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Maori
Rangitikei August 1848 Friend, McLean, Greetings to you. I have great affection for you since I have received your letters. Hori and Mohi have spoken to you, and you have said to me to be patient. I am very receptive to your advice, but the cows I am holding are a result of a quarrel with Mokau over cows found in the garden at that same place. When Te Rangihaeata heard that I held the cows, well he called for giving Apitama into the hands of the Governor, and for him taking the payments for my land. At that I said to him that he should not surrender Apitama to the Governor as punishment for his misdeeds. That is what I said to him, McLean, and this
Rangitikei Akuhata 1848 E hoa, e Te Makarini, Tena ra koe. E nui ana toku aroha ki a koe no te mea kua tae mai au pukapuka ki au. Kua korero a Hori raua ko Mohi ki a koe, kua mea mai koe kia ngawari au. E ngawari rawa ahau ki to kupu, engari ko nga kau e puritia e au mo te tohenga mai ano hoki o Mokau, ki te tango atu i nga kau kupanga e au ki roto ki te kari i taua wahi ano. Ka rongo a Te Rangihaeata ka mau i au nga kau. Na, ka karanga taua tangata kia tukua atu Apitama ki te ringaringa o te Kawana, ko nga utu o toku kainga me tango e ia. No konei au ka puta atu taku kupu ki a ia, kahore ki mea ka tukua atu Apitama ki te ringaringa o te Kawana, hei utu ano mo ana hara. Ko taku kupu tenei, e Te Makarini, ki a ia,

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