nei … he waahi hoki tenei kua whakatapuria i roto i nga korero nunui o Tokomaru me Tainui. I te mea kua riro nei tenei tangata nui kua puare he whawharua e kore nei e mama te whakaki e matou. Ko nga whanaunga o Te Rangihiroa o roto i a Ngati Mutunga e ora ana nga ngakau i a ratou ka hui tahi ki nga iwi maha ki te whakaputa i te mihi mo te mahi rangatira i tutuki nei i te Honore Kopata, Minita mo nga Mea Maori, i te whakahokinga mai ki Aotearoa a tae rawa mai ki Okoki nei nga pungarehu o Te Rangihiroa; a ma roto i a ia, i te Minita, a matou whakamihi ki te Kawanatanga mo te katoa o nga whakaritenga nana i whakatutuki. He puna no te ngakau harinui he mea hoki e mama ai te pouritanga nui ki a Ngati Mutunga i te mea kua hui mai tenei whakaminenga ki te mihi ki tona aitua, a kei runga i te ngakau humarie te whakamihi atu mo nga whakanui mona i aroha nuitia nei e matou. Mo te taha ki a Tainui me ona iwi kua taemai ra nga kaumatua me nga whanaunga o Kingi Koroki ki konei ki te tuku i nga pepeha e rite ana mo tenei aitu a ki nga hapu o roto i Taranaki me nga iwi o te waka o Aotea, koinei nei nga iwi i panui ai a Te Rangihiroa ki te ao katoa, i runga i tona ngakau hari, he iwi tuturu nona. Kei te whakakotahi atu hoki a Tainui ki o ratou whanaunga o Ngati Mutunga ki te whakaputa i te kupu mihi mo te whakahokinga mai i nga pungarehu o Te Rangihiroa. Kei te tukua atu a matou mihi ki te Kawana-Tianara Ta Wiropi Nori, ki te Honore Kopata, ki te Pihopa o Aotearoa, Ki nga Mema o te Paremata, ki nga tangata whakahaere tikanga nunui, o te matauranga hohonu, o te akoranga hohonu, o te whakairo korero a-tuhituhi o tenei motu whiti atu ki nga whenua o tawahi, na ratou i roto i nga ra ka pahemo ake nei a taemai hoki ki tenei ra i whakaputa nga kupu mihi nunui mo Ta Te Rangihiroa. Kei te tuku atu hoki matou i te mihi ki nga tangata whakaaro rangatira, ngakau aroha hoki i manaaki ai i a Te Rangihiroa i roto i nga tau i hua mai ai i roto i tona hinengaro etehi o ana mahi nunui i a ia e noho ana he tino manuhiri ki roto i tera iwi mana nui ki Amerika. Nga tangata katoa i mohio i noho tahi hoki i a Ta Te Rangihiroa i pupu ake he ngakau whakamiharo mona me te whakaae he tangata nui a ia. Ratou katoa i riro i runga i te ngakau hari mo tona manahau me nga mahi whakamiharo i tutuki i a ia, a ko matou o te whakatupuranga tamariki iho i tino whakaaro nui a i aroha tuturu hoki ki a ia, e kore nei e taea e au te korero i tenei ra. Kei te maumahara hoki matou i tenei haora nei mo tona hoa wahine mo Reiri Pakaa a ki and Tainui peoples. The passing of this great man has left a gap which we shall not easily fill. The Ngati Mutunga kinsmen of Te Rangihiroa gratefully join the several tribes in expressing their gratitude for the part played by the Honourable Mr Corbett, Minister of Maori Affairs, in bringing back to Aotearoa and to Okoki the ashes of Te Rangihiroa; and, through him, we thank the Government for all it has done. It is a source of pride and much comfort to Ngati Mutunga to share with all those gathered here their bereavement, and to acknowledge in all humility the high tribute paid to one they loved most dearly. On behalf of the Tainui and associated tribes, the elders and members of the family of King Koroki are here to extend their condolences to the tribes of Taranaki and the people of the Aotea Canoe whom Te Rangihiroa was proud to proclaim to all the world as his own people. They also join their Ngati Mutunga kinsmen in expressing gratitude for the return of Te Rangihiroa's ashes. Our thanks are given to His Excellency the Governor-General, Sir Willoughby Norrie, the Honourable Mr Corbett, His Lordship the Bishop of Aotearoa, Members of Parliament, leading men of affairs, of science, of scholarship, and of letters of this country and from overseas who have at various times and today paid tribute to the memory of Sir Peter Buck. We render thanks, too, to those fine and generous-hearted people who befriended Te Rangihiroa during some of the most creative years of his life whilst he was an honoured guest of that mighty nation, the United States of America. All who came in contact with Sir Peter conceived an admiration for him as a great man. All felt the utmost pride in his inspiring character and wonderful achievements, and we of the younger generation had a presonal regard and affection for him which I must say is beyond my power to express today. We remember, too, at this hour Lady Buck, and we feel that the manner in which the last tributes and rites have been rendered to her husband's memory will comfort her—she who shared life's joys and sorrows with Peter through the years. To Margaret we say, Aroha nui. Te Rangihiroa's ashes are being laid to rest with befitting ritual and ceremony with the sun past its meridian and on its way to sink beyond the Tides of Kupe, off Okoki, just as he wished it to be. And I will conclude, in the time-honoured manner of our people, with some lines of a famous lament:— My ornamental greenstone pendant,