29/05/2026
Tā Hirini Mokohaerewa Mead 1927- 2026
Oki oki atu ra ki o matua ki o tipuna.
Tuesday 10.00am Kokohinau Marae
times will be 9:00am, 12:00pm, and 3:00pm daily from Sunday .
will lie in state on the mahau of Oruataupare, the layout resembling that of the Poukai
will be live-streaming the tangihanga for its full duration
Hikohiko te uirā, papā te whaitiri ki runga i ngā awa ararau ō Tarawera, ō Te Awa o Te Atua, ō
Rangitāiki, o Orini, o Whakatāne. Ka kūtia ka wherahia ngā toka tipua o Te Paepae ō Aotea, ko koe tēnā e Koro Hirini Mokohaerewa Mead.
Kua hinga te toki tangatanga i te rā. Kua takoto te rākau tawatawa ō Awanuiārangi wānanga rau. E te toki hemihemi o Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa. E te tauiho tuarae o Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi.
E te poutokomanawa ō Te Reo Irirangi o Te Mānuka Tūtahi. E te pou matapū ō Te Tohu o te ora o Ngāti Awa. E te whakaruruhau o te iwi, o ngā hapū kārangaranga o Ngāti Awa, kua ngū, kua moe ki tuārae o Hinenuitepō.
E te puna whakareia o te kauae runga, o te kauae raro, moe mai rā, takoto mai rā, okioki e.
E nga iwi, e ngā kārangarangatanga huri noa i te motu. Kua moe te Ariki Awatope Mānuka Tūtahi, te toka tūmoana, ākinga tai, ākinga ngaru tuātea o te ao kōhatu.
Te uri whakaheke o ngā kāwai Rangatira o Ngāti Awa, o Tūhourangi mē Tūwharetoa. Te mātāmua o ngā tamariki o Paranihia Pāpākore (Elsie) Moko. Te mokopuna a Te Mokohaerewa Riini Manuera rāua Moetu Arewhita Nehuahiahi Awa Horomona. Nā te mate kōrua ko tō makau a June Te Rina (nee Walker) i wehe, ā, kua riro mā te mate kōrua ko te
putiputi o Ngāti Porou i tūhono. He aroha pūmau, he aroha e kore e tīneia mō āke tonu atu.
Kua mahue mokemoke mai ana tamariki tokotoru a Linda Tuhiwai Smith, a Aroha Te Pareake me Hinauri Moetu. Ko ana mokopuna ēnei e tangi mōteatea atu nei i raro i te kapua pōuri.
Ngā Whakanekeneke. Ka tau te tūpāpaku o tō tatou mōrehu koroua ki tana marae ki Kōkōhīnau, ka takoto ki roto i te tipuna whare Ōruataupare.
Hei te tūrei te tuarua o Hune i te 10am, ka tīmata ngā karakia whakamutunga, muri iho, ka tanumia ki te urupā o Kōkōhīnau i waenga i tana rahi o Te Pahipoto nui tonu. Nā te whānau, me
Tuwhakairiora O’Brien Tumuaki o Te Rūnanga o Ngāti Awa
Dr Jim Mather Chairman Ngāti Awa Group Holdings
The Hon. Justice Layne Harvey Chairperson Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Kay Read Chairperson Te Tohu o Te Ora o Ngāti Awa