Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 2 pages written 4 Jun 1851 by Hine-i-paketia and d Te Hapuku in Whakatu to Sir Donald McLean,...

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4 June 1851 To McLean Go off, my letter, to McLean. Friend, greetings to you. I have great affection for you. This is what I have to say to you. Paora's land that you said I should demand payment for, £800, in Mohaka, was called for by Parker and I. From right out at Waihari, it continues over Mohaka. Paora and Te Herewini demanded that Te Heru-o-Tureia, their ancestral land be left, with you having one part, just a small part in the middle of the peak of the ridge, that is the part which Te Herewini Poatutu says to leave for you [?]. As to Paora's request later for £800 to be 3,000, now, he will perhaps speak to you about raising the payment for his land when Parker and I return. That's all to say about this land, about Mohaka. I've this to say to you, and Te Hei [?] and Te Hapuku, that if you and the Governor are of a mind with our letter for the 4,800, with 2000 in the first year, the same for the people, then a meeting will result at Wairarapa.

4 Hune 1851 Ki a Te Makarini Haere ra, e taku pukapuka, ki a Te Makarini. E hoa, tena ra koe. Ka nui toku aroha atu ki a koe. Tenei taku kupu ki a koe, ko te kainga o Paora i ki iho nei koe kia karangatia e au nga utu, e waru rau pauna o nga utu, o Mohaka i karangatia ai e maua ko Paka. Puta noa mai ki Waihari, haere noa ki runga o Mohaka. Ko Te Heru-o-Tureia i karangatia e Paora raua ko Te Herewini kia waiho to raua tupuna whenua, kai a koe tahi taha tahi taha, he wahi paku noa ko waenganui anake ko te keonga ki runga o te hiwi, ko reira te wahi i kia e Te Herewini Poatutu kia waiho mau a ia [?]. Te whakaaro ki a Paora a muri iho, i te waru rau pauna ki tana hoki i karangai ai, kia toru tautini. N[a], kua ki atu na hoki pea ki a koe, kia kake tonu nga utu o tona kainga; ina mau[a] ko Paka tena whakahokinga. Hoi ano te korero mo tenei kainga, mo Mohaka. Naku tenei ki a koe, na Te Hei[?], na Te Hapuku, ki te mea ka rite ta korua korero ko Kawana ki ta matou pukapuka, ki te wha tautini 800 kia 2000 i te tau tuatahi, kia rite ai nga tangata, inahoki puta noa atu ano ki Wairarapa te huinga mai.

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