Kia tauākītia te ariki hou i mua i te nehunga a te kīngi Māori

Wednesday, 4 September 2024

Thousands pay their respects to Kīngi Tūheitia.

Kua whakamāoritia tēnei pūrongo e tētahi hinengaro rorohiko, ā, kua hihiratia e te kaiwhakamāori a Puna, ko Joel Maxwell, nāna te pūrongo i whakapai hoki i mua i te whakaputa hei pūrongo reorua. Nā Straker me Microsoft te hinengaro rorohiko i whakawhanake.

This story, originally in English only, was translated into reo Māori by an AI tool then checked and edited by Stuff kaiwhakamāori Joel Maxwell before publication as a bilingual news story. The AI tool was developed by Straker and Microsoft.

Kua whakaūria e te Kīngitanga ngā takahanga ōkawa mō Te Whakawahinga (whakapikinga) mō te piki tūranga me te nehunga o Kingi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, āpōpō, Hepetema 5.

The Kīngitanga has confirmed the official proceedings for Te Whakawahinga (raising up) ceremony for the successor and the funeral service of Kīngi Tuheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero VII, tomorrow, September 5.

Ka tīmata ngā whakaritenga i Tūrangawaewae Marae i te 10am, i te wā ka ārahina e te Tekau-mā-rua (te kaunihera tohutohu o te Kīngitanga) te ariki hou ki te torona.

Proceedings will begin at Tūrangawaewae Marae at 10am when the Tekau-mā-rua (the Kīngitanga advisory council) usher the new Māori monarch to the throne.

Read this story in English here.

Ka whaia tēnei e te Karakia Whakawahinga, e kawatau ana kia whakahaeretia e Tā Pou Temara.

This will be followed by the Karakia Whakawahinga, expected to be conducted by Sir Pou Temara.

Kātahi ka whakatakotoria e te Tumuaki Hone Tāmihana he paipera ki runga i te māhunga o te ariki, ā, koia rā te paipera i whakamahia e te Tumuaki Wiremu Tāmihana hei whakaikeike i te Kīngi Māori tuatahi Pōtatau Te Wherowhero i te 1858.

Tumuaki Hone Tāmihana will then place a bible on the head of the Monarch, the same bible that Tumuaki Wiremu Tāmihana used to raise up the first Māori King Pōtatau Te Wherowhero in 1858.

Ka kī te Pīhopa Don Tamihere i tētahi karakia hei whakamānawa i te ariki hou me ngā hinu tapu.

Archbishop Don Tamihere will say a karakia to bless the new Monarch with sacred oils.

Mourners gather at Tūrangawaewae Marae in Ngāruawāhia on Saturday, following the death of Kīngi Tūheitia.

Ka whaia Te Whakawahinga e te nehunga mō Kīngi Tūheitia i muri iho ka wehe ia i Tūrangawaewae Marae ki ngā taha o te awa tupuna, o te Awa Waikato, e ārahi ai ia e tētahi hunga whakahonore o Ngāti Māhanga me te Ope Kātua o Aotearoa.

Te Whakawahinga will be followed by the funeral service for Kīngi Tūheitia after which he will be taken from Tūrangawaewae Marae to the banks of the tupuna awa, Waikato River, where he will be guided by a guard of honour of Ngāti Māhanga and the New Zealand Defence Force.

He rārangi waka e whā – ko Taatahi Ora, Waikura, Tākitumu me Te Tīmatanga – ka mauria ia a Tūheitia ki tōna wāhi okiokinga whakamutunga, ko Taupiri Maunga, he haerenga e tūmanakohia ana kia rua haora.

People wait outside Tūrangawaewae Marae to pay their respects to Kīngi Tūheitia.

A fleet of four waka – Taatahi Ora, Waikura, Tākitumu and Te Tīmatanga – will convey Kīngi Tūheitia to his final resting place, Taupiri Maunga, a journey that’s expected to take two hours.

