He tukinga, he pah¨±tanga, he wh¨¡nau kua mau ki r¨ w¨¥ne e k¨¡ ana, Taup¨ te 24 o ?perira 2009
Te Whakar¨¡kai Tohu M¨¡ia o Aotearoa
MO7756 Kaiwawao Michael O'Leary
Te M¨¥tara Tohu M¨¡ia o Aotearoa
Kirirarau Conor O¡¯Leary
Te M¨¥tara Tohu M¨¡ia o Aotearoa
Kirirarau Peter Booth
Kaiwawao Michael O'Leary and his son Conor O'Leary
I te 3.55pm I te 24 o ?perira 2009, e taraiwa noa iho ana a Kaiwawao Michael O¡¯Leary me t¨na wh¨¡nau i te Huarahi Matua Kotahi e ¨¡hua 17 kiromita ki te raki o Taup¨. K¨¡ore ia e mahi ana. He w¨¥ne Toyota te waka i mua i a r¨¡tou, ¨¡, tukia rawatia atu ki t¨¥tahi waka pango e haere mai ana, ihu ki te ihu. Tokoono ng¨¡ t¨¡ngata o roto, n¨¡, ka kauhuri te w¨¥ne ki te takiw¨¡, ka tau ki t¨na muringa, ¨¡, e wh¨¡ ng¨¡ w¨¡ ka p¨©rori haere i mua o te putanga i te rori, te hekenga i t¨¥tahi maioro p¨¡t¨©t¨©, ¨¡, papah¨± ana.
Ko Kaiwawao O¡¯Leary te tangata tuatahi i tae ki te tukinga. Ka whakahaua tana tama kia rotarota atu ki ng¨¡ waka e whakatata mai ana, ¨¡, ka m¨¡tua haere ia kia kite i te waka pango. Ka whakataungia k¨¡ore he tohu ora o te taraiwa t¨¡ne. Ka whakawhiti ki t¨¥r¨¡ atu taha ka kite i te p¨¡hihi wahine e ora iti ana, he waewae pea kua whati me ¨¥tahi atu wharanga. Ka mea atu ia he ¨¡whina e haere mai ana, ¨¡, ka tau te whakaaro kia kaua ia e unuhia i te waka.
Ka rongo i te pah¨±tanga ka titiro ki t¨¡w¨¡hi o te rori ka kite e muramura ana te w¨¥ne. Ka whakawhiti a Kaiwawao O¡¯Leary i te rori engari n¨¡ ng¨¡ mura me te koki o te maioro i raru ai te haerenga p¨¥n¨¡ ki te w¨¥ne. I reira t¨¥tahi atu tangata e haere ana i te rori he k¨¥ne tinei ahi t¨¡na ka t¨± atu ki te ¨¡whina. Ko Peter Booth t¨na ingoa. I muri mai o tana k¨rero poto ki a Mr Booth, ka oma atu ki raro m¨¡ te maioro, ka peke i t¨¥tahi taiapa waia kia tae ki t¨¥r¨¡ atu taha o te waka. Mai i reira i kite ia i ¨¥tahi tamariki tokorua kei waho o t¨¥tahi matapihi e tauwhare ana mai i ¨ r¨¡ua uma. Ka kaha haere te mura o te ahi ki runga i a ia ka h¨±tia t¨¥tahi tama i te w¨¥ne, e rua tau te pakeke, ka oma ko t¨na 15 mita atu i te waka mura, ¨¡, i reira ka amohia te tamaiti e te tam¨¡hine a Kaiwawao O¡¯Leary ki t¨ r¨¡tou ake waka. K¨¡tahi ia ka hoki ki te w¨¥ne ki te whakarauora i te tamaiti tuarua, ko tana tama hoki a Conor i haere i a ia.
In¨¡ianei kua k¨© katoa a roto o te w¨¥ne i te ponguru, kua kaha ake te muranga me ¨¥tahi pah¨±tanga iti n¨ roto mai o te waka. Ko r¨¡tou tokotoru a Kaiwawao O¡¯Leary, tana tama a Conor me Mr Booth, i mate ki te tango mai i te tama tuarua engari i mau tonu ki roto me te mahara n¨¡ te t¨¡tua pea o t¨na t¨±ru i mau ai, ¨¡, ka panaia r¨¡tou e ng¨¡ mura o te ahi. N¨¡, i te manawanui o Kaiwawao O¡¯Leary kia kaua e mate te tamaiti tuarua ka p¨¡tai ia mena r¨¡ he naihi t¨¡ t¨¥tahi. Maringanui i a Mr Booth t¨¥tahi naihi p¨±koro e mau ana i a ia i t¨na haerenga ki te ¨¡whina. Ka kapohia e Kaiwawao O¡¯Leary, ka t¨¡whana ki roto i te waka, ka tapahia te mea i pupuri r¨¡ i te tamaiti. N¨¡ r¨¡tou tokotoru i kukume mai te tama e k¨¡ ana t¨na tarau i waho rawa atu o taua waka. Ka wetekina e Kaiwawao O¡¯Leary ng¨¡ pueru e mura ana i te kiri o te tamaiti, ¨¡, ka haria atu ki t¨¥tahi w¨¡hi haumaru. In¨¡ianei kua muramura pai te w¨¥ne, kore rawa e taea he rauoratanga i muri mai.
Ahakoa r¨¡ i wera hoki ko Kaiwawao O¡¯Leary i m¨¡r¨ tonu tana whakahaere i te w¨¡hi o te tukinga, in¨¡ r¨¡ ko te poipoi i te hunga i whara kia tae rawa mai te Pirihimana me ¨¥r¨¡ atu Ratonga whawhati tata. I muri atu ka haria ia ki te h¨hipera m¨ ¨na weranga. Ahakoa wetiweti rawa taua tukinga i mua i a ia, i mauritau, i p¨±ngaio t¨na mau i a ia me te whakaatu i t¨¥tahi m¨¡ia k¨¥ atu e rite ana ki t¨¡ tana whakahaere tuatahi i taua w¨¡hi tukinga. Me te aha, i korikori ki te whakarauora i te hunga i mau r¨¡ ki roto o te w¨¥ne e mura ana. I te w¨¡ o ng¨¡ whakarauoratanga he pitomata i reira ka pah¨± noa mai te kura peniheni o te w¨¥ne ka whakamate i a ia, ka kino r¨¡nei t¨na taot¨± me ¨¥r¨¡ hoki i t¨na taha.