Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He wahine nō Arkansas kua riro nei hei tangata pakeke rawa o te ao, e hiahia ana kia haere a Perehitini Barack Obama ki tana pōti huritau 117 i te Rā Whā o Hōngongoi. I te 116 o ona tau, ko Gertrude Weaver te tangata pakeke rawa atu i Amerika. I te matenga o Misao Okawa, 117 tau te pakeke i Hapani i te Wenerei, ko Weaver te tangata tawhito rawa o te ao, e ai ki te Rōpū Rangahau Gerontology i Los Angeles. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko Gertrude Weaver, 116, o Camden, Arkansas, e kii ana i tona roa ki te atawhai i etahi atu me te whakangungu e toru nga wa i te wiki i runga i tana nohoanga wira. Ko nga kaimahi o te Whare Hauora me te Whakaora o Silver Oaks i Camden, tata ki te 100 maero ki te hauauru o Little Rock, e kii ana he pai te hauora o Weaver. E ki ana ratou na te pai o tana mahi ki ētahi atu i roa ai tana ora. E hiahia ana a Weaver ki te whakatau i te peresideni i tana pōti rā whānau nā te mea kua rua nga pōti a ia mō ia. 'Ka atawhai ahau i nga tangata katoa i te huarahi e hiahia ana ahau kia atawhaihia ahau,' i kii a Weaver ki nga kairipoata i tana huritau 116th i tana whiwhinga i tetahi reta mai i te Perehitini Obama. I whānau a Weaver i te Hōngongoi 4, 1898, e toru ngā wā i te wiki e mahi ana ia i roto i tana tūroro wira, e toru ngā kai i te rā i te ruma kai o te whare. I whānau mai te tamahine o ngā kaiahuwhenua i Arkansas e tata ana ki te rohe o Texas, ā, i mahi ia hei kaimahi kāinga. Ko Gertrude Weaver, matau, o Camden, Arkansas, i noho hei tangata tawhito rawa o te ao i te Wenerei i muri i te matenga o te wahine Hapanihi a Misao Okawa i mate i te 117 o ona tau i te Wenerei. Whai muri i tana reti, i noho ia ki tana mokopuna ka neke ki Silver Oaks Health & Rehabilitation Center i te tau 2009 i te wa i raru ai te hauora o tana mokopuna, e kii ana te kaiwhakahaere o te whare a Kathy Langley. 'He wahine tino mīharo ia,' i mea a Langley. Ko te tama a Weaver, 93 ona tau, e haere mai ana ki konei i nga wa katoa. 'I mea ia kua manaakitia ia ki te oranga roa, hauora hoki, nā te āhua i atawhai ai ia i ētahi atu,' i mea a Langley. Ko Misao Okawa, he wahine Hapanihi e mohiotia ana ko te tangata tawhito rawa o te ao nana i whakawhirinaki tana roa ki te 'kai i nga mea reka' me te nui o te okiokinga, i mate i te 117 o ona tau i te...
Ko Gertrude Weaver, 116, o Camden, Arkansas, te tangata tawhito rawa o te ao i te Wenerei whai muri i te matenga o tētahi wahine i Hapani. E mea ana ia ko tana roa o te ora na te pai o tana mahi ki ētahi atu, me tana mahi hākinakina e toru ngā wā i te wiki i runga i tana nohoanga wira. E hiahia ana a Gertrude ki te whakatau i te perehitini i tana pōti rā whānau i te 4 o Hōngongoi nā te mea kua rua ōna pōti ki a ia. I whānau ia ki Arkansas e tata ana ki te rohe o Texas i te tau 1898, ā, i mahi ia hei kaimahi kāinga.