Kīhai i tika ki a ia te whakataukī a ōna tūpuna 'Ko Ngāti Paoa taringa rahirahi', —nōtemea ehara ia i te tangata ohotata (TKP 1857:4). / The saying of his ancestors 'Ngāti Pāoa have sensitive ears (quick to take offence at insults)' was not appropriate for him because he was not a person to act impulsively.

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