Universities NZ Tribute to Dr Ranginui Walker

Ka tanuku ka tanuku
Te tihi o Makeo ka tanuku
Maturuturu noa te wai o aku kamo
Kotiritiri noa kotarara noa
Aue, te pane kotutitui, te pane koruturutu
E huri Ranginui tau atu ra
Ki tara wiwi, ki tara wawa
Tēnei te Kāhui Amokura e tangi nei
Tēnei Te Pōkai Tara e aue nei
Moe mai e Ra, waiho mai ra o tapuwae
Hei tauira whakapiki i ēnei ka mahue nei.

The Vice-Chancellors and the Māori Pro Vice Chancellors of New Zealand's eight universities collectively express our sincere sympathy at the passing and loss of Dr. Ranginui Walker.

Our condolences to his immediate family, to Ngāti Whakatōhea and to Mātaatua waka.

This is a loss to the whole of the nation, and to the academic world.
Ranginui has been a pou turangi, a bastion for the advancement of Māori scholarship, and the contribution of Māori indigenous knowledge to the nation’s intellectual treasury.

We are saddened by his death, but comforted by his legacy.

Naia te mihi maioha te tuku atu nei.
He pou turangi ki te whenua
He pukainga matauranga ki te tahuhu.

Nā maua

Professor Harlene Hayne, Chair of Universities New Zealand - Te Pōkai Tara and Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith, Chair of Te Kāhui Amokura

ENDS

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