I worked with this man in the early 70's and my colonised mind thought, 'this blokes a bit over the top and should just bloody settle down'... he was on this kaupapa hard. right back then, he's never veered or been distracted away from it for all these years ... I now rate him comfortably along side names such as Gandhi and Mandela ... he Tino Rangatira ia !!
Tuku mihi atu kia koe e te matua Tame Iti he tangata tino mohio koe I nga mea katoa I te ao. After this I have become a fan of yours very well spoken, knowledgeable humble man, very opposite to what the pakeha media portrays you as.
Kiaora Tama Iti!! Ko Maria Kawiti tenei! Been awhile since we last mihi!!! I have followed your hikoi for sometime now, Awesome!!!..would be an honour and privilege to catchup sometime Tama Iti!!! Kiaora koe!!!!
E rere kau ana te mihi maioha kia koe Tame Iti kua hikoitia koe i tenei ao tu tonu hei tangata tuu tonu pera ki to maunga a Taiarahia he maunga tu tonu e kore e nekeneke tuu tangata tuu rangatira ao ake ao po !