01/06/2022
E rere tonu ana te aroha ki tēnei tuahangata o Ngā Wātene Māori. Ko koe te whakatinanatanga o Aroha Ki Te Tāngata.
Kia au te moe Uncle Jack Taumaunu ❤️
Tangi hotuhotu, tangi mōteatea mōu rā e Uncle Jack Taumaunu,
Ka heke a Waikamo, a hupe, haehaea te kiri nā te pouri.
Hoki atu rā koe ki ngā ruakōiwi a ō Mātua Tīpuna. Ka nui te aroha ki a koe Aunty Evelyn koutou tahi ko tō Whānau.
Over the last four months Māori have lost a number of leaders who are irreplacable. This morning Whānau Waipareira suffered the loss of one of its great leaders Uncle Jack Taumaunu.
His whānau are a Waipareira foundation whānau and a backbone whānau of Waipareira,
Hoani Waititi, Māori Wardens, Māori Womens Welfare League, Kapahaka stalwarts, Rutherford High School cultural kaiako. You name it in regard to advancing our Māori peoples cause in West Auckland and the Taumaunu Whānau have always been there.
Uncle Jack gave tirelessly and relentlessly of himself to our whānau at the expense of his own tamariki and it is this relentless service to our peoples cause that he will be very sorely missed.
- John Tamihere
