Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He wā whakahirahira i mua, i te wā i whakawhiti atu ai ngā wāhine mai i te rangatahi me te hiahia ki te noho i runga i te maunga. Engari i ēnei rā, kāore te 40 o ngā tau e tohu ana i te pakeke o waenganui, engari ki te tokomaha, he wāhanga noa iho tēnei o to tatou rangatahi e whakaroa haere ana me ngā āwangawanga katoa o ngā whai wāhitanga kāore i whakamahia, me ngā mahere kāore i mahia. I konei e toru ngā whakatupuranga o ngā wāhine e kōrero ana i ō rātou whakaaro mō te 4-0 nui, me te āhua o te tirohanga a te hapori ki ngā wāhine i a rātou e pakeke ana, kua huri ki te pai ake i roto i ō rātou oranga. Ko Sarah (runga matau) me tōna whaea ko Helen (maui), ko te kuia ko Mollie (pokapū) me te tamahine kotahi tau te pakeke ko Matilda, e whakaahua ana mō tētahi whakaahua whānau. E kii ana te 39-tau-tawhito i te korero ki tona whaea me tana kuia mo te 40 tau kua awhina i a ia kia iti ake te pouri mo te koroheketanga, te koroheketanga me te nui ake o te whakahe mo tona ahua. Ko Sarah, tika, me tōna whaea ko Helen Ivens, me te tamahine kotahi tau te pakeke ko Matilda. Ko te MAMU. Ko Mollie Guillaume, 87 ona tau, kua reti, e noho ana ki Chigwell, Essex, me tana tuahine, a Joan, 84. Ka mea ia:. 'I taua wā, i te wā ka eke te wahine ki te 40 tau, ka tūmanakohia kia kakahu ia i roto i te huarahi iti ake, kia whakaitihia te makawe, me te ahua o te ahua o te ahua. I ēnei rā, ko te āhua nei kei te haere ngā mea katoa ki mua o te kākahu tae noa ki te mate koe - ka kite ahau i ētahi kaumātua i ēnei rā e titiro whakamiharo ana, e whakaatu ana i o rātau waewae ngoikore i roto i ngā kākahu i whakaritea mō ngā taiohi, ā, e whakakikoruatia ana ki te whakapaipai matotoru. 'Kei te pai tonu ahau ki te mau i nga kakahu whakamarie, whakamarie i roto i nga tae whakamiharo kia kore ai e rereke taku ahua mai i te ra whanau ki te ra whanau. 'E kore ahau e pai ki te whakaaro o te koroheke; e kore ahau e ite 87. Engari i kai au i ngā wā katoa, i noho kaha, i haereere i te ao, i noho wa pai ki tōku whānau me oku hoa - ā, kei te hauora tonu ahau i muri i te mate pukupuku i te 50 o oku tau - nō reira, kaua e amuamu, engari he tino waimarie ahau kei konei tonu ahau. 'Kei te titiro taku tamahine a Helen ki te whakaata, ā, kāore e taea te whakapono kei reira tētahi wahine kaumātua e titiro ana ki a ia, engari kua whakamahia e au, nō reira ehara i te mea ohorere ki ahau. 'I te mea kua eke taku mokopuna ki te 40, me tino...
Ko Mollie Guillaume, 87, i eke ki te 40 tau i te tau 1968 i te wā i horapa ai te mana o te wahine ki Ingarangi. Ko tana tamahine a Helen Ivens, e 65 nei, i eke ki te rā whānau tino nui i ngā tau o te tekau mā waru tekau. I te 40 o nga tau o te mokopuna a Sarah ka whakataurite nga wahine i o raatau wheako.