Na Liz Remmerswaal, World BEYOND War, Kepakemapa 9, 2021
Kia hiwa lā, kia hiwa lā. Kua hinga te Tōtara haemata o te wao-nui o Whakatu.
World BEYOND War Ua kaumaha ka puʻuwai ʻo Aotearoa New Zealand e hōʻike i ka make makehewa ʻole o ka ʻelemakule Maori ʻo Des Ratima, he 69 ona makahiki.
He hoa aloha ʻo Des no kā mākou hui a me nā hiʻohiʻona i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻO nā koa me kahi pūʻole, ʻo ia i kēia lā International Day of Peace Virtual Film Festival ma 18/19 Kepakemapa, i ka manawa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo ia e lilo i panelist i ke kūkā kamaʻilio ʻana ma hope o ka hōʻike ʻana.
He 25 makahiki ia no ka New Zealand Defense Force nāna i alakaʻi i ke kōkua ʻana e hoʻohui i ka moʻomeheu Maori i ka New Zealand Army, kahi mea i paʻa i ka pūʻali koa.
Hōʻike ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i ka moʻolelo ikaika pehea ka hopena o ke Kaua Kivila koko ma ka mokupuni ʻo Bougainville e kahi mākaʻi o ka New Zealand Defense Force i pae i ka mokupuni, me ka hāpai ʻole i nā mea kaua, me nā mea kime wale nō, nā haka, a me nā mea kani ʻē aʻe o maluhia.
Ua komo ʻo Des i ka hoʻohui moʻomeheu i mea nui i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hilinaʻi me ke kipa ʻana i nā alakaʻi o Bougainvillean e like me ka mea i hōʻike ʻia i ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni. Ke kipa ʻana iā Nūhōlani ma ke ʻāpana o ke kaʻina hana maluhia, ua hāʻawi ʻia iā lākou kahi Powhiri a i ʻole he hana hoʻokipa Maori e komo pū ana me ka Hongi - ke kaomi ʻana o ka ihu a me ka kaʻana like o ka hanu. Ua kaʻana like lākou i nā hana o ka New Zealand's Haka kuʻuna. ʻO ka huakaʻi ʻana i ka mokupuni ʻo Pacific me ka lako ʻole a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā loina moʻomeheu Melanesian i kōkua i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka hilinaʻi ma waena o nā kaiāulu o ka mokupuni traumatized.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Des ka ʻōiwi i ka pilina ʻōiwi i ʻae i ka hilinaʻi e kūkulu ʻia, i ʻae ai i ka poʻe e hilinaʻi he pono ke mālama ʻia ka maluhia, ʻoiai ka makaʻu i kā lākou moʻomeheu moʻomeheu.
E like me kā Des ʻōlelo: Ua ʻike lākou i nā kāne a me nā wahine, ua ʻike lākou i nā kala ʻili ʻokoʻa a ʻōlelo ʻia inā hiki iā lākou ke hana pū a laila hiki nō iā mākou. '”
As the Secretary for Maori Development, Dave Te Tokohau Samuels said: “Des 'life was based around a great campuran of aloha (aloha) and service. Ua ʻike nui ʻia kona aloha no kona ʻohana, ʻohana, ka lāhui a me ka hilinaʻi i ʻike nā mea āpau a ua kahe maoli kēia i ka lawelawe i hāʻawi manawaleʻa ʻole ʻia ai ʻo ia iā Aotearoa Nūhōlani a me ka ao Māori. Ma ke ʻano he koa i kū mua a aloha aku i kekahi hoa aloha i hāʻule i lawelawe i kona lāhui me ka haʻaheo, koa, a kūpaʻa hoʻi. Ma ke ʻano he Māori, kūlou ke poʻo i kahi kūpuna hanohano a hanohano hoʻi nāna i alakaʻi maikaʻi i kona lāhui, ka mea i hoʻokau ʻia e ka lehulehu, a ʻo ia ka mea i hana i ka mea hiki loa no ka pono o ka poʻe Māori ma ʻō a ʻō o ka ʻāina. ”
Alohanui (aloha), maluhia (peace), moe mai ra e (rest well) dear Des.
Ua heleleʻi kahi totara ikaika, 'aʻole hiki ke hoʻonohonoho houʻia akā e kū mākou i luna a ho'āʻo e hoʻopiha i kou mau kāmaʻa nui, e hoʻomanaʻo i kou puʻuwai nani a me kou aloha i ka pono i ko mākou kaiāulu.
Mahalo no kāu hana hihio.
He koa ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻoe no ka maluhia a aloha mākou iā ʻoe.
ʻO Liz Remmerswaal, hoa o Des a me National Coordinator o World BEYOND War Aotearoa Nūhōlani.
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