Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 3 pages written 22 Jun 1852 by Tamati Waka in Puketapu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati...

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You should agree to Iharaira's statement about the land at Okuku, for now word has come to Cooper that he mine[?] it. [You should] give me a steamer and a man o' war. Reject that statement. You should agree with what I am saying to you and the Governor about Mangoraka, including the bush at Ohoro. You should agree now to put down the payment for the land discussed with Cooper, and for all the land. Don't say I am deceiving you, it's true, it's true. Sir, McLean, believe this, you and Governor Grey. You cannot know the advantage of the little finger on your hand until it drops to the ground and can't be found in the undergrowth, then you, and all people, would find out. Likewise about the land, although it is a small part, that saying applies to all the land. That is all. From your good friend, from Tamati Waka

Mei whakaae ki te kupu a Iharaira i ki atu ai i te whenua o Okuku, inaianei kua puta te kupu ki a Te Kupa, kia maina[?] e Te Kupa. Me homai hoki he tima, he manuao. Whakarerea tena kupu. Me whakaae mai korua ki tenei kianga atu ki a korua ko Kawana, mo Mangoraka, hare atu ki te puihi o Ohoro. Te whakaae mai inaianei te whakatakoto i nga utu mo te whenua i korerotia ki a Te Kupa, otira mo te whenua katoa. Kei mea korua he maminga naku ki a korua, kaore, he pono, he pono. E koro, e Makarini, kia pono enei ki a korua ko Kawana Kerei. E kore koe e mohio ki te hua o te horoa i runga i te ringaringa, ka maka ki te whenua, e kore e kitea kei te tupuranga, ka kite koe, ka kite nga tangata katoa. Waihoki, hei ritenga mo te whenua ahakoa iti taua wahi, otia mo te whenua katoa taua kupu whakarite. Heoi ano. Na to hoa aroha, na Tamati Waka

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