Notice:

HE AITUĀTērā te huka ko runga o Paretetaitonga, te hau tangi wheoro ki ngā mānia ki Karioi ki Te Turi o Murimotu. Ngā tohu o te mate o tēnei uri o Ngāti Rangi, o Te Āti Haunui, o Mōkai Pātea, o Ngāti Tūwharetoa kua ngaro atu ki te pō inā, ko Willie Wilson tēnei kua riro nei. 

WILLIAM (Willie) GARDNER WILSON passed peacefully in Whanganui early this morning, Tues 7 January 2025 at the age of 85. Husband to Vera Whakaaronui Wilson (nee Mareikura) and father, poppa, papa, brother and uncle to us all. Dad will whakatau at Putiki at 3pm today then to Maungarongo and arrive at Tirorangi Marae around 6pm this evening. Whakaeke times are: 9.30am, 11.30am, 2pm and 4pm.

Dads funeral will be at 11am Friday 10 January 2025 followed by burial and hākari at Tirorangi Marae, 742 Whangaehu Valley Road, Karioi, Ohakune 4791.

Knowing you’ll be kicking a ball, playing tennis and swinging a golf club will lift all our hearts. You’re free again dad to fly like a kererū, run like a deer and swim like a trout.

To the fatherland.

Koha account is: RL Te Kanawa & CP Wilson 02-0316-0241134-003 

Topa atu rā i te tahora ki Ngā Rimutāmaka, ki te ara ki Paretetaitonga.

Rere rupe atu ki Te Whata nā Maru, whakangaro atu rā..