E te roimata e taheke i runga, komaru ana nga roimata. He wairua po kia tangi au. He puna ano ra te utuhia i te roa ko te tau. Ko to aroha ra, ko to tinana te whakarehunga iho. Haere atu ra te uri o Hikurangi maunga. Ko koe ra tenei e Api kua tiraha nei. Kua rere noa atu to wairua ki te tipuna kuia ki a Hine nui te po, ki a ratau ma e tatari mai ra mou. E kore a muri e hokia.

E te roimata e taheke i runga, komaru ana nga roimata. He wairua po kia tangi au. He puna ano ra te utuhia i te roa ko te tau. Ko to aroha ra, ko to tinana te whakarehunga iho. Haere atu ra te uri o Hikurangi maunga. Ko koe ra tenei e Api kua tiraha nei. Kua rere noa atu to wairua ki te tipuna kuia ki a Hine nui te po, ki a ratau ma e tatari mai ra mou. E kore a muri e hokia. No reira koutou te hunga kua okioki, koutou te hunga kua wahangu, koutou te hunga kua wheturangitia haere ki te au te rena, te urunga te taka, te moenga te whakaarahia.

Creative New Zealand mourns the loss of the great Dr Apirana Tuahae Kaukapakapa Mahuika (Ngati Porou).

In 2014 Dr Mahuika was awarded the Te Waka Toi Award Te Tohu Aroha mo Ngoingoi Kumeroa Pewhairangi for his services to strengthening the Maori language.

Dr Manuika’s passion for the promotion and protection of Ngati Porou Taonga and Te Reo ake o Ngati Porou was unrelenting. Among numerous other contributions and achievements, he was one of the founding lecturers in Te Reo Maori at Victoria University (along with his whanaunga Dr Te Kapunga Dewes) as well as the founding lecturer in Te Reo Maori at Massey University.

He will be sorely missed.

Source: Creative New Zealand
09/02/2015