objected and he threw [something?] at another man, it was warded off and he fell. There were three of them, and one cracked his head, so the Maori set to and plundered the Pakeha's possessions. But this was just cause, and two nights later the Pakeha's things were returned, and they settled down. The Pakeha went to Port Nicholson - his name was Tiemi Pero [Jimmy Pero?] - and when Mitipana heard about this he went to Governor Richmond, and when that Pakeha heard about it, he ordered someone to act as judge - his name being Te Potete. The Pakeha travelled on to us and when he got here he said to us, 'Give me this land as payment for your wrong against the law of the Queen.' And one Maori said, [meaning following uncertain] 'Heh, did this one just come along here to snare a moa?' Wereta got angry and went over and hit the man, who died. And so he went back to the house and said to the Pakeha, 'Give me some recompense for my dead.' And the Pakeha said, 'No, because it wasn't us who killed him, you did that yourself. What's the good of us paying?' Wereta was angry and plundered the Pakeha's goods - tobacco, sheep doses, pipes, trousers, shirts, hats, guns, pliers, candles, crayons[?], hoes, screwdrivers and others things too. And they humbly and quietly took away the possessions of that Pakeha. So night turned to day and then the Pakeha became aggrieved and he determined that day to kill the Maori. He took hold of his hatchet and he struck out breaking the head of a Maori.