Ka taka te totara, ka heke ngā roimata, ka mokemoke te whānau...he mihi arohanui ki te whānau whānui o Tosh Ruwhiu aka E Pā. E Pā was the kaumatua at Hatō Ōpani and I first met him in 1993 when I was a kaiako at Rehua Kohanga Reo. A fluent speaker and passionate about his culture and language, E Pā taught hundreds of tamariki te reo me ōna tikanga Māori, always with an excellent sense of humour and with his infamous "lumpy stamps" (lollies sellotaped to tamariki's work ). He was honarary koro to all his akonga, and a number of the kaiako too and he will be missed. E moe rā, E Pā. He mihi arohanui hoki ki te whānau whānui o Tawiti Ruru, kua ngaro a ia ki te pō, he aitua. Our sympathies to Chrissy Ward, Horowai Wetini and te whānau whānui. Āpiti hono, tātai hono, te hunga mate ki te hunga mate, āpiti hono tātai hono, te hunga ora ki te hunga ora.

Nau mai, haere mai ki te ao te pēpi hou o Jess Lee, he tungāne mā Tahlia-Rose.

Rā whānau ki a Te Amo Hoera, (4), Herewaka-Jack Daly (3), Te Ariki Blight (3) rātou ko Kawa Hadfield (3)! Ngā mihi.

Hari huritau ki a Whaea Renata! All our aroha and we hope you had a lovely birthday 💕