Ta Te Kawana whakahokinga ki ta nga Rangatira o ngapuhi korero ki a ia i Te Waimate.
Te Waimate, Hanuere 14, 1858. E hoa ma, e mara ma, e nga Rangatira Maori ote whakaminenga kite Waimate:Tena ra ko koutou. Tenei ahau te whakawhetai atu nei mo ta koutou karanga aroha nui, i powhirilia mai nei au ki tenei whenua o o koutou iupuna. Tenei ahau te whakapai atu nei ko o koutou kupu aroha, —kupu whakawhirinaki mai oto koutou pukapuka. Ko taku whakahokinga ki a koutou ko te aroha ano, ko te manaaki ano ko le ngakau hiahia pono km noho tonu koutou i rutifca ite ora ite pai; mete mea atu and hoki ki a koutou ko taku tonu tenei e what atu ai ko laua ora, ko taua pai ki a raau tonu ia kourou. Kei te mahnra tenei ahau, me le hari ano toku ngakau, ko te wahi pu ano tenei i wh;ikatupuria ai te whakapono ki Nin Tireni; ko Peowhairangi ano te piitake ole marama i wbiti ki le whenua katoa, putu noa puta noa. Kei te mabara tenei ahau* me te manaaki ano toku ngakau, ko tewahi lenei kihai i laiangia ete kino ahakoa kapi te rangi i nga po kapua, tangiana ngabauoteriri, beke ana te toto— kihai i tae mai ki konei; t lapu tonu le Waimate. Ko to kouiou kupu mo telahi taone kia wbakaritea ki leiahi wahi pai kia taea e nga Iwi katoa, kia lata kite wahapu pai mo te kaipuke, e lika ana. Kia rongo mai. Ko telahi o aku take i haere mai ai ahau ki tenei whenua he liliro wahi pera, a tenei ake kia kitea ra ano ka hoki ai au. Ko te mea pai ki a au kia whakatuturutia kite wahi e pai ngia ete kaioa. Telahi hoki e pai ai ahau kia meinga ano hei taone mo te Maori ngaiahi ano ko te Pakeha. kia nohoia eraua lalii; ko te whare ate Pakeha, ko te whare a te Maori; ko te paamu ote Pakeha, ko te paamu o te Maori kia kitea ai e te ao katoa, be pono te kupu e kiia nei,—he iwi kotabi te tarigata Maori te Pakeha e nobo nei ki Niu Tiraui; kotahi te mana, ko to le Kuini, kotabi ano hoki Ture. Ko abau tenei ko ta Te Kuini Ahua te whakaae atu nei te whakapai atu nei ki a koutou kupu whakabonore ki a Te Kuini me a koutou kupu wbakauru pu ki to I nga rani iwi hei iwi kotahi tatou. Ko te kino ka pahure atu nei kua wareware atu;— komua taku e titiro atu nei ko nga wa e takoto ake nei *, e mea ana ahau me pai anake hei bua puta mai i roto i era takiwa. Heoi auo. Na to koutou mama aroha T. G. Browne, Na te Kawnaa-
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 4, 1 February 1858, Page 16
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476Ta Te Kawana whakahokinga ki ta nga Rangatira o ngapuhi korero ki a ia i Te Waimate. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 4, 1 February 1858, Page 16
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