Te M¨¥tara o H¨ri
4601 Pirihimana Matua Peter Umbers (murimate)
Left: Pirihimana Matua Peter Umbers.
Right: Sue Umbers receives her husband¡¯s medal.
I te 27 o Mei 1990, ka t¨± t¨¥tahi p¨¡hua i Poolburn Hotel p¨¡tata ki Ranfurly. Ka whakaara te kaihara i ng¨¡ kaipupuri o te h¨t¨¥ra i te moe, ka t¨©horea te nuinga o ng¨¡ waea hei ¨¡rai i te waeatanga atu ki te Pirihimana, ¨¡, ka p¨±rere atu e $380 i a ia. Ka whakap¨¡ atu ng¨¡ kaipupuri o te h¨t¨¥ra ki te Pirihimana m¨¡ te waea i t¨ r¨¡tou r¨±ma moe i mahue i te kaihara. I te k¨¡inga a Pirihimana Umbers i te w¨¡ i waeatia ai ia i muri tata mai o te weherua p¨.
I taraiwa atu a Pirihimana Umbers ki waho atu o Ranfurly. I te 16 meneti mai i te weherua p¨ ka whakam¨hio atu ki te P¨±tahi Whakahaere o ?tepoti e whakat¨± ana ia i t¨¥tahi Toyota Hilux i te ara torotika o Wedderburn, e 5 kiromita i waho atu o Ranfurly. I maharatia ko te waka t¨¥n¨¡ i whakamahia i te p¨¡hua. I k¨rero ia ki te P¨±tahi Whakahaere: ¡°Ranfurly to Ops, a 3T, registration OL5702, white Toyota Hilux flat deck.¡±
K¨¡tahi ka ng¨±. Ka kore ana he mea an¨ i rongohia ake i a Pirihimana Umbers, ka tonoa he ope Pirihimana me te kaimahi waka t¨±roro ki taua w¨¡hi. Ka t¨±pono r¨¡tou ki a Pirihimana Umbers i te taha o t¨na waka, kua mate. E hikohiko tonu ana ng¨¡ raiti whero me te kahurangi o t¨na waka Pirihimana.
M¨¡rakerake ana te kitea kua t¨± t¨¥tahi riri whakarekereke, ¨¡, kua tangohia hoki te p¨± hurihuri .38 me te matire PR24 a Pirihimana Umbers i te w¨¡ o te riri. He p¨¥r¨¡ rawa te kino o ¨na t¨±nga, i p¨h¨¥h¨¥ kua p¨±hia ia. Engari, n¨ muri iho mai i whakatautia he nui rawa ng¨¡ t¨±nga m¨¡hunga n¨¡ ng¨¡ patunga o t¨¥tahi taputapu puhuki. I patua kinotia a Pirihimana Umbers ki tana matire PR24, ¨¡ mate noa ia. I pakaru te matire i te kaha o ng¨¡ kurukuru.
? ka tahuri ki te rapu i te kaihara. Ka whakam¨¡raritia ng¨¡ whakatewhatewha Pirihimana i te m¨¡tao o te huarere, n¨¡ reira he maha hoki ng¨¡ pirihimana e mino koti ana n¨ te Whare Patuahi t¨±tata o Ranfurly. Taihoa, ¨¡, ka kitea te Toyota Hilux e ahu ana ki te Puku o ?t¨¡kou kei tua o te Lindis Pass. Ka aruaru te Pirihimana ka t¨± te kaihara, ka puta i te waka he raiwhara ki ¨na ringaringa. Ka mauheretia e te Pirihimana. Ka kitea hoki e r¨¡tou te maha o ng¨¡ p¨± i te waka, ko te p¨± hurihuri a Pirihimana Umbers t¨¥tahi. N¨ muri noa mai ka h¨¡menetia te kaihara 19 ¨na tau ka mauheretia ia m¨ ¨¡ke tonu atu m¨ te k¨hurutanga o Pirihimana Umbers.
Ohorere katoa te Pirihimana me te hapori o te rohe, ¨¡, me te ngau kino o te mamae i te k¨hurutanga o t¨¥tahi Pirihimana kaing¨¡kau. I t¨± t¨na uhunga i te Taiwhanga H¨¡kinakina o Ranfurly i te korenga o t¨¥tahi whare karakia rarahi e mene katoa ai ng¨¡ puna roimata i hiahia ki te mau aroha atu.
Ka mahue mai i a Pirihimana Peter Umbers t¨na hoa rangatira, a Sue, ¨¡ r¨¡ua k¨tiro tokorua, e 8 tau, 10 tau ng¨¡ pakeke i t¨¥r¨¡ w¨¡.
I whakawhiwhia murimatetia ia ki te M¨¥tara o H¨ri m¨ ¨¡na mahi m¨¡ia.