Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Na Richie Benaud i ngāwari ai te whakamāramatanga. Whakapono mai ki ahau, ehara. Engari i whakapau kaha ia, ā, kua eke ia ki te tihi. He akoranga kei reira mō ētahi o ngā kaitiaki e mau ana i te hopuoro i tēnei rā. I whai honore nui ahau ki te mahi i tētahi wā i runga i te Channel 9 i Ahitereiria i te wā o tētahi Whakamātautau Pōhunga i ētahi tau ki muri. I whakauruhia e rātau te ariā o te whakamahi i ngā kaiwhakamāori e toru i te wā kotahi, ā, pērā i te tikanga, i pupuri a Richie i āna takoha ki te iti rawa. He pai te tikanga o taku kōrero, he akoranga anō mō te rōpū o tēnei rā. Heoi anō, i kite a Richie i tētahi mea i waenganui, ā, ka huri i tā mātou e kī nei ko te paatene mangere, kia āhei ai ia ki te kōrero puku ki te kaiwhakanao me te kore e rangona e te hunga mātakitaki. I hiahia ia ki ētahi pikitia o tētahi take i kitea e ia i ētahi o ngā hāwhe i mua ake nei. He mahi a Shane Warne i roto i ngā rīpene, ā, kua pahemo atu ki a tātou katoa. Ko Richie Benaud tētahi o ngā tino tangata o te kirikiti, ā, ka maumahara mō tōna whakaaro me tōna mātauranga. Ko Benaud te reo o te kirikiti mo nga whakatupuranga, e korero ana i tana whenua whanau o Ahitereiria me te BBC. Ko Benaud, i whakaahuahia i te ra o tana marena ki tana wahine a Daphne, me ona tau whakamutunga i Akuhata 2005. He rangatira maia a Benaud a ko ia te kaitakaro kirikiti tuatahi i eke ki te 2,000 nga eke me te tango i nga wiki 200 i roto i nga Whakamatau. I te mutunga, ka kitea e te kaiwhakaputa te mea i hiahiatia e ia. Ko Warne, kāore anō ia kia eke ki te poi, engari ka eke ki Ingarangi mō te wā tekau mā whā, kua mau ki tana tohu poi, he kōpae mā iti, ā, ka maka ki te wāhi i whakaaro ai ia ka tīmata i tana rerenga. I waenganui i ngā tukinga, ka tukuna e rātau te tohu a Warne. Ka mea a Richie: "Kua whakatakotoria e Shane Warne he tohu ki raro". Koia anake tana takoha i roto i te hawhe haora i noho tahi ai mātou, engari i nui ake i ētahi atu mea i taea e mātou te tuku. Kotahi te rārangi! Ko Richie tēnei: he kanohi o te ekara ki te kite i ngā mahi a Warne i te tīmatanga, he maia ki te noho puku i a mātau e kōrerorero ana, me te kōwhiringa pai o ngā kupu. Ka rite ki tana ake kupu: he mea whakamiharo. I whakaaro ahau ki a Richie i te whiringa toa o te ao i te marama o mua. Mō tētahi take...
Kua mate a Benaud, te rangatira o mua o Ahitereiria me te kaitohutohu i te tau 84 o ona tau. I whai mana a David Lloyd ki te kōrero tahi me Benaud. Ko te aro o Benaud ki nga taipitopito kaore i te tuarua, e kii ana a Lloyd. He hononga whakamiharo tana ki a Tony Greig raua ko Bill Lawry. Pānui: I whakawhiwhia e te whānau o Benaud he tangihanga kāwanatanga e Tony Abbott.