I te tīmatanga o te rautau 19, i te Tāone o Niu Ioka i te Waenganui o Ingarangi, ko ngā kākahu whero me te kākāriki e tohu ana i ngā tuakiri rerekē o ngā wāhine. I roto i ēnei, ko te wahine whero te tikanga kua moe tāne ahau, ko te wahine kākāriki ia kāore i moe tāne. Nō muri mai, he maha ngā aituā waka i mua i te whare pāremata i Rānana, Ingarangi, nō reira i whakaaweawehia te iwi e ngā kākahu whero me te kākāriki. I te 10 o Tīhema, 1868, i whānau te mema tuatahi o te whānau rama tohu i te tapawhā o te whare pāremata i Rānana. Ko te pou rama i hoahoatia, i hangaia hoki e te mekanika Peretānia a de Hart i taua wā, e 7 mita te teitei, ā, i whakairihia ki te rama waka hau whero me te rama kākāriki, koinei te rama tohu tuatahi i te tiriti o te tāone.
I te take o te rama, ka kumea e te pirihimana he pou roa tōna whitiki hei whakarerekē i te tae o te rama i tana e pai ai. I muri mai, ka tāutahia he ārai rama hau ki waenganui o te rama tohu, ā, e rua ngā karāhe whero me te kakariki i mua. Engari, ko te rama hau, i wātea noa mō ngā rā 23, ka pahū ohorere, ka mate, ka mate tetahi pirihimana e mahi ana.
Mai i taua wā, kua aukatia ngā rama huarahi o te tāone. Nō te tau 1914 ka ārahi a Cleveland i te United States i te whakahokinga mai o ngā rama huarahi, engari he "rama tohu hiko" kē. Nō muri mai, ka puta anō ngā rama huarahi ki ngā tāone pērā i a New York me Chicago.
I te whanaketanga o ngā momo huarahi kawe waka me ngā hiahia o te whakahaere waka, i whānau mai te rama tuatahi e toru ngā tae (tohu whero, kōwhai me te kakariki) i te tau 1918. He rama whakaata porowhita e toru ngā tae, e whā ngā taha, e tāutahia ana ki runga i tētahi pourewa i Fifth Street i te Tāone o Niu Ioka. Nā tōna whānautanga, kua tino pai ake te haere o ngā waka i roto i te tāone.
Ko Hu Ruding o Haina te kaihanga o te rama tohu kōwhai. Me te wawata kia "whakaora i te whenua mā te pūtaiao", i haere ia ki te Hononga o Amerika mō ētahi atu akoranga, ā, i mahi ia hei kaimahi mā te Kamupene Hiko Matua o Amerika, ko Edison, te kaihanga nui, te heamana. I tētahi rā, i tū ia i tētahi whakawhitinga waka pukumahi e tatari ana mō te rama kākāriki. I tōna kitenga i te rama whero, ā, tata ia te hipa, ka hipa tētahi motuka e huri ana me te tangi whiowhio, ā, ka mataku ia i te werawera makariri. I tōna hokinga atu ki te whare moe, ka whakaaroaro ia, ā, ka mutu, ka whakaaro ia ki te tāpiri i tētahi rama tohu kōwhai i waenganui i ngā rama whero me ngā rama kākāriki hei whakamahara i te iwi kia aro ki te tūponotanga. I tautokona tonutia tana whakaaro e ngā rōpū e whai pānga ana. Nō reira, kua horapa ngā rama tohu whero, kōwhai me te kākāriki, hei whānau rama whakahau katoa, puta noa i te ao i roto i te mara o te kawe waka whenua, moana me te rangi.
I puta mai ngā rama huarahi tuatahi i Haina i te whenua o Ingarangi i Shanghai i te tau 1928. Mai i te whitiki ringaringa tuatahi ki te whakahaere hiko i ngā tau 1950, mai i te whakamahinga o te whakahaere rorohiko ki te aroturuki wā hiko hou, kua whakahoutia, kua whakawhanakehia, kua whakapaitia tonutia ngā rama huarahi i roto i te pūtaiao me te aunoatanga.
Te wā tuku: Hōngongoi-01-2022
