te Hau, Tamati Materoa – On Wednesday, August 14, 2024, at Burwood Hospital, aged 79 years. Kua honoa anō ki tōna hoa rangatira ki a Kathy te Hau.

Te tama a Ripora rāua ko Kahutia te Hau – kua wehe atu ki tua o te ārai.

Te tungāne o Te Mutunga Tira Huihui Nikora rātou ko Wairākau Keriana Kiwa Brouwer, ko Akenehi Ri Field, ko Rawinia Gerrard Goodridge – kua wehe atu ki tua o te ārai. Te teina o Pera Te Kauru te Hau rātou ko David Bruce Kemp ko Ha-Rata te Hau – kua wehe atu ki tua o te ārai. Te matua o Aniwa MacKenzie rātou ko Kiriana Parata ko Atawhai te Hau.

Te hungawai o Dayle MacKenzie rātou ko Manawanui Parata, ko Nigel Stone.

Te karaua o Rākaitotorewa rātou ko Anneke, ko Ngarita, ko Teina, ko Tāmanuhiri, ko Mihimarino, ko Isla, ko Pura o-te-rangi.

Te karaua anō o Michael rātou ko AJ, ko Mereana, ko Emily.

Messages may be addressed to: The whānau of the late Tamati te Hau, c/- PO Box 39001, Christchurch 8545.  The funeral service for Tamati will be held at Oaklands Chapel, corner Halswell Junction and Wigram Roads, Halswell, on Saturday, August 17, at 3.00pm, followed by a private cremation.

E hoki tō mātou matua tāne ki Te Rerenga Wairua, ki a Pōhutukawa.

Moe mai rā.