in august 1927 the sun sent ramsden to turangawaewae marae at ngaruawahia to interview te puea herangi, a tainui princess. as a result of the meeting ramsden became interested and involved in maori and maori-pakeha relations. he published a feature article in the sun on the princess and her model village. when the governor-general sir charles fergusson visited turangawaewae in april 1928 ramsden covered the event for the newspaper. after these events ramsden remained in contact with herangi, visiting her and her family at tahuna in january 1932. on this visit he met the native minister sir āpirana ngata with whom he corresponded for many years.