Tangata Rongonui

David Voisey

Tauparapara (Incantation to begin a speech)

Tuia i runga! Tuia i raro! Tuia i roto! Tuia i waho! Tuia ki te whai ao ki te ao marama, tihei mauri ora!

Sew upwards! Sew downwards! Sew inwards! Sew outwards!

Personal Mihi (Acknowledgement)

Tēnā koutou e te whānau, kua hui mai nei, i tēnei pō, tēnā koutou katoa.

Ka mihi atu ki Te Atua tēnā koe.

Ka mihi atu ki te a koe, i tuku karakia mā tātou i tēnei pō, tēnā koe.

Ka mihi atu ki te whānau, e tautoko ana i te kura nei, i tēnei pō.

Nō reira, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

Pepeha/whakapapa

Nō Ingarangi, nō Aerana, ōna tīpuna.
I whānau mai ia ki Ngāmotu.
I tipu ake ia ki Te Papa-i-Oea.  Kei Tamaki Makaurau ia e noho ana.

Ko David John rāua ko Jean Wakelin ōna mātua.
Ko Steve rātou ko Anita, ko Tracey āna tamariki.
Ko Nat, ko ahau tena, rātou ko Jacob, ko Lydia, ko Orson, ko Sam, ko Levi, ko Christian, ko Elijah āna mokopuna.
Ko Dawn Borrill tāna hoa wahine.

Ko David Voisey tōna ingoa. Ko ia tōku koro.

I whānau mai ia i tēhea tau? (Which year were they born?)

12 November 1940

I whānau mai ia i te tau kotahi mano e iwa rau e wha tekau.

He aha tāna mahi/umanha? (Profession)

He kaiako tāhuhu kōrero ia.

He is a history teacher.

Ko Ōna Āhuatanga Ōkiko (Physical Features)

1. He ringa nui ōna hei awhi i nga mokopuna.
2. He hinengaro nui tona hei ako.
3. He tona hei whakaako.

He has large hands to cuddle his grandchildren. He has a large mind for teaching. He has a voice for teaching.

Ko Ngā Āhuatanga Whaiaro (Personal Attributes/Inner Qualities)

1. He koro atawhai ia.
2. He hinengaro toa tōna.

He is a kind and caring grandfather. He has large thoughts.

Ko Ngā Pūmanawa (Strengths)

1. He kaha ia ki te whakaako.
2. He tohunga ia ki te kōrero tāhuhu.

He is a strong teacher. He is a master at history.

Ko Ngā Whakatutukitanga (Achievements)

1. I whakaako ia i nga tau e rima tekau.
2. I whiwhi ia i tetahi tāhū paerua.

50 years teaching
Master of Arts 2nd class honours, majored in History

E takoto ana ia ki Manurewa.

He is at rest in Manurewa.

Whakatauakī

Ko te manu e kai i te miro, nāna te ngahere, ko te manu e kai i te mātauranga nāna te ao!

The bird that eats the miro, the forest is theirs, the bird that eats knowledge the world is theirs.

Nō reira tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā tātou katoa.

November 2023