Whakaotihia te rerenga kōrero e whai ake nei: I te tau 1924, ka mura te ahi i roto i tona whare, ka pau i a ia ana tuhinga ā-ringa me tana kohinga pukapuka onge. Ka puta mai tēnei āhuatanga kino i ētahi wā i roto i ana kōrero. I te mutunga o taua tau, ka hoki a Agnon ki Paratene, a ka noho tahi me tona hapu ki te takiwa o Talpiot i Hiruharama. I te tau 1929, i whakangaromia anōtia tōna whare pukapuka i te wā o
he tutu anti-Hipiti.