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E toru ngā hokinga mai o Te Wiremu ki Te Tai Rāwhiti i muri mai i te tekau tau mai i 1830. Ka mauria mai e ia he taitamariki kia akona i tana kura i Paihia. I te tau 1838, nā tana tuakana, nā Te Karu Whā (Henry Williams) i whakahoki mai tokoono o aua taitamariki, ki Te Tai Rāwhiti. Ko Hēmi Kiko o rātau i whakatū i tana kura ki Rangitukia. I te tau 1839, kotahi tau tonu i muri mai, kua kaha te haere o tana kura, ā, ko ia tonu anō te kaikarakia. Tokomaha tonu ngā pakeke i tana kura, e 38 ngā tamariki. Ki te whakaaro ko Mohi Tūrei tetahi o ēnei tamariki. I te tau 1856 ka haere tētahi o ngā māhita o te kura nei, a Rāniera Kāwhia, ki Waerenga-a-Hika, ki te kura a Te Wiremu i reira, kia kurangia mō te mahi minita. Nō Pēpuere o te tau 1860, ka whakaminitahia. Nō te tau i muri mai, ka whakapirihitia a Rota Waitoa, te mātāmua o ngā minita Māori, ki Te Kawakawa (Te Araroa). Kua kaha te tipu o te Whakapono i roto i a Ngāti Porou, ēngari rawa ia ki Rangitukia ki Te Kawakawa. Koinei ngā iwi o Mohi Tūrei.
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