Waiomatatini School Centenary Hui.
- Waiata: Te Wiwi Nati.
Whai Ngata introduces this episode which features the centenary hui of Waiomatatini School.
Ngāti Porou is a proud tribe, proud of its great sons and proud of its traditions that there ancestors have left as a legacy to its people. Two of its greats, one a soldier and the other a statesman, rest on "Puputa" overlooking the Marae at Waiomatatini, a little village on the banks of the Waiapu river 93 miles north east of Gisborne.
The soldier is Major Ropata Wahawaha and the statesman is Sir Apirana Ngata.
Major Ropata was one of the donors of the piece of land for a school at Waiomatatini and the second, the most well-known son of Ngāti Porou people to have been schooled in this little rural school.
Waiomatatini celebrated its centenary during Labour week-end of 1976.
- Kaikōrero: Eru Paenga, Chairman of the school committee.
Only three pupils from the 1880's and 1890's are still alive today (1976) and were all present at the celebrations. They were: Warahi Tako, 'The Lion", Mererana Walker and Renata Parker.
- Kaikōrero: Whai Ngata talks about Ropata Wahawaha
- Waiata Kinaki: I Nga Tau Tata Nei
Whai Ngata talks about his great grandfather, Sir Apirana Ngata.
- Kaikōrero: Mr Rob Bell, M.P. for Gisborne.
- Kaikōrero: Mr Mike Andrews, present Headmaster of Waiomatatini School. K kinaki: Ko Waiomatatini te kura e tu atu nei.
- Kaikōrero: Mr. Tom Kaua, elder of Waiomatatini.