Mokau 19 Tihema 1850 E hoa, e Makarini, Hoki mai pea ki te utu i te whenua i korerotia nei e taua mo Awakino. Kua karangatia e koe mo te raumati, kua pahemo nga ra o Tihema, hei a Hanuere ka tae mai koe i konei kia roa te korerotanga, e pai ana au kia utua toku whenua. E tama, kei kataina taua e nga tangata, e ki ana nga tangata, 'Ko wai tohu ai, ka tika.' A hua ana ka whakaporohakatia taua, e ki ana nga Maori, 'E kore e tae mai Te Makarini.' Na Takerei Waitara Mokau 19 December 1850 Friend, McLean, Perhaps [you] will return to pay for the land you and I spoke of, for Awakino. You announced it for the summer and the days of December are passed, but if in January you arrive here to continue the discussion, I would agree to my land being bought. Young man, don't let us be laughed at by the people; they say, 'Whoever gives a sign is right.' They think we go round and round, and the Maori say, 'McLean won't come.' From Takerei Waitara