Ka tūtakitia a ia i Taupiri e ngā mema o ngā karapu whutupōro o Tūrangawaewae me Taniwharau, ā, ka mauria e ngā kaiwhakahaere taura mai i Raungaiti Rugby Club a Kīngi Tuheita ki te tihi o te maunga.

He will be met at Taupiri by members of the Tūrangawaewae and Taniwharau rugby league clubs, and rope handlers from Raungaiti Rugby Club will carry the King to the summit of the maunga.

I muri i te nehu, ka hoki te hāereere nehunga ki Tūrangawaewae Marae e ārahi ai te Tekau-mā-rua i te Whare Ariki ki te marae, kātahi ka whai i tētahi hākari hei whakamutu i te tangihanga.

Following the interment, the funeral procession will return to Tūrangawaewae Marae where the Tekau-mā-rua will lead the Whare Ariki (members of the royal house) on to the marae, followed by a hākari (feast) to conclude the tangihanga.

Tērā tētahi rohe rere-kore i runga i Taupiri Maunga me te Awa o Waikato ka katia i waenganui i ngā tūranga poti Pukete me Huntly i te wā o te hui.

There will be a no-fly zone over Taupiri Maunga and the Waikato River will be closed between Pukete and Huntly boat ramps during the ceremony.

Thousands of people have travelled to Tūrangawaewae Marae in Ngāruawāhia to pay tribute to the Māori King.

Ko te tikanga kia kawatau ngā kaihautū motokā i te inaki waka i SH1 i waenganui i Ngāruawāhia me Huntly i te Tāite. He katinga huarahi paetata me ngā ara autaki mō te rā, e ai ki a Waka Kotahi.

Motorists should expect SH1 congestion between Ngāruawāhia and Huntly on Thursday. There will be several local road closures and detours for the day, NZTA said.

Ka katia te SH1H Great South Rd i Ngāruawāhia i waenganui i te Market St me Starr Rd mai i te 11.30am ki te 6pm.

SH1H Great South Rd in Ngāruawāhia will be closed between Market St and Starr Rd from 11.30am to 6pm.

Ka katia te River Rd mai i Duke St tae noa ki SH1H Great South Rd. Mā Duke St me Kelm Rd te ara autaki mai i te 6am ki te 6pm.

River Rd will be closed from Duke St through to SH1H Great South Rd. The detour is via Duke St and Kelm Rd from 6am to 6pm.

Ka katia Taupiri Rd Tawhito ki Galbraith St i waenganui i te 9am me te 6pm.

Old Taupiri Rd will be closed at Galbraith St between 9am and 6pm.

Ka katia SH1H Great South Rd mai i te hurihanga i te whakawhitinga o SH1B me SH1H Great South Rd ki te mutunga o te ara e haere ana ki Huntly.

SH1H Great South Rd will be closed from the roundabout at the intersection of SH1B and SH1H Great South Rd to the end of the passing lane into Huntly.

Tērā tētahi ara autaki mai i ngā rama whakawhitinga o te Arawhiti Tainui i Huntly mā te Riverview Rd me Hakarimata Rd ki Ngāruawāhia.

There will be a detour from the Tainui Bridge traffic lights in Huntly via Riverview Rd and Hakarimata Rd to Ngāruawāhia.

Tērā pea e hiahia ana te hunga e haere ana ki te tangi ki te eke i te tereina pāhihi e whakawāteatia ana ki te kawe ngā tāngata i waenganui i Ngāruawāhia me Taupiri Maunga.

Those attending the tangihanga may like to use the passenger train being made available to transport attendees between Ngāruawāhia and Taupiri Maunga.

Ka noho ngā tūranga taupua i te Taupiri Rd Tawhito me Taupiri Maunga.

Temporary platforms will be located on Old Taupiri Rd and at Taupiri Maunga.

This is a Public Interest Journalism-funded translation through NZ On Air