Ko Ruia Aperahama e tirotiro ana ki ngā aronga maha o te whakapono Māori. Ka kōrero ki ā Tamihana Thrupp, he minita kaupoai nō Tūhoe. (TUATAHI)
He ākona te kuia o Nancy Tait o Rua Kenana. He Ringatū tūturu tētahi taha o tōna whānau. Tirohia te huarahi o tēnei i whakapakekehia i roto i tōna Tūhoetanga, kua whakaū nei ki te whakapono Bahai’i.
Ka kōrero a Ruia ki a Te Hira Paenga. Ahakoa tana pakeke, wawata tonu ana ia ki te whai tūranga hei minita mō te Haahi Mihinare. Tēnei wawata i puta mai i te aroha nui mo tana koroua.
Ka whākī mai a Hekeiterangi Broadhurst mo te oranga o te Haahi Mōmona me te take i awhi ai te Kīngitanga, te iwi Māori hoki i taua haahi.
I reira a Tom Poata i te wā i hangaia te Whare Karakia tuatahi mo te Haahi Mihinare ki Poihakena, Ahitereiria. Ka kōrero mai a Tom mo taua wā me ngā mahi o nāianei i Ohinemutu.
Ka kōrero tonu a Ruia Aperahama ki a Tom Poata mo āna mahi hei Pirihi mo te Haahi Mihinare. (WHAKAMUTUNGA)