He should not be likened to the man who spills blood and is crucified, but rather compensate him by a payment, for all the lands for which blood was shed - Wairau, Heretaunga, Porirua, Wanganui - have been avenged. Goods are not more important than humans. When people live, then goods will also survive. And this is why we say that there should be recompense with the right payment, so it does not remain as a source of trouble for us all, for the wrong of the past can come to be a greater wrong in the future. Friends, pay for this land. That is all. From Maraea Te Toatoa, Iraia Te Ama, Karauria Hape