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Ko Ngāti Hokopu, ko Ngāti Rangataua, Ko Ngāti Pukeko, Ko Ngāti Awa.Kaore te aroha mōu e te kura o Wairaka, kua mōrehu.

Veronica Tupari Clay (nee Merito) 21.11.1932- 14.01.2023

Te Uri o Maihi rāua ko Merekarauria Merito (nee Meihana).

Te kōka a Robyn (whāngai), Rangimarie, William, Alice, Lynette and Ronald. Grandmā ki ana mokopuna, mokopuna tuarua maha me tana mokopuna tuatoru a Tai Te Waiaio.

Ka takoto ia i runga i tona marae o Te Whare o Toroa, te whare tipuna o Wairaka.

Hei te 10am te rātu ka timata te karakia whakamutunga mōna, katahi ka nehua ki Tāneatua Cemetery. Kai hākari ki Tamatea ki te Huatahi wharekai.

Mēna ka māuiui koe, me haumaru te haere, anō hoki, me noho koe ki te kainga.

Kāre he wā taka noreira nau mai piri mai ki tōna taha kia mihia, kia tangihia, kia poroporoakitia.

Nā te Whānau.

Veronica is currently laying in state at Wairaka Marae, Nehu is scheduled to be held at 10am on Tuesday the 17th of January followed by her burial at the Tāneatua Cemetery. 

Moe Mai Ra.