E whakawhānuitia ana te kura wānanga poipoi i ngā taiohi o Whanganui e kīa nei ko Te Rangataioho, i te rironga mā ngā whanaunga o Tahiti te kaupapa e pīkau.
"Kua puta te whakatau kia whakatū i tētahi kura mō ngā taiohi o tērā whenua," hei tā te Kaiwhakahaere Takirua o Te Rangataioho, tā Tākuta Petina Winiata.
"Nā Mama Melinda Bodni te whakatau, nāna hoki te karanga ki Te Rangataioho kia koke atu ki te whenua taurikura kia whakatūwhera i te kura, hei te tau 2023-2024," hei tāna.
I te kura wānanga tuatahi, i te marama o Āperira 2021, 17 ngā taiohi i uru atu ki te kaupapa ki te ako i tō rātou Whanganuitanga.
He tino moemoeā tēnei nā Rama Ashford kia tū rangatira ai, kia tū māia ai ko ngā rangatahi o te rohe ki roto i tō rātou tuakiritanga.
“I te tīmatanga o te kaupapa i kite kaha i te whakamā o te hunga taiohi, me te wehewehe ki waenganui i a rātou anō. I kite hoki i te whakamā ki te whakapuaki i tō rātou Whanganuitanga," te kōrero anō a Winiata.
"Kua tutuki katoa rātou i [sic] ngā wawata o Rama Ashford me tēnei kaupapa, waihoki, kua whakamanahia te mita o Whanganui," hei tāna.
"Me kī ko te hunga taiohi nei te kanohi kitea o Te Whare Karioi, he wānanga, he hāngai pū ana ki ngā pūrākau e ai ki ngā uri o Whanganui."
Ā te wā e tuwhera ai ko te kura wānanga nei ki Tahiti e kīa nei ko Te Va'ataioho, ko te tūmanako ia ka tae ā-tinana atu ko te whānau tonu o Te Rangataioho nō Whanganui ki te whakanui i te kaupapa.
