Ko te wāhanga tēnei o Mana Tangata, e whakanui ana i ngā tāngata Māori. Ko Arapeta Tahana te kaikōrero tuatahi. Ko Dover Samuels te kaikōrero tuarua.
[Arapeta Tahana]
Nō Ngāti Pikiao me Te Arawa a Arapera. I tipu ia i te rohe pōtae o Te Arawa, i reira tonu ia e noho ana i te wā o tēnei kōrero. He mea hāpainga e ia ngā take whaimana ki tōna iwi, ā, i tonohia ia e te iwi hei whai i tana tohu mātauranga. Kua roa ia e mahi ana i te ao mātauranga Māori.
I haere a Arapeta ki te kura o Te Rotoiti, ā, ka kōrero ia mō ngā āhuatanga o tērā kura i aua wā. Hei tāna, he nui te pana o ngā āhuatanga Pākehā ki runga i ngā tamariki Māori, engari ahakoa tēnei i mau tonu i a rātau tō rātau Māoritanga. Ahakoa kāre he nui ngā whiwhinga me ngā āheitanga mō ngā tamariki, he hīkaka tonu rātau mō te āhuatanga o te whakatipuranga.
Ka mutu i te kura tuarua, ka whakawhiti atu a Arapeta ki Tāmaki Makaurau mō te whare wānanga. He mea whakarite e tana iwi i runga i te iti noa o ngā tāngata o te iwi i te whai tohu mātauranga. I whai a Arapeta i te tohu māhita mō ngā kura, e taea ai e ia te tuku i ngā mātauranga ki ngā rangatahi o tōna hapori.
[Dover Samuels]
Nō Ngāpuhi, nō Putataua a Dover Samuels. Kua rongonui ia mō āna mahi i te whare mīere, mō āna mahi i te Pāremata. Ka kōrero ia mō te ao o te kaitōrangapū, me te taumaha o ētahi o ngā mahi. Ko ia te mema Māori o te Rōpū Reipa, o te ‘Labour Party.’. Kua roa tana tautoko i tēnei rōpū, ā, kua kaha mahi ia kia whai tūranga ia ki roto i te Rōpū Reipa. Ka kōrero ia mō tōna tipuranga, mō tāna mahi me ōna whakaaro mō ētahi raru e pā tahi ana ki te iwi Māori.
Ko te mahi o āna mātua, he hī ika, ā, hei tāna, he whānau Māori tūturu rātau. I whai tana whānau i ngā painga pērā i te manaakitanga me te whanaungatanga. Ahakoa tō rātau pōhara i ētahi wā, i āwhina tētahi= whānau i tētahi whānau, nō reira i te harikoa rātau. I mua i tana mahi ki te Pāremata, i hī ika hoki ia, ā, i te wā 17 ana tau ka uru ia ki te rōpū Waka Taua mō ngā tau tekau.
Ka kōrero hoki ia mō te rerekē o te ao i ēnei rangi. Ka kī ia, e panoni ana te ao ia rā. Tokomaha ngā mea e pōrangi ana, e rerekē ana rānei. Engari ahakoa te aha me mau tonu ki tō Māoritanga, kia kaua e tukutia ki raro o tauiwi. Nā te mea ko ngā whāinga o ngā tauiwi ko te moni, kia ngaro te aroha o te tangata ki te tangata.