Kaitito

Charles Tauhou (Pumi) Taituha

1930 - 1993

Ko Pumi te matāmua o Charles Tauhou Taituha rāua ko Emily Pane Hemara. I tupu ake ia ki Rangitoto, ki Otewa me Rereahu

Ka pakeke haere ia ka wehe atu ia hei hoia ki roto i te pakanga ki Korea. Ka mutu ana te pakanga ki Korea ka hoki atu ia ki Te Waipounamu noho ai.  I a ia ki reira nā te nui o tōnā aroha ki ngā mahi waiata ka whakatūria e ia ko ētehi pēne whakangahau, ka whakatūwhera hoki ko ētehi pāparakāuta. 

I a ia hoki e noho ana ki Te Waipounamu i te noho atu tōna whāea ki te taha o Pakuwera Katu i Oparure, Ka mate a Pakuwera i te Koroneihana o Kīngi Korokī, ka mutu i tōnā tangihanga tonu i Oparure, ka karangahia a Pumi kia hoki atu ki Maniapoto kia noho atu ia ki raro i ngaa parirau a ōnā karanga whāea a te tohunga a Naki Kino, a Kehu Te Whare rātou ko tōnā karanga matua a Te Kohinga ki roto tonu i a Rereahu, Ka ākona e ia ko ngā tikanga tawhito, ko ngā karakia tawhito, i whai wāhi atu hoki ia me rātou ki te whare wānanga o Miringa Te Kakara.  Nāwai, nāwai ka whaka te raki tōnā haere ki Ngāpuhi hei tuuhono atu ki oonā hereherenga ā whakapapa ki reira.

I ngā tau whitu tekau tae atu ki tōnā matenga ka tū a Pumi hei kai kōrero mō Te Arikinui Te Atairangikaahu. I roto hoki i ērā wā ka whakatūria e ia ko ngā wānanga hei whakarauora i ngā tikanga me ngā karakia tawhito o Tainui waka

Ko ōna mōhioranga ki ngā whakapapa me ngā mahi wairua ka rāngona, ka kitea tonutia ki roto i ngōna waiata ka waiatatia tonutia o runga i ngā marae maha puta noa i te waka o Tainui otirā te motu whānui.  He tangata manawanui, he tangata piri pono ki te Kīngitanga.

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