Maori correspondence.
Rangitaiki, June 18, 1860. Friend, Mr. McLean,— Place this also on board that vessel (the Maori Messenger) that it may speedily reach the Southern tribes and those others who wish to receive the news in the Maori Mtssenger. To Nepia and the tribes who have expressed this opinion in the Runanya. Friends, salutations to you! Your letter of the 50lh March, requesting that peace may be made between Apanui and Heremaia Mokai, has arrived. They had seuled their dispute before your word reached us. It has been settled satisfactorily. ■• * « Friends, we do not know what plan to adopt with respect to our friend the Governor. Wbakatane is the river, and Areiawa stands in the channel, separating the saltwater from the fresh. Only when the waves are powerful enough to dash over it, do they reach the other side. So is it with us: a "barrier of love stands between us and the Pakehas. Let it remain. If an accident occurs, then only will the heart leap. In like manner, let the fire burning there [i.e., at Taranaki] be left for those two
alone [i.e., the Governor and William King] to attend to. The burning there is like the ignition of a match. It will go out of itself. Were it a firs of wood, with large brands heaped together, then there would be a great flame. So in this case. If importance is given to it in our minds, the flame will spread. If both of them act in accordance with the precepts of the law ihey will not slip. Friend, be stouthearted. Do not join in other men's evil. May you be preserved from evil. Enough. Farewell! From Tukehu, Petera Rangitakino, Apanui, Heremaia Mokai.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VII, Issue 20, 31 December 1860, Page 10
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287Maori correspondence. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VII, Issue 20, 31 December 1860, Page 10
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