
Ngā kaikōrero:
Ko Riripeti Te Kohuroa Pepene (Ngāti Wai)
Ko Manawanui Wi Pauro (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi)
Ko Te Huinga Batley (Ngāti Maniapoto), Kairaranga
Ko Hone Āpiti (Ngāti Te Wehi)
Ngā tāngata e kitea ana:
Te Puea (Waikato, Ngāti Mahuta, Ngāti Apakura, Ngāti Maniapoto), Morvin Simon (Te Āti Haunui-a-Pāpārangi), Kura Simon (Ngāpuhi),
Ngā Wāhi e Kitea ana:
Whanganui, Mōkau, Kaiwhaiki, Maniāroa Marae, Whangaruru,
Ngā ingoa e whakahuatia ana:
Tāngata: Wihari (Tainui), Ngāti Pāmoana, Te Wharerata (Whanganui), Remo Wetere (Ngāti Maniapoto), Ngāti Paoa, Pōhutuhutu, Te Hinganganui o Paoa, Te Whakauruhanga (Ngā iwi o Taumarunui), Tāwhiao (Waikato Ngāti Mahuta)
Wāhi: Piopio, Whangārei, Taurikura, Parimata, Ōakura, Parutahi, Parihaka, Parikino, Te Kura o Parikino (He piki nō ngā tau ki muri), Upokongaro, Te Kura Kōtiro o Wikitoria, Rangitīkei, Hiruhārama, Hamutana (Hamilton),