Sharples Pita: Motions — Tonga—Death of King George Tupou V 
Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume 
Sharples Pita: Motions — Tonga—Death of King George Tupou V 
[Sitting date: 20 March 2012. Volume:678;Page:1055. Text is incorporated into the Bound Volume.] 
Hon Dr PITA SHARPLES (Co-Leader—Maori Party) 
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 Tena koe Mr Speaker. Ka tu atu au ki te tautoko i nga korero nga mihi nga poroporoaki ki te Kingi o Tonga a Siaosi Taufa‘ahau Manumataongo Tuku‘aho Tupou te Tuarima ara te Kingi o Tonga te arikinui o tera iwi o tera moutere i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. I te mohio au ki tera tangata. Nana ahau i manaaki i te wa au i Tonga noho tahi kai tahi korero tahi he tangata matatau ki nga tikanga me nga kaupapa whakahaeretanga o te ao. Na reira tino pouri au ki te rongo atu kua hinga mai tenei tangata. 
Nui rawa tona ohaki ki tona iwi te iwi o Tonga nana i whakahoki ki tona iwi te tino rangatiratanga i runga ake i te Whare Paremata o Tonga. Kua oti ke tenei korero i nga kaiarahi o te Paremata nei. I rongohia to ratou karanga kia whakaatu ki a ratou te mana kia whiriwhiria kia whakaturia e ratau ano ko wai kia tu hei mema Paremata mo taua whenua kia riro i a ratou he Kawanatanga na te iwi ano. Na reira tenei ahau e pouri ana e tautoko ana i nga mihi nga poroporoaki ki a ia. 
Nga mihi ki tona whanau e noho pouri ana. I te wa i tae atu au ki te nehunga o tona papa i kite au i te motu katoa kaore he tangata kare i nga kakahu pango katoa mai nga tangata Tonga e tangi ana mo to ratou Kingi kua ngaro atu. Na reira tenei ahau e tangi tonu ki a ia. 
Na reira kei te rangatira haere. Haere ki o tipuna matua ki to papa otira ki to tipuna a Kuini Salote. Hoki aku mahara ki te wa i a ia e noho ana i Tamaki-makau-rau i te wa i tae atu au ki te whare wananga. Na reira tenei ahau e tangi atu. Haere ki a ratau e kiia nei ko te iwi nui kia noho koe i reira tata ki te Atua-nui-i-te-Rangi i tona taha hai wharaki ma matau. Na reira ko te korero koutou ki a koutou nga mate haere haere haere atu ra. 
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Thank you Mr Speaker. I rise to endorse the statements tributes and condolences made to the King of Tonga Siaosi Taufa‘ahau Manumataongo Tuku‘aho Tupou V the King of that people and of that island of the great ocean of Kiwa. I knew that person. He looked after me when I was in Tonga. We lived ate and talked together and he was well informed on matters and protocols about global democracy. So I am greatly saddened to hear that this man has fallen.  
His greatest legacy to his people of Tonga was to return to them the right of self-determination above that of the Parliament House of Tonga. Leaders of this Parliament have spoken about this already. Their call to cede to them the right to determine and appoint members of Parliament for that country was responded to so that they would end up with a Government that the people elected. So this is why I am mourning and supporting the tributes and eulogies to him. 
I sympathise with his family who are grieving. When I arrived there for his father’s funeral I saw the entire nation and there was not a person not in black clothing to be seen; everyone in Tonga was mourning for their King who had gone. And here I am still grieving for him.  
So depart the chief. Return to your ancestral forefathers to your father and to your ancestress Queen Salote. My thoughts go back to the time when she was living in Auckland at the time when I arrived at university. So here I am mourning. Go to them who are referred to as the multitude. You will remain there close to the great God in heaven and be a mat for us. So the saying goes: you the dead remain there among yourselves depart journey on and farewell. 
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