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Maori
10 October 1849 Omata Friend, McLean, Listen to what I have to say about the people, about the point of your discussion concerning the money for Rawiri. I have spoken to them and in the opinion of the people the Pakeha has got it wrong. Friend, McLean, the people express the view that you behave in the same way as the people throughout the land who disappear to Port Nicholson. A person comes and says, 'Ma, give me some money. I never got money for this land.' That's how all the people in the land of Arapawa think, and Rawiri thinks the same. Everyone is disappointed with your behaviour regarding the bags of money that Rawiri received. I said to them, 'Friends, I have not heard Ma [talk] about one bag with £10 in it. That is what Ma has said to me.'
10 Oketopa 1849 Omata E hoa, e Te Makarini, Kia rongo mai koe ki taku korero mo nga tangata, mo te tikanga o tau korero, mo nga moni mo Rawiri. Kua korero au ki a ratou, e mea ana te whakaaro a nga tangata e he ana te whakaaro o tena Pakeha. E hoa, e Makarini, e mea ana te whakaaro a nga tangata e penei tonu tau tikanga mo nga tangata o nga motu, e ngaro ana ki Poneke. Ka tae mai tena tangata, ka mea, 'E Ma, homai tetahi moni maku. Kahore au i tango i nga moni o tenei whenua.' E pena katoa te whakaaro o nga tangata o nga motu i Arapawa, e pena tonu te whakaaro me te whakaaro o Rawiri. I pouri katoa te whakaaro o nga tangata mo tau tikanga, mo nga peke moni, mo Rawiri. Ka mea atu au ki a ratou, 'E hoa ma, kahore kua rongo au ki a Ma kotahi peke, 10 pauna ki roto. Ko ta Ma tenei i korero mai ai ki au.'

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