Comments on: Tahauri a Hutihuti: Thirty Years http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/ Where our past is never very long ago Sun, 19 May 2013 20:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Jeffrey Turoa Tahauri http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-443711 Jeffrey Turoa Tahauri Sun, 03 Mar 2013 01:39:14 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-443711 I will always be inspired by the story of the First Tahauri and the legacy he began. I love my Great Grandfather.

]]> By: Sarah Sape http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-20417 Sarah Sape Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:19:22 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-20417 Thank you for sharing this story. Tahauri Hutihuti is my great grandfather. I am deeply touched by the stories of his life and feel closer to him each time a story of him is shared. Tahauri has paved the path for many generations to come and we are thankful for his example of being a faithful servant of the Lord.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-16038 Ardis E. Parshall Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:41:59 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-16038 Gerald, if you have more to share, I’d love to hear from you at keepapitchinin [at] aol [dot] com (note that it’s -inin at the end, rather than just -in). I don’t know much more about it myself than what appears here.

]]> By: Gerald Faerber http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-16035 Gerald Faerber Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:28:32 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-16035 Very interesting story regarding Tahauri. I was in Tahiti on a mission in 1963 when the first temple group went to New Zealand. I would like to contact you regarding more details.

]]> By: David Richey http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-6213 David Richey Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:40:12 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-6213 Re: #7. It was a widely known story in Tahiti. No one, I met, took it as any other way than you described. I don’t know how Pres. McKay got involved, however, the only story the people ever told was as you described. It is fact that 1)they planned the trip and were scheduled to go on the Paraita (Tahitian for Pratt) 2) they didn’t go and 3) the ship sank. Those parts of the story are irrefutable. I can verify the parts that I was told by people who were part of the story & others who lived during that time period. I had interactions with former Pres. Tapu, at least weekly, and I always found him to be totally honest with me.

]]> By: bbell http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-6195 bbell Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:30:27 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-6195 Awesome

]]> By: Steve C. http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-6193 Steve C. Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:04:04 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-6193 Ardis: I think your comment in #2 is interesting and thought provoking. We are not too far away from a different world. It has only been in the past 50 years that temples were first built beyond the US/North America. I think of the Church members in Europe and the Pacific who went for several generation without access to the temples. Yet, many remained so faithful.

]]> By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-6188 Ardis E. Parshall Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:32:43 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-6188 Thanks, all.

Hunter, I need to do more research about the cancellation of that voyage. So far I have it only as a quotation from the then-future-stake president, who was utterly convinced that prophetic involvement saved the lives of those who had planned to sail that day. But I don’t have adequate information from other sources to be able to judge whether he was in a position to know all the circumstances of what DOM knew or why the trip was cancelled.

]]> By: David Richey http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-6183 David Richey Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:49:17 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-6183 Keepapitchinin is my first stop on the web. I had the privilege of serving a mission in Tahiti 1978-80. I knew many of the people in the picture. In 1978-80, the Papeete Tahiti Temple was still several years away from construction and completion (announced 3 months after I left Tahiti). It always amazed me to sit at the table of the Saints homes and hear their stories of how long they worked and saved to take their entire family (one family had 7 minor age children) to the New Zealand Temple. None were wealthy or had high paying jobs and even the children earned money to go to the temple. They knew it was important and they sacrificed to get there.

]]> By: Hunter http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2009/01/21/tahauri-a-hutihuti-thirty-years/comment-page-1/#comment-6181 Hunter Wed, 21 Jan 2009 17:45:33 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=524#comment-6181 Thanks for this.

I loved how when the group got to the temple grounds, rather than just file off tiredly to their separate quarters, they got together and held a prayer of thanksgiving. How fitting.

The part about President McKay calling off the sea voyage was impressive, to say the least. What else do we know about that episode? I mean, how did DOM even know about the event? It must have been a big deal to be on his radar.

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