Friends, Chiefs of the Ngatiawa, Taranaki, and Ngatiruanui tribes, greeting you.
These are my words to you. I am sending a detachment of troops to be stationed at Ngamotu, as a protection to, and to preserve peace and goodwill between the Europeans and Natives. I have already advised you to do what is much more to your advantage than to be involved in such strife and disturbances as this ; rather let each tribe do what will tend to promote its own welfare, by preserving peace and good will towards each other. Let the evil existing among the Natives of Puketapu be confined to themselves, because they are related to each other—so let them put an end to, and adjust their own differences, without the interference of other tribes. My opinion is that it would be much, better for them to cultivate their lands, and thus gain a subsistance ; and let the Europeans jlo the same ; that the peace which has hitherto prevailed in your District may be restored. I have long urged that an end should be put to these contentions ; and if they had but listened to the advice I gave them months ago, the quarrel would no longer have existed. I am still anxious that light should be thrown upon this affair, that the mists which now surround Taranaki may be cleared away, and thai the bright sun may again shine on your mountain. R. H. Wtstabd, Officer administering the Government.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 7, 1 August 1855, Page 7
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243Friends, Chiefs of the Ngatiawa, Taranaki, and Ngatiruanui tribes, greeting you. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume I, Issue 7, 1 August 1855, Page 7
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