TAPATORU
POTAE GENE B 23.11.1963 - D 02.09.2016
te iwi, kua horo te tumu hukapapa o runga Tongariro maunga, ka raumahara a Ahuahu te wahi raukumara a Paikea e.Rū ana te whenua i te atatū nei, he tohu o te mate. Tēnei tātau kua pania anōtia e te mate. Te whetū o te awatea kua taka i tōna pae ā kua noho tātau i te pō kia haehaea te kiri e te matā
Kua au te moe o tō tātou whanaunga, hoa, rangatira anō hoki, a Gene Rangi Potae.
Aoake, kua timata tona hikoi ki ōna turangawaewae mai i te whare o te Kōhanga Reo; ki Otūkou, ki Harataunga takoto ai.(Kennedy’s Bay, Coromandel).
E te iwi e, anei ngā kōrero e tāpiri ana ki ngā whakaritengā
(Rahoroi) A te Kotahi – rua karaka rānei ka tae atu ki Otūkou Marae, ki Rotoaira, Turangi.
Hei te ata a te Ratapu ka wehe Otūkou, haere ai ki Harataunga, Kennedys Bay.
A te tekau ma tahi haora hei te Mane, ka timata ai te karakia whakamutunga.
Nau mai e te whānau, mauria mai ngā pare kawakawa o te aroha.
Nā mātou o te whare o Te Kōhanga ReO
