Pakipaki Unveiling

Description

Unveiling of monument to Te Rapihana Hawaikirangi at Pakipaki

Text on monument –

This Monument was erected to the memory of TE RAPIHANA HAWAIKIRANGI
DIED 30TH OCTOBER 1919
AGED 60 YEARS.

HE WAS ONE OF THE WORTHY SONS OF AN ILLUSTRIOUS LINE OF CHIEFS. BEING A DESCENDANT OF TE WHATIUAPITI AND KAHUNGUNU.
HE WAS A GRAND-SON OF PUHARA OF HAWKE’S BAY AND PITIERA KOPU OF WAIROA.
HE WAS LOYAL TO HIS ELDERS, WORKED FOR THE WELFARE OF THE PEOPLE AND THE GOOD OF HIS COUNTRY.
HIS LAST WORDS TO HIS PEOPLE WERE – “CLING TO THE FAITH, THE LORD IS OUR REFUGE AND STRENGTH, THE VERY PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF TROUBLE.”
FAREWELL OH OUR FATHER.
ERECTED BY HIS CHILDREN AND WIDOW.

HE KOHATU WHAKAMAHARATANGA TENEI
– KIA –
TE RAPIHANA HAWAIKIRANGI
I MATE 30 OKETOPA 1919
ONA TAU 60.

KO TETAHI TENEI O NGA KAWAU. RANGATIRA I HEKE IHO I A. TE WHATIUAPITI ME KAHUNGUNU.
HE MOKOPUNA KIA PUHARA O HERETAUNGA ME PITIERA KOPU OF TE WAIROA.
IU TONU IA KI RARO I NGA KAUMATUA MO NGA. TIKANGA MARAE ME NGA MAHI NUNUI O TE MOTU.
“TE ANA KUPU OHAKI TENEI, E AKU WANAUNGA KIA MAU KI TE WHAKAPONO, KO TE ATUA TO TATOU PIRINGA ME TO TATOU PA HAKA HE KAI AWHINA E TINO TATA ANA I NGA WA O TE HE.”
HAERE RA E TE MATUA ME TE AROHA.
NA O TAMARIKI
ME TOU HOA PONO.

H.B.M. WORKS, HASTINGS.