Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 3 pages written 22 Jul 1851 by Te Hapimana 1860s and Te Kahawhai in Kaiwharawhara to Sir Donald...

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Kaiwharawhara 22 July 1851 Friend, McLean, I've a word for you. Don't you say that the land is from a few, rather, friend, McLean, it is from the majority. I have heard about the area at Pohue, that you said that you, McLean, would not buy Pohue, Puketapu and Mangoraka. However, McLean, you have spoken with Te Whaitere, Parata Te Huia,Te Tuki, Taupunga, and Patuha, who are the people living on the land, whom you paid in error. However they have the right to be paid, it is right, it is all agreement on our part, those of Port Nicholson, at Aropawa, Whatu[?],

Kaiwharawhara 22 Hurae 1851 E hoa, e Te Makarini, He kupu taku ki a koe. Kei mea koe no te tokotahi te whenua, otira, e hoa, e Te Makarini, no te tokomaha. Kua rongo nei au ki te rohe kei Pohue, he mea nau kaua e utua a Pohue, a Puketapu, a Mangoraka, kaua he utua e koe, e Te Makarini. Otira, e Te Makarini, kua korero korua ko Te Whaitere, ko Parata Te Huia, ko Te Tuki, ko Taupunga, ko Patuha, ko nga tangata tenei kei te noho i te whenua, he utua he koe na. Otira, kei a ratou te tikanga kia utua, e pai ana, he whakaae kau ta matou katoa, ta Poneke nei, kei Aropawa, kei Whatu[?],

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