Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 4 pages written 15 Mar 1853 by Rawiri Te Roro to George Sisson Cooper and Sir Donald McLean, related...

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13 March 1853 Port Nicholson, that is, Te Aro and out to Parore, and right out to the sea in the west, is the part we think you should give us coppers for, because all the people of Port Nicholson have taken payments for that side, and we have had none. So we thought to contact you because we too own that part, and those in the south did not think of us. Another part we thought about was Wairarapa, Te Mahia and out to Ahuriri, and right on to Turanganui. These were lands of our ancestors, that is, Turanga, in the past, and we are the descendants on that land. Listen, you two, to what Te Kani-a-Takirau said to Ngati Ruanui, that if they were to be paid, then they should have a discussion [?] with him. We said to Te Kani that if Turanga is to be sold there should be discussion [?]

13 Maehe 1853 Ko Poneke ara ko Te Aro puta no ki Parore, puta noa ki te moana taitua, te wahi e whakaaro ai matou kia homai e korua tetahi kapa ki a matou, no te mea kua tango katoa nga tangata o Poneke i nga utu o taua taha, kahore ki a matou. No konei matou i whakaaro ai kia pa atu ki a korua, no te mea no matou tahi taua wahi, ko ratou i runga kahore i whakaaro ki a matou. Tetahi wahi i whakaaro ai matou ko Wairarapa, ko Te Mahia puta noa ki a Ahuriri, puta noa ki Turanganui. Ko nga oneone tenei o o matou tupuna, ara, Turanga i mua, ko matou nga uri ki tenei whenua. Whakarongo, korua, ki te kupu mai a Te Kani-a-Takirau, i mea mai ai ki Ngati Ruanui, ki te utua a Ngati Ruanui hoki kia hoatu tetahi wati paipa ki a ia. Ka mea atu matou ki a Te Kani, ki te utu a Turanga, kia tae mai tetahi watinga paipa

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