Jacob McGregor

He uri nō Ngāti Raukawa te Au ki te Tonga, Ngā Rauru Kītahi, me Te Whānau a Apanui. I tupu ake a Jacob ki ngā tahataha o te awa o Whanganui, nō reira tōna reo. Ahakoa he Māori ia, kāore ia i whakatupuria ki te reo Māori, i te ao Māori tūturu rānei. He mea whāngai te reo ki  ia i te Kura Tuarua o Whanganui e ana kaiako reo Māori, pērā i a Marama Allen. Ka nui tana mihi ki a ia i tana whakatō i te kākano reo Māori ki roto i te ngākau. Nā ōna mātua me ōna whaene o tōna taha Rauru taua kākano i poipoi kia Taranaki ai te reo. Ka mutu, nā ōna kaiako ki Te Herenga Waka i whakapuāwai tōna reo kia tika ai, kia kounga ai, kia Māori ai. I ēnei rangi nei, he Pou Ārahi ia ki tētahi kamupene whakatairanga, he kaiwhakamāori hoki. Ka nanaiore atu ia ki te whakamahi i te reo Māori i ia rā, i roto i āna mahi, i te kāinga me tana tāne, i te taha hoki o āna irāmutu kōrero Māori.