He wāhanga tēnei o te hōtaka o Neherā; i ngaro te tīmatanga o te kōrero.
I whānau mai a Thomas Rangi i Ahuriri i te Hepetema o te tau 1944. Kātahi anō tana pāpā kia mate i te pakanga tuarua o te ao, nā reira i whāngaihia ia e ana tīpuna, a Ngoi rāua ko Ben Pewhairangi.
I haere ia ki Aardmore Training College ki te ako hei kaiako. I te wā o te patapatai, e mahi ana ia hei kaiako ki ngā tamaraiki o whenua kē.
Ka kōrero mō ngā kura māhita i tana tamarikitanga. Ka whakahuatia te ingoa a Bob McConnel.
Ka kōrero ia mō āna rangahau ki tana whakapapa. Ka whakahuatia ngā ingoa o Mātini rāua ko Hoani Rangi Te Kaiwaho, ko Mānihera [kāore i whakaingoatia te ingoa whānau], Tamahau Mahupuku me tana hoa wahine a Raukura [Te Kaiwaho?].
Ka kōrero mō te whakatūnga o ngā whare o Aotea me Te Waipounamu i te marae o Papawai.
Ka ngaro te whakakapinga o te kōrero. Ka oti te kōnae ki tētahi waiata arotini i te reo Māori.