Tom Roa

He Ahorangi Tūhono a Tom Roa ki Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, arā, ki te kura Māori me ngā akoranga taketake ki Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato. He tohunga toi reo Māori te tangata nei, ka mutu, he pātaka mātauranga o ngā kōrero tuku iho o Waikato-Tainui rātou ko Ngāti Maniapoto me te Kīngitanga. Kua rangahaua, kua takoha kōrero hoki te tangata nei ki ngā pukapuka maha mō ngā āhuatanga huhua o te taiao, ngā tikanga whakamāori, te hauora o te tāne me ngā kōrero hītori mō ngā ope taua Māori.

E hia kē ngā tau kua hāpai ake ia i Te Whakakitenga o Waikato (i mua ko Te Kauhanganui), arā, te pāremata ā-iwi o Waikato-Tainui, hei tiamana. He wā tōna i noho ia hei mema, hei tiamana hoki mō Te Arataura (arā, ko te komiti whakahaere o Waikato-Tainui), waihoki, he JP ia. Kua tū a Tom hei mema o Te Rōpū Whakamana i Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Ka whakapono hoki ia ki te nui whakaharahara o āna mahi mō Aotearoa.

Ki te kore koe e kōrerotia, ehara koe i te tangata. Ki te kore koe e haehaetia, ehara koe i te rangatira.