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Kua hinga he tōtara i te wao nui o Tane arā he rangatira o roto o Ngāti Awa, o Te Arawa a Tamaoho Waaka Vercoe kua mate atu ki Whakatāne whai muri i tana pakanga iti ki te māuiuitanga.
Ko ia te toa ki te whanake i te ōhanga Māori, nā runga i āna pūkenga hei kaikaute, hei kaikōkiri kaupapa here, hei kaiōhanga anō hoki, ā, me te mea hoki nei i tohua e ia ki te rārangi hōnore o Me Uru Kāhikatea.
I tāna oranga, he kaitā pukaupuka ia, me tana ngākaunui ki te reo Māori, ā, ka mahue mokemoke nei i a ia tana pouaru a Rosiland me ā rāua tamariki tokorima.
Ka kawea atu te tūpapaku o Waaka Vercoe ki te marae o ōna matua tupuna ki Tū Teao ki Te Teko i Mātaatua waka, ka mutu ka nehu ia ki te rua kōiwi o ōna mātua ki te urupā o Puketapu.
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