TINIRAU: Esther Tania Tarihira
I mate i te rua tekau mā tahi o ngā rā o Hononoi 2021, ki tōna kāinga noho, ki Whanganui. He mokopuna nā Te Kāhui Maunga, nā Te Awa-nui-a-Rua. He tamaiti nā Regina Ngāhoari (Marshall) rāua ko Meterei Raphael Tinirau. Ko ia te hoa pūmau a Michael John Neho. He whaea i tino arohaina e tana tamāhine, a Kahurangi Jacqueline Heeni Tinirau-Williams rāua ko James Frederick Williams. He kuia e kore e warewaretia e āna mokopuna, a Te Waitoiora Tamarongo Tinirau-Williams rāua ko Te Matara Jaymee Tinirau-Williams, a Te-Aopehi, a Kamaani, a Jaharlym, a Makaveli hoki. He whaene, tuahine, tuakana, taina, i kaha ki te awhina me te manaaki i ōna tūngāne, tuakana, taina, iramutu hoki. Kua roa nei tō mātau whaea e takoto māuiui ana. Nō reira, e te whaea, moe mai rā. Takahia atu rā ngā takahanga waewae a ō tūpuna ki runga i ngā maunga tapu. Whakangaro atu ai e! Kei Te Ao Hou Marae, Aramoho, te whaea nei e tiraha mai ana. Ko te rā nehu, ko te Rātapu te rua tekau mā rima o Hononoi. Hei te tekau karaka i te ata o te Rātapu, ka timata te poroporoaki whakamutunga. Ka whakahoki atu ki Rānana, ki reira takoto mai ai.
Esther is lying in state at Te Ao Hou Marae, Aramoho, and a service will be held for her at 10.00am on Sunday 25th July 2021.
She will be returned to Rānana for interment.
Special thanks to the staff at Whanganui Hospice and Te Oranganui, who took such loving care of our mother, aunty, sister and nanny.