Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua mate a Richie Benaud, te kaiwhakamārama rongonui i whakaahuatia hei 'Tuhinga o mua o te kirikiti', i te 84 o ona tau. Ko te kaiwhakapāho rongonui i mate rangimarie i a ia e moe ana i te pō, e karapotia ana e tana wahine a Daphne me tōna whānau. I whiwhi ia i te maimoatanga radiation mō te mate pukupuku kiri mai i Whiringa-ā-nuku i te wā i whakauruhia ai ia ki tētahi whare haumanu i Hīnia i te Rāhoroi. Ko te rongo o tona matenga i maka i te ao kirikiti me tua atu ki te tangihanga i te wa e rere ana nga mihi ki tetahi tangata e maumahara ana mo tona ahua whakamiharo, mohio me te mea he 'tangata rangatira pono'. Hei whakanui i tōna tū nui, kua tuku te Pirimia a Tony Abbott i tētahi tangihanga kāwanatanga ki tōna whānau. Panuku ki raro mō ngā ataata. Ko te'Godfather of cricket ': Kua mate te kaitohutohu rongonui me te rangatira o mua o Ahitereiria a Richie Benaud i te 84 o ona tau. Kua mate te kaitohutohu kirikiti a Richie Benaud i te 84 o ona tau i te whare haumanu o Hini i muri i tana pakanga ki te mate pukupuku kiri. I whakahonoretia: I mate a Benaud i roto i tana moe i te rangimarie i te taha o tana wahine a Daphne (i runga) me nga mema o te whanau. He toa o nga whakataetae Whakamatau 63, i whai wāhi nui a Benaud ki te hanganga o te Cricket Series Cricket i nga tau 1970. He toa o nga whakataetae Whakamatau 63, i whai waahi a Benaud ki te hanganga o te Cricket Series Cricket i nga tau 1970 me tetahi o nga kaikorero rongonui o te ao. I roto i te mahi pouaka whakaata neke atu i te rima tekau tau, i whai waahi ia ki te whakatuu i te kirikiti kotahi-ra i runga pouaka whakaata. He pēnei te pānga, ko ana rārangi kotahi me te tuku kore - tae atu ki te kupu kotahi noa 'he mea whakamiharo' - i whakaaetia hei wāhanga o te rerenga kōrero o Ahitereiria. Ko te kaitakaro whutupaoro o mua o Ahitereiria a Shane Warne i tuhi i tetahi mihi nui ki runga i nga papaaho pāpori e kii ana ko ia te 'Godfather of cricket'. 'Hei kaitakaro kirikiti, hei kaikorero, hei tangata hoki, ko koe te mea pai rawa atu,' i tuhituhi ia i roto i tetahi tuhipoka ki a Benaud. He honore, he manaakitanga hoki ki ahau te karanga i a koe hei hoa tata, hei kaiako hoki. He maha ngā wā whakamiharo i noho tahi ai māua, e kōrero ana mō te kirikiti, otirā, ko tā māua aroha me tā māua hiahia ki te pōro. Ko te rangatira o mua a Richie Benaud e tu ana i te whakapakoko o ia i...
I mate te rangatira o mua o Ahitereiria i a ia e moe ana i te whare haumanu o Hini. I whiwhi ia i te maimoatanga radiation mō te mate pukupuku kiri mai i Whiringa-ā-nuku. Kua kite a Benaud, hei kaitakaro me te kaikorero, neke atu i te 500 nga whakataetae Whakatautau. I rere mai ngā mihi ki te 'Tuhinga o mua o te kirikiti' mai i ngā rōpū katoa. Ko te Pirimia o Ahitereiria a Tony Abbott e tuku ana i tana whanau ki te tangihanga a te kawanatanga.