The Hawke’s Bay Commission
was a bicultural body and comprised four
commissioners, two Māori (Wiremu Hikairo,
of Rotorua, and Major Te Wheoro, from the
Waikato) and two Pākehā (C W Richmond and
F E Maning).
I waho atu i ngā ngohe i whakaahuatia ai i te
rautaki, kua oti tonu i ngā kaimahi me ngā tari
te mātua whakarite kua kitea, kua rangona, kua
kōrerotia hoki te reo Māori mā roto i ngā tini kau-
papa, kōkiritanga anō hoki, tae atu ki:
ӹ te kapa haka
ӹ te mihi whakatau/pōwhiri, poroporoaki hoki
ӹ te kai tahi me te whakawhanaungatanga
ӹ te akoranga me te whakahoahoa o te
whaikōrero me te pepeha
ӹ ko ngā wāhanga kaikauhau rongonui
ӹ te papakāinga, ngā awheawhe, me
ӹ ngā rā tuwhera...