Mataikona 29 Aperira 1852 Ki Poneke, ki a Te Makarini E hoa, Tena koe. Ka nui toku aroha atu ki a koe. E ta, kua oti ta maua mahi, kua marama. No te 7 o Aperira, ka timata te mahi ruri - Otuhaumi, Otaha, Te Horo, Wakereru,Tauera, Mangareia, Manuhiri, Wangaehu, Rangitumau, Te Watinga [te whatinga?], Te Ahiaruhe, Taketake, Ihuraua, Mangaraupiu, Moroa, Te Uara, Tiraumea, Puketoi, Tapuiwarawara, whatia mai, Waihikirua, Rangitahuahua, Makoura, Pakohai, Arohata, Mataikona, Te Huauri, Mahoroeka, Arikirua. No te 27 o Aperira i oti ai te mahi. Heoi ano. Na Te Otene, n[a] Iraia Mataikona 29 April 1852 To Port Nicholson, to McLean Friend, Greetings. I have great affection for you. Sir, we have completed our work, it's all clear. On the 7th of April the survey work began - [the line runs from] Otuhaumi, Otaha, Te Horo, Wakereru,Tauera, Mangareia, Manuhiri, Wangaehu, Rangitumau, Te Watinga, [or, 'whatinga' - 'breaking there and on to'] Te Ahiaruhe, Taketake, Ihuraua, Mangaraupiu, Moroa, Te Uara, Tiraumea, Puketoi, Tapuiwarawara, breaking off here, then on to Waihikirua, Rangitahuahua, Makoura, Pakohai, Arohata, Mataikona, Te Huauri, Mahoroeka, Arikirua. On the 27th of April the work was finished. That's all. From Te Otene, from Iraia