Kua roa nei te wawata o ngā tupuna o Ngāti Rehua me Ngāti Wai ki Aotea kia tu he whare whakairo ki to rātou motu.
Nō tēnei wiki tonu i pātata atu ai ngā uri ki te otinga o taua whainga i te kawenga mai o ngā whakairo mō taua whare tupuna ki runga i te motu o Aotea.
Hei tā Mairehau Cleave, “He tino kaupapa tēnei ki a mātou ngā tāngata whenua o tēnei moutere rongonui. Te moutere whakahirahira o te rohe o Ngāti Wai.”
Otira no te waipuketanga o te marae tuatahi o enei motu ki Motairehe i tēnei tau ka puta te whakahau a ngā mātua o Ngāti Rehua kia wawe te whakatūwheratanga o te marae ki Kawa.
Hei tā Mita Cleave, “Te wā tuatahi kua hoki mai ngā taonga tuku iho ngā whakairo o o tātou tupuna nō reira ko te mea nui ko te whakahonohono te hononga o ngā iwi ahakoa he pakeha he Māori hoki. Kei konei ētahi o ngā koroua ngā kuia o tēnei moutere e hāpai ana i te kaupapa nei. Kei konei ngā rangatahi ngā uri whakatupu.”
Hei ēnei rā okioki tūwhera ai te wharekai ki runga o Kawa Marae, ā, hei te rua tekau mā rua o tēnei marama te karakia atapō mō te whare tupuna.
Hei tā Warahi Hetaraka, “Ka tu tēnei whare mō rātou nei ka hāere mai hei kōrero ko wai o rātou nei tupuna aa ko wai o rātou nei hononga ki tera ki tena o nga iwi puta noa a e rongo atu rātou e akonga rātou hoki ngā pakiwaitara o te motu nei ā puta noa hoki i te rohe whānui o Ngāti Wai.”
E hia nei ngā tau i wawatahia ai ngā matua o Aotea ki tētahi whare whakairo o ngā tūpuna hei whare mataraunga mō ngā uri. Iaianei kua tata taua paetawhiti te whakamaua kia tina.