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Taka rawa mai ki Āperira o 1908, kua tokowhitu kē ngā wāhine a Rua, inarā ki tāna he whakatutuki tēnei nāna i te poropiti a Īhāia 4:1. Heoi, i te mutunga iho, tekau mā rua rawa āna wāhine. Nō Tūhoe ētahi, nō Ngāti Raka ētahi, he iwi tēnei i noho tahi rātau ko Ngāi Tūhoe. E ai ki te mea pakeke o ana mokopuna, tekau mā whitu ā rāua tamariki ko Pinepine o Ngāti Kurī o Ruatāhuna. kīia ai ia ko 'tō mātou Whaea Tapu' nā te mea ko ia tētahi i kite i te whakakitenga i runga i te maunga. Anei anō ētahi o ngā wāhine a Rua: ko Pēhirangi (Rehe) Kanuehi nō Hāmua ki Rūātoki; ko Te Akakura (Patu) Rū o Ngāti Rongo, o ngā kāwai rangatira tonu o Rūātoki; ko ia he mea karanga tonu e te iwi o Rua, ko te 'Kuini o Hepa' (Sheba); arā, ka hoatu e Kīngi Horomona ki a ia 'ngā mea katoa i pai ai ia' (Ngā Whakapapa 4:1); ko Te Auē (Kiritiatia) Heurea nō Ngāti Koura ki Ruatāhuna; ko Mihiroa (Tātai) Te Kaawa nō Ngāti Kurī ki Ruatāhuna; me Wairimu (Martha Vercoe), he taha Māori, Pākehā nei ōna, nō te hapū o Hāmua. I whai mai anō hoki ētahi atu wāhine mā Rua, ko Whirimako (Teo) Ereatara nō Hāmua, ko Ngāpera Rīni nō Te Māhurehure ki Rūātoki, ko Kiha (Te Hororoa) Tahu nō Te Whānau Pani ki Rūātoki, ko Waireti Irohia nō Ngāti Raka ki Te Waimana me Te Aomakarani (Meri) Wī Kamaua nō Ngāti Raka hoki. Ko tana wahine whakamutunga, tamariki atu hoki i ērā, ko Piimia (Te Atawhai) Onekawa nō Te Ūpokorehe, he iwi anō hoki tēnei e noho tahi ana ki a Tūhoe. Nō te putanga mai o Rua i te whareherehere i te tau 1918, ka moe rāua.
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