All traditional leaders on the island are urged to attend Te Ra O Te Ui Ariki (House of Ariki Day) event tomorrow, starting at 8.30am at the National Auditorium in Tupapa Maraerenga.

Te Ra O Te Ui Ariki, a public holiday celebrated on the first Friday of July every year, pays tribute to the Ui Ariki and Aronga Mana (traditional leaders) of the Cook Islands.

The theme (tumu tapura) for this year’s event is: “Iriiri mai iakoe ki to Rangiatea i roto i teia 60 Mataiti “E Te Tumu E Neke Mai; Kare Au E Neke Atu, E Tumu Oki Au No Te Enua”.

Kua kite tatou e kua akamana ia tetai ra no te au Ui Ariki ngateitei, tei akakite mai ete Kaumaiti Nui, Tou Travel Ariki

Kia akameitaki ia ra te kaomani no te manako mai teia. I tiria tuatau oki te minita o te Are Ariki ko Teariki Heather i tona tuatau ria e manako aia i teia manako e kia akangateitei te taonga Māori.

To tatou Ui Ariki teia ra, kare no te Ui Ariki ua, no te aronga mou taonga Māori, to tatou taonga Mataipo, Rangatira, Putokotoko, Kavana, Vaatuatua – te au taonga Māori i roto i to tatou matakainanga.

Kua ariki ia e ta tatou kaomani e teia ra e kia akangateitei ia, karanga taua ria kua maka ria e nga turanga e toru o te ngatei’tei’anga o te Basileia – to tatou Ui Ariki, tana tama ua, tana Beniamina ko te kaomani.

Kua akatinamou matou ria kia roto ia Tiurai. Kia akangateitei ia teia ra no to tatou Ui Ariki e te aronga mana taonga o to tatou Basileia.

Te akamataanga oki tatou i teia angaanga kua rave ua ia e a mataiti ki Tumutevarovaro nei, na roto tatou ria ite au Vaka te rave aere anga. I muri mai rira kua manakonako uki au ria e, auraka ua te apaina ki Rarotonga nei, kia akaoki ia teia akangatei’tei’anga ki runga i te au enua.

Tera reira ite au mataiti katoatoa kua rave mai te au enua i to ratou akangatei’tei’anga. Pera ta tatou i Tumutevarovaro nei, tena kotou e marama kotou e  - rave mei ra a Puaikura i tana, rave mai ra a Takitumu i tana, rave mei rae a Te Au O Tonga tana akangatei’tei’anga.

Me tae ra ki te tuatau e ka anoano to tatou Ui Ariki e kia taokotai te katoatoa, kua akakite iatu rira e ko teia tuatau ka taokotai.

No te mea i teia mataiti te akamaara nei tatou te onoanga mataiti a to tatou kaumani e na tatou rae e akatere.

Roto i teia marama Tiurai, na to tatou Ra Ui Ariki, e akatuera i to Tiurai porokaramu.

Ko teia ta tatou ka rave ria teia Varaire te tu mai nei. Kare tatou e rave atu ki roto i te au vaka. Ka aere pourua mai tatou ki te Tauranga Vananga e rave ta tatou akangatei’tei’anga.

Akamata i te popongi 8.30.

Ui Ariki Day Porokaramu Varaire, Tiurai 4, 2025 Te Are Karioi Nui 9am – 12pm.

There will be a shared lunch held after the official programme.

Ora Porokaramu Taunga Akatanotano: 8.30 am Akanoo anga i te matakeinanga e tei pati ia Ushers/Culture Team, 8.40am Tau mai te Minita o te Are Ariki – George Angene, 8.45am Tau mai o te Peretiteni o te RAC – Orometua Bishop Tutai Pere Ushers, 8.50am Tuoro’oro i te au Pare Ariki: Makea Karika George Ariki e tona Matakeinanga, Makea Vakatini Philip Ariki e tona Matakeinanga, Pa Marie Upokotini Ariki e tona Matakeinanga, Kainuku Ariki e tona Matakeinanga, Tinomana Ariki e tona Matakeinanga, Kaumaiti Nui – Travel Tou Ariki, Tuaine Unuia e te au, Putokotoko o nga Pare Ariki. Imene o te Ui Ariki Andre Tapena, 9.15am Tau mai Pou Toko Tutara o te Basileia – Prime Minister Mark Browne and Daphne Browne, 11.30 am Pure akaoti, Kaimanga.