A special edition of Te Puna Wai Kōrero which pays tribute to Pei Te Hurinui Jones who passed away this week. Presented by Selwyn Murupaenga.
At his ancestral marae in Te Kuiti he lay in state while people from all tribes of Māoridom came to pay tribute.
From the tangihanga, a poroporoaki is given by Hēnare Tūwhangai of Ngāti Maniapoto.
An archival recording of a speech of welcome given by Pei Te Hurinui Jones to Queen Elizabeth at Gisborne in 1970. It includes a karakia to bring fair weather, which seemed to stop the gathering rain clouds over the event.
Selwyn Muru then reads Pei Te Hurinui Jones' Māori translation of "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam."
The programme concludes with a poroporoaki in Māori and English by Professor Bruce Biggs, head of the Anthorpology Department at Auckland University and life-long friend of Pei Te Hurinui Jones.