Poroporoaki to Bishop Frederick Augustus Bennett by Kepa Ēhau in 1950

Frederick Augustus Bennett was born at Ohinemutu, a member of the Ngāti Whakaue tribe of Te Arawa people.

He was ordained a priest in 1897 and in 1928 was appointed as the first bishop of Aotearoa, becoming effectively the spiritual representative of the generation of Ngata, Pomare and Buck with whom he had earlier played an influential part in the history of the Young Māori Party. He died on 17^th September 1950 aged 79, soon after the death of Ngata, and in his poroporoaki Kepa Ehu implies that the Māori people were thus left leaderless.

Kepa Ēhau, a member of the Ngāti Tarāwhai sub-tribe, has been described as the greatest Te Arawa orator. His knowledge of Māori ceremony and tradition was claimed to be unsurpassed in Te Arawa territory. Sir Apirana Ngata said that Kepa Ēhu interpreter of Māori in the country. Many of his speeches in Māori and English were learned by heart by those who admired his oratory. A World War I wound led to Kepa having both legs amputated in the 1960s but he continued giving whaikorero from a wheelchair until his death in 1970 at the age of 85.