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Puketapu 22 June 1852 Friend, McLean, Greetings to you, to you and Governor Grey. This is what I have to say. Listen, it's about the proposal for the land, that it be sold to the Pakeha. Don't say I'm telling lies. It is for you two to decide to buy the land, but agree with what I am saying here. It is true what I am saying to you about the price, that the price for the land should be very large indeed, because it was Iharaira who said the land should be given over for the Pakeha. You should agree to Iharaira's statement about the land at Okuku, for now word has come to Cooper that he mine[?] it. [You should] give me a steamer and a man o' war. Reject that statement. You should agree with what I am saying to you and the Governor about Mangoraka, including the bush at Ohoro. You should agree now to put down the payment for the land discussed with Cooper, and for all the land. Don't say I am deceiving you, it's true, it's true. Sir, McLean, believe this, you and Governor Grey. You cannot know the advantage of the little finger on your hand until it drops to the ground and can't be found in the undergrowth, then you, and all people, would find out. Likewise about the land, although it is a small part, that saying applies to all the land. That is all. From your good friend, from Tamati Waka

Puketapu 22 Hune 1852 E hoa, e Makarini, Tena ra koe, korua ko Kawana Kerei. Tenei ano taku kupu. Kia rongo mai korua, mo te tikanga mo te whenua, kia utua mo nga Pakeha. Kei mea korua he horihori taku korero. Mo korua ka whakaaetia te whenua kia utua e korua, me whakaae mai korua mo tenei korero taku. E pono ana tenei ki atu ki a korua mo te utu, kia nui whakaharahara te utu mo te whenua, no te mea na Iharaira tenei korerotanga mo te whenua kia tukua mo nga Pakeha. Mei whakaae ki te kupu a Iharaira i ki atu ai i te whenua o Okuku, inaianei kua puta te kupu ki a Te Kupa, kia maina[?] e Te Kupa. Me homai hoki he tima, he manuao. Whakarerea tena kupu. Me whakaae mai korua ki tenei kianga atu ki a korua ko Kawana, mo Mangoraka, hare atu ki te puihi o Ohoro. Te whakaae mai inaianei te whakatakoto i nga utu mo te whenua i korerotia ki a Te Kupa, otira mo te whenua katoa. Kei mea korua he maminga naku ki a korua, kaore, he pono, he pono. E koro, e Makarini, kia pono enei ki a korua ko Kawana Kerei. E kore koe e mohio ki te hua o te horoa i runga i te ringaringa, ka maka ki te whenua, e kore e kitea kei te tupuranga, ka kite koe, ka kite nga tangata katoa. Waihoki, hei ritenga mo te whenua ahakoa iti taua wahi, otia mo te whenua katoa taua kupu whakarite. Heoi ano. Na to hoa aroha, na Tamati Waka

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3 pages written 22 Jun 1852 by Tamati Waka in Puketapu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati Kahungunu, Inward letters in Maori

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Document date	22 June 1852
Document	MCLEAN-1032781
Document title	3 pages written 22 Jun 1852 by Tamati Waka in Puketapu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati Kahungunu
Document type	MANUSCRIPT
Attribution	E Ma
Author	321960/Waka, Tamati, fl 1850s-1860s
Collection	McLean Papers
Date	1852-06-22
Decade	1850s
Destination	Unknown
Englishorigin	E Ma
Entityid	None
Format	Full Text
Generictitle	3 pages written 22 Jun 1852 by Tamati Waka in Puketapu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati Kahungunu
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Language	English
Maoriorigin	E Ma
Name	321960/Waka, Tamati, fl 1850s-1860s
Origin	141675/Puketapu
Place	141675/Puketapu
Recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section	Manuscripts
Series	Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Sortorder	0220-0071
Subarea	Manuscripts and Archives Collection
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Tapuhiitemdescription	Contains letters from Maori to McLean with regard to land tenure; in particular, there is a report on a dispute among Maori about the ownership of land, and a request for advise about how to manage the sale of timber There are also requests for a wide variety of items, reports on a number of topics, and a population census of the Muaupoko tribe from 1852
Tapuhiitemgenre 3	230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 3	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
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Tapuhiitemtitle	Inward letters in Maori
Tapuhiitemtitle 2	Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3	McLean Papers
Tapuhipiecedisplaydate	22 Jun 1852
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Tapuhipiecesearchdate	1852
Tapuhipiecetitle	Letter from Tamati Waka to McLean
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3 pages written 22 Jun 1852 by Tamati Waka in Puketapu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati Kahungunu Inward letters in Maori

author	321960/Waka, Tamati, fl 1850s-1860s
destination	unknown
origin	141675/Puketapu
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0676C

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3 pages written 22 Jun 1852 by Tamati Waka in Puketapu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati Kahungunu Inward letters in Maori

author	321960/Waka, Tamati, fl 1850s-1860s
destination	unknown
origin	141675/Puketapu
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0676C

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