Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Ko Laura Dowling, nāna i mātaki i ngā whakapaipai putiputi i te Whare Pōtae mō ngā tau e ono, i mutu tana mahi me te kore whakamōhiotanga, e ai ki ngā pūtake e 'hohetū ana ngā hononga ki ngā kaimahi noho o nāianei.' Ahakoa i mahue i te Whare Pōtae neke atu i te marama kua hipa, kua puta noa mai te whakamana ā-ture o te wehenga ohorere o te kaihoahoa putiputi matua. Ko Laura Dowling, nāna i mātaki i ngā whakapaipai putiputi mō ngā kaupapa pēnei i ngā kai ā-ture a te kāwanatanga mō ngā tau e ono, i mutu tana mahi me te kore whakamōhiotanga, e ai ki ngā pūtake e 'hohetū ana ngā hononga ki ngā kaimahi noho o nāianei.' Ko Dowling 'i kawea atu i te whare' i te Hui-tanguru 13, e ai ki te The Washington Post. I muri i te whakakitenga o te Post, tata ki te ono wiki i muri i te wehenga atu o Dowling, i tukuna e te Whare Ma i te Turei he korero i whakamoemiti ai ki ana mahi 'tino me te tae', e whakaatu ana i nga 'ruuma hitori i whakawhiwhia e ratou.' 'I te mea ko Laura Dowling me tana roopu te kaihoko putiputi, i whakawhiwhia e ia ki nga manuhiri o te White House ki a raatau whakapaipai putiputi ataahua,' i panuihia he korero i tukuna e te tari a Michelle Obama i te Turei. Ko ngā mahi a Ms Dowling he ora tonu, he ātaahua hoki, e whakaatu ana ehara i te mea ko te wā anake, engari ko ngā rūma ahurei, hītori hoki i whakairotia e rātau. 'Kāore e rua ngā whakaritenga i ōrite, ā, i mahue i ngā manuhiri he whakaaro pumau ki te ātaahua me te hītori o te Whare o te Iwi. E whakawhetai ana mātou ki a ia mō tana takoha i roto i ngā tau, ā, e hiahia ana mātou kia angitu ia.' I roto i te haora i muri i te whakapumautanga mana o te wahine tuatahi, i whakaaro hoki a Dowling kia tukuna he korero mo tana wehenga ohorere i nga wiki i mua. 'I muri tata ki te ono tau hei Kaiwhakahaere Hoa Hoa i te Whare Ma, kua whakarerea e au kia whai i nga whai wāhitanga hou me te torotoro i taku hiahia mo te toi me te hoahoa putiputi,' i kii a Dowling i roto i tetahi korero i tukuna e te umanga ture taumaha a Sidley Austin. I tukuna e te tari o te wahine tuatahi he korero i te Turei i whakamoemiti ai ki te mahi a te kaihoko putiputi a Laura Dowling i mahue ohorere i tana pou neke atu i te marama i mua. I roto i ngā wiki e whai ake nei, ā...
E ono tau a Laura Dowling e noho ana hei kaihoahoa putiputi matua i te White House. Ahakoa te wehenga ohorere i te marama o Hui-tanguru, i panuitia ā-ture tana wehenga i tēnei wiki i muri i te kitenga o The Washington Post. Kua tukuna e te tari o te Wahine Tuatahi me Dowling nga korero whakamoemiti engari e kii ana nga korero i reira nga taumahatanga mo te 'taera piripiri' o te kaihoko putiputi I ngā rā i mua i te wehenga atu o Dowling i whakatuwheratia anō te Whare Kai o te Whānau Tawhito i muri i te whakahoutanga e te Wahine Tuatahi hei whakaatu i te toi o nāianei.