Tērā te marama ka mahuta i te pae.

Ko taku tau kahurangi, ko Tākuta Kihi Ngatai QSM.

I te ahiahi pō tuatahi o Hereturikōkā 2021,

i kapia ōna karu i te pūāhurutanga o tōna whānau.

It is with a heavy heart that the whānau of Dr Kihi Ngatai QSM announce his passing on Sunday, 1 August 2021 surrounded by his whānau at Te Hau Maruru.

After recently turning 91, he joins his beloved wife Maria Hokimate Ngatai QSM, his eldest daughter Puharangi Ngatai, his parents Tiuka and Parehuia Ngatai, and siblings. Loved by his children Rikihana, Turi, Kihi Jnr, Ngawa, his mokopuna and mokopuna tuarua.