Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 3 pages written 5 Dec 1847 by Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake in Waikanae to Sir Donald McLean, related to...

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Another person cannot simply poke about in the planning, the thinking, arranging, sale or any such thing, if the person or Pakeha is away; that would be wrong because it is illegal. Don't be alarmed that we are concerned at the meaning of the song you wrote for us. We thought that in the song you were perhaps thinking about Waitara. Don't have ideas about our land. You think about your land at Hingarangi, and likewise we will reflect on ours; we continually think of Waitara. Sir, McLean, but listen, it was land which caused the fighting at Pewairangi, at Heretaunga, Wanganui, Wairau, and Auckland. This is why we want the troubles to stop; you should think about that, recall it to mind. That is all, the end of this. From your friend, from Wiremu Kingi Witi

E kore te tangata ke e poka noa mai ki te whakaaro, ki te whakarite, ki te hokohoko, ki te mea ranei kei te ngaro te tangata te Pakeha ranei; ka he, ta te mea he mea pokanoa. Kei pouri mai koe, me matou i pouri ki te tikanga o tau waiata i tuhituhia mai e koe ki a matou. Koia matou ka whakaaro ai ki te tikanga o taua waiata, i whakaaro pea koe ki Waitara. Kaua e whakaaro ki to matou kainga, kei te whakaaro hoki koe ki tou kainga ki Hingarangi. Waihoki mo matou kei te mahara tonu, kei te whakaaro tonu ki Waitara. E koro, e Te Makarini, whakarongo mai ianei, he oneone ka tupu te kino ki Pewairangi, ki Heretaunga, ki Wanganui, ki Wairau, ki Akarana. Koia te whakaaro nei e te ngakau, kia mutu te raruraru; mau e whakaaro, e mahara ki tou ngakau. Heoti ano, ka mutu. Na tou hoa, na Wiremu Kingi Witi

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