10/09/2025

Kia ora koutou āku mokopuna, mokopuna tuarua, mokopuna tuatoru, mokopuna tuawha pea,

Ko Kurahaupō te waka

Ko Rotokakahi te awa,

Ko Ōngaro te maunga,

Ko Te Rārawa te iwi,

Ko Te Uri o Tai te hapu,

Ko Morehu te marae,

Ko Kurahaupō te wharenui,

Ko Waimionga te wharekai,

Nō Pawarenga te whānau Stephens i te taha o tōku pāpā.

Ko Ngatokimatawhaorua te waka,

Ko Hokianga Whakapau Karakia te awa,

Ko Nga Pukehaua te maunga,

Ko Ngapuhi te iwi

Ko Ngāti Hau te hapu,

Ko Te Piiti te marae,

Ko Toukahawai te wharekai,

Nō Ōmanaia te whānau Beazley i te taha o tōku māmā.

Ko Raymond Paul Stephens tōku ingoa, i whānau mai ai i te puke o Pukeroa i te hohipera Rotorua. E 50 ngā tau taku pākeketanga, e noho ana i Rotorua, e mahi ana i Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga. Ko Gerrard (Mita/Cushlow) rāua ko Raewyn (nee Beazley) tōku mātua. Ko Shane te mātāmua e tōku tuakana, ko Kristina (Tina) rāua ko Eliza (Raiha) te pōtiki, e ōku tuahine. Ko Blake, te mātāmua, ko Kerrod, Ko Tumanako (Dec), ko Maia, rātou ko Zaria, te pōtiki, e ōku tamaiti.

Ko Manaia rāua ko Manea ōku mokopuna.

My wish is that my moko live in the proudness of being of māori decent, mai e Kupe. My greatest whakatauki for life, "Tama Tū Tama Ora, Tama Noho, Tama Mate"... E aroha mutunga kore ki a koutou ōku reanga....xxx