Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 9 pages written 11 Oct 1851 by Iraia Te Ama-o-te-rangi Te Whaiti, Maraea Te Toatoa and Karauria Hape...

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Te Wereta said to him again to pay for his wrong with pigs and potatoes. But the Pakeha said, 'No, I won't do that for this is the way your rules work. But I am going back to Port Nicholson and a lawyer will come here, a constable, and that will put an end to you all.' Well, we were then afraid, and said, 'It's all right for us to be afraid at his talking like this, for our names written down here can also cause fear. You stated the rules and we now understand them, all is well, so let's be strong.'

Ka ki atu ano a Te Wereta kia utua tana hara ki te poaka ki te taewa. Ka mea mai taua Pakeha, 'Kao, e kore e rite, ka penei tonu ta koutou tikanga. Ka hoki au ki Poneke, ka hara mai te roia, te katipa, ka whakamateatia rawatia koutou.' A ka mataku matou i konei, a katahi ano matou ka ki atu, 'E pai ana he mataku no matou i tana korero penei, ko matou ingoa he mataku i tuhia ai e matou inaianei. Na koutou ano i whaki nga tikanga, a katahi ka mohiotia e matou a koutou tikanga, e pai ana, tena ra kia kaha.'

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