LETTER FROM NATIVES AT WAIPAPA.

Marlborough Press, Volume I, Issue 31, 4 August 1860, Page 2

LETTER FROM NATIVES AT WAIPAPA.

The following letter, with the accompanying translation, has been forwarded to us for publication, at the request of the natives in Waipapa : Waipapa, Hurac 23, 1860. Ivi a tc Mara, Kaiwakawa. E Hoa tena koe. Tena to matou kupu, kia rongo mai korua ko te Ivawana. E wakahe ana matou ki tc ritenga o Wiremu Kingi, he ritenga kino he ritenga wakahe i to ao. Ta matou i pai ai, Ko te tore pai o te Kuini o te Kawana, Ko te noho pai ko tc wakarite i nga mahi atawhai, Ko te aroha ki tc Atua, Ko to rangimavie kei whakakahoretia ta matou whakatupuranga c tekino. Ka mutu. Na Raiiiania Tamaiierangi, Kai Whakawa, Na raua ko liiaia, Kai Wakawa, ohira na nga tangata katoa o Waipapa, o Mangamaumi, o Kaikoura, o Mihi. [Translation.] Waipapa, July 23, ISGO. To Mr. Muller, Magistrate. Friend, Salutation. This is our word ; listen to us, you and the Governor. We do not approve of the conduct of William King. It is very bad ’conduct; conduct that is disturbing the world. We wish to observe the good law of the Queen and Governor, to live in peace, to do good works, to love God, and remain in peace, Lest all our

race should be destroyed by this evil. This is all. From Daniel Tamaherangi, Native Assessor, Isaiah, Native Assessor, and from all the men of Waipapa, of Maugamaunu, of Kaikoura, of Milii.