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POROPOROAKI "Kei te mihi ki nga Tipuna Toi Moko, i ngaro nei O koutou tinana, i nga pakanga Maori o nehe ra. Takoto mai ra koutou, ahakoa ko wai, no whea. Takoto mai ra ki waenganui i nga taonga tukuiho a kui ma, a koro ma. Me ki penei na, ma nga taonga nei, me nga mokopuna e mahi nei i Te Whare Taonga o Aotearoa, Te Papa Tongarewa, e pupuritia, e tiaki nei koutou mo ake tonu atu. Kei te hahae te tau o te ate, kei te hotu te whatumanawa, kei te patuki te tarauma, kei te moteatea nga mahara mo koutou. Moe mai ra koutou, e moe, e moe i roto i nga ringaringa tapu o te Ariki HE MIHI KI A MAUI POMARE: Kei te huri nga mihi ki te Rangatira Maui Pomare! Kei te hira rawa taku whakamoemiti ki a ia mo tona aroha, whakaaro rangatira, no te mea ko ia te tangata i whakahoki mai i tawahi, te nuinga o nga dpuna Toi Moko ki te haukainga ki Aotearoa. He ai ki te korero na, 'Ma te Atua e whakaara ake te maramatanga o tona kanohi ki a koutou, mana e homai te rangimarie ki a koutou, aianei, a ake, ake, ake'." TRANSLATION: ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO THE DEPARTED: Greetings to the ancestral Toi Moko who lost their bodies during the Maori wars, who-ever you may be, where ever you came from, rest in peace. Rest in peace amidst the other many treasures that have been handed down by our respected elder ladies and gentlemen and together are now being cared for by your descendants within the halls of the Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa. How the strings of our hearts are torn, how our hearts are sobbing, how our breasts are heaving with emotion, how our minds grieve for you, recline, sleep and rest in peace in the sacred arms of the Almighty. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TO MAUI POMARE: I turn my attention to the revered Maui Pomarel How great is my praise for him, for his humbleness, gentle attitude and noble endeavours in managing the repatriation of our ancestral tipuna, as Toi Moko, to their hallowed home in Aotearoa. To end, 'The Lord lift up his countenance upon thee and give thee peace now and forever more'.] |