Ko te pūtake o tēnei haere he whakaaro nā Āpirana Ngata rātou ko ōna hoa mema o Te Tai Rāwhiti kia kite ngā mema o te Pāremete i ngā taumahatanga o ō rātou takiwā, arā i te kore rori, i te kino rānei o ngā rori, i te kore arawhata mō ngā awa, i te kore rerewē, i te kore wahapū; kia huihui ai te Pāremete ka tautokona ngā tono moni hei whakamāmā i ngā taumahatanga o Te Tai Rāwhiti (TKO 31/3/1921:3). / The purpose of this trip was an idea that Āpirana Ngata and his fellow members of the East Coast had that the members of Parliament should see the difficulties of their region, that is the lack of roads or how bad the roads are, the lack of bridges for the streams, the lack of railway transport, the lack of wharves; so that when Parliament assembles the financial requests to alleviate the difficulties of the East Coast will be supported.

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