Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I whakatārewatia e te ariki a Ashcroft i tēnei rā te kōkiri whakamutunga o te Dambusters i te hoko i ōna mētara hei utu mō te tiaki i te Bomber Command Memorial mā te tuku £75,000. I whakamahere a Squadron Leader Les Munro, 95, ki te hoko i ana whakapaipai hei utu mo te tiaki i te tohu i Green Park, i waenganui o Rānana. Engari kua whakaaetia e ia te tono a Te Ariki Ashcroft ki te tuku £75,000 ki te Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund hei utu mo te tuku i ana whakapaipai me ana mētara ki tetahi whare taonga i tona whenua tupu o Aotearoa. He toa pakanga: i whakamahere a Les Munro ki te hoko i ana whakapaipai hei utu mo te tiaki i te tohu. Whakamaharatanga: Ko te whakamaharatanga i Ranana - e whakaatu ana i te whakapakoko o nga kaimahi rererangi e whitu - i whakarewahia i te 2012. Team: Mr Munro (pokapū i mua) me tana kapa i mua o Lancaster, i rere ai ratou i te whakaekenga o Dambusters. He koha: Kua aukati a Ariki Ashcroft i te kaituku rererangi ki te hoko i ana mētara hei utu mo te tiaki i te whakamaharatanga. Ko Mr Munro, tētahi o ngā tāngata o Aotearoa tokorua anake i whai wāhi ki te whakaekenga o te tau 1943, i mea: "Kei te makona ahau kua tutuki i ahau taku whāinga o te mahi i nga mea katoa e taea ana e au ki te whakarite kia maumahara tonu nga tangata o Bomber Command i mate i a rātou i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao ki nga whakatupuranga e haere mai ana. <unk>Kua miharo ahau, kua tino pa ki a au te hiahia nui i whakaarahia e te hoko o aku mētara hei kohi moni mo te tiaki i te whakamaharatanga. <unk>I te mutunga, i te kōrero ki aku māngai a Dix Noonan Webb, kua whakatau ahau he paenga uaua hei whakatutuki i waenganui i te kohikohi moni mō te RAF Benevolent Fund me te whakarite kia tiakina aku mētara kia mauruuru ai ngā whakatupuranga o muri mai o ngā tāngata o Aotearoa. <unk>Ko te tono nui a Lord Ashcroft te huarahi pai ki te whakatutuki i ēnei whāinga e rua. E tino mihi ana ahau ki a ia.<unk> E piko ana ki waho: ko Mr Munro i roto i te kokopi o Lancaster 'W for William', i rere ai ia i te whakaekenga o Dambusters. Ko te whakatakoto a te Kīngi: Ko Mr Munro (māui) e whakamōhio ana ki a George VI e te Kaihautū Wing Guy Gibson VC (matau), nāna i ārahi te 617 Squadron i te whakaekenga o Dambusters. Kaitiaki:
I whakamahere a Les Munro, 95, ki te hoko i ana mētara hei pūtea tiaki. Engari kua whakaae ia ki te tono a Ariki Ashcroft ki te tuku £ 75,000 ki te tahua RAF. Hei utu, ka hoatu e ia ngā tohu me ngā mētara ki te whare taonga i Aotearoa. I whakatuwheratia te Whakamaharatanga Whakahaere Pūkaha i Green Park e toru tau ki muri.