Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 4 pages written 2 May 1851 by Tareha Te Moananui in Ahuriri to Sir George Grey, related to Ngati...

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Ahuriri 2 May 1851 Friend, Governor, This is our word to you. Listen, we have given over our land to McLean, and it has been widely agreed to in his presence. Our land has been given over to him for the sum of £1500.0.0. Now, sir, Governor ... [ink blot, illegible] us. It begins ... [ink blot] ...to you, so that you don't delay Pakeha [from taking?] our land, for this is the reason for our arranging to give the land to you, and that is why we write to you. Let us have Pakeha for our land, many of them to organise the purchase of our possessions. And if that [the money?] is given to the Pakeha, it will ensure our unity. Our intention is for a town to be set up on our land at Ahuriri, and for you to arrange it, this town on our land, and for it to happen quickly. For one part of ours,

Ahuriri 2 Mei 1851 E hoa, e Te Kawana, Tenei ta matou kupu ki a koe. Kia rongo mai koe, kua tukuna atu to matou kainga ki a Te Makarini, kua whakaaetia nuitia ki tona aroaro. Kua tukuna atu i runga i te £1,500.0.0 pauna mo to matou kainga. Na, e ta, te Kawana ... [ink blot] i a matou. Ka timata nei ... [ink blot] ...hoa ki a koe, kia kaua hoki koe e whakaroa atu i etahi Pakeha mo to matou kainga, no te mea hoki ko te putake tenei o to matou ritenga tuku whenua ki a koe, koia matou ka tuhituhi atu ai ki a koe. Me[?] homai he Pakeha mo to matou[?] kainga, kia nui noa atu kia rite ai hoki nga utu o a matou rawa. Me ka hoatu ki te Pakeha kia rite ai hoki to tatou whakakotahitanga. Ko ta matou tikanga kia whakaritea he taone ki to matou kainga ki Ahuriri, kia rite mai i a koe, tenei te taone mo to matou kainga, kia hohoro mai. Ko tetahi wahi a matou,

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