Jones Shane: Obituaries — Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu 
Jones Shane: Obituaries — Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu 
[Volume:633;Page:4754] 
SHANE JONES (Labour) 
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Kei te Whare tena koutou tena tatou katoa. Tenei ano ka tu ake ki te tapiri atu he kupu torutoru ki runga i nga mihi rangatira kua horahia ki waenganui i a tatou i raro i te tuanui o to tatou whare tupua e tu nei kua whakaritea hei korerotanga ma tatou mo nga take penei rawa te rarahi. Kia ahatia e Te Ariki. Atu i te poho o to whare i Mahinaarangi ra runga i te au kukume i te awa o o matua o o wheinga i Waikato nga wai e heke ana me he tomairangi i te wahi ngaro nga wai e heke mai ana i te hukapapa mai i nga kahui maunga a Tongariro me ana hoa. Tera koe ka riro i runga i a ia ko to tinana ka puehutia ki te tihi o Taupiri maunga. 
Otira ko to wairua e Te Ariki kahore kua riro tera ki tua o Reao ki tua o Paerau. I runga i Te Oneroa a Tohe i te puke whakairinga korero i Rehia ki Te Rerenga Wairua. Whakangaro atu i muri Anuku whakatika mai i Ohau i runga i a Manawatawhi. Tirohia o mata ki te haukainga ka whakarerea nei e koe. Otira hei to upoko ko te rimurapa whiua ki te taha ki Te Tai Tamatane. Whiua ki te taha ki Te Tai Tamawahine nga tai papaki rua rurerure mai tetahi eke eke mai tetahi. Ra runga i te tai te aua whitireia koe ka ngaro ki Tawhiti Nui ki Tawhiti Roa ki Tawhiti Pamamao. 
Na reira e Te Ariki tenei koe ka okioki i runga i a whakamoe Ariki ko matou te whanau te iwi nui tonu a ka mahue nei. Me tuku ko nuku apiapi ko nuku Mahorahora hei arahi i a matou nga waihotanga iho. E Te Ariki e moe e okioki haere oti atu e. 
Maranga e te kingi. Whakaminea to iwi rau tangata mai runga mai raro mai nga parirau o Te Ika a Maui kia whiwhi tuara ai koe. Kia rangona to reo i roto i nga motu noho nohonga tangata i Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa i runga noki ki nga marae maha o te ao Maori i roto tonu i nga kainga o o tatou hoa Pakeha i Aotearoa nei. Na reira e te Kingi e Tuheitia kia riro ko nga manaakitanga o Te Runga Rawa ko te tautoko o te iwi hei awhina atu i a koe. E tu. E tu. E tu. 
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Greetings to you and to us all in the House. So I rise to add my few words to the fine tributes that have been made in our midst beneath the roof of this demon house of ours in relation to this significant topic. What will come of all that Te Ariki? From the bosom of your house Mahinaarangi the whirling waters of the Waikato the river of your forefathers and old people the waters that descend as if it were dew from the hidden place the waters that descend from the snow of the cluster of mountains made up of Tongariro and its fellow mountains; Tongariro from whom you will leave us while your body remains on the summit of Taupiri mountain to eventually turn to dust. 
But your spirit Te Ariki will not—that has gone beyond Reao and Paerau. It soared over Te Oneroa a Tohe over the hill at Rehia upon which the korero is hung up and soared onwards to Te Rerenga Wairua. From here your spirit begins to fade from sight behind Anuku corrects its flight at Ohau above Manawatawhi. Here you look back homewards at what you have left behind you. Indeed your head is at the bull kelp and to enter it casts the bull kelp aside to the Sea of Tamatane on the left and to the Sea of Tamawahine on the right at the point where these two seas meet and brandish and toss about against each other. It is at this point that your wairua launches itself to the “Great Distance” the”Long Distance” and the “Far Distance”. 
So it is here Te Ariki that you will rest with all the other ariki while we the family and the people at large are left behind to be guided by the not so enlightened and the enlightened as we deal with what you have left us. Te Ariki sleep rest farewell. 
Rise up the king. Gather your iwi of a hundredfold together from the north the south and from both wings of the North Island to be at your back. Let your voice be heard throughout the Pacific on the many courtyards of Maoridom and in the homes as well of our Pakeha friends here in New Zealand. So King Tuheitia may the Almighty Above take you in his care and the people assist you 
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Fellow members of the House I stand very briefly to endorse remarks made about the passing of Te Atairangikaahu she who was named for her mother’s name: “the falcon that soars high in the face of the early morning sun”. She leaves us; her earthly remains turn to dust on the summit of Taupiri maunga. Her gaze will forever be upon the beloved waters of her Waikato River. She leaves a legacy that all tribes will debate and we of our younger generation shall memorialise her in song speech and chant. Farewell Te Arikinui. Go to the ancestors. Go to the putahitanga a Rehua Hawaiki Nui Hawaiki Roa Hawaiki Pamamao. 
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Rehua’s meeting-place at Great Hawaiki Long Hawaiki and Distant Hawaiki 
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To the new king Tuheitia follow the footsteps of your illustrious forebears around the marae of Aotearoa and across the Pacific to our relations and broadcast goodwill and understanding in the homes of all New Zealanders Pakeha and Maori. May the blessings of God and the support of all people enable you to achieve the tasks and dreams the people lay before you. Kia ora tatou.