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Maori
Auckland, Te Tuihana 26 April 1847 My dear father, Wiremu Kawaho, Greetings to you. I have great love for you. And I am grieving greatly for you. But what can I do? Your letter came to me, I read it, and I urged Te Patara [Buddle?] to let me return but I was not allowed, I could not. However, the Governor and I have spoken. He has seen the words you wrote to me that he had forgotten. He says he does not have control over most of the land that he has secured. He did not say that the mountain be taken. When I gave your and Hone Ropiha's document to him, he saw the names of the lands - at Ngamotu, Taranaki, Waitara, Te Taniwanoa[?], and right over the mountain. The Governor says that he does not have these parts, it's the first time he has seen this. I said what about his saying that our land was taken for a town, and saying
Akarana, Te Tuihana 26 Aperira 1847 E toku matua aroha, e Wiremu Kawaho, Tena ra koe. Ka nui toku aroha atu ki a koe. Ka nui ano hoki taku tangi atu ki a koe. E taea hoki e ahau te pehea? Kua tae mai tau pukapuka ki a au, kua kite ahau, tohe noa au ki a Te Patara kia hoki atu au, kahore au i tukua atu; e kore au e tukua atu. Otira, kua korero maua ko te Kawana. Kua kite ia i au korero i tuhituhi mai ki a au, e wareware ana ia. E mea ana ia kahore ana tikanga mo te nuinga o te whenua kia riro mai i a ia. Kahore ia i mea kia riro mai te maunga. No taku hoatutanga i a korua pukapuka ko Hone Ropiha, ka kite ia i nga ingoa o nga whenua, i Ngamotu, i Taranaki, i Waitara, i Te Taniwanoa[?], puta noa i runga i te maunga. E mea ana te Kawana ehara i a ia enei wahi, katahi ia ka kite. Ka mea atu ahau me aha te kupu i kia mai nei, kua riro to matou kainga i te taone; e mea ana

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