TITOKO WARU'S DESPATCH.
In a Parli -mentary paper containing reports from officers in native di&tricts, we find the following characteristic letter addressed to Colonel Whitmore by Titoko Waru: — Te Weraroa, sth Dec, 1868. Matters for your consideration. To Whitmore, — Salutations to you. This is a question to you. To whom does England belong? To whom does this upon which you stand belong? This is my word to you. The heavens and the earth were made in one day, and man, and all things bearing fruit therein were made in one day. If you know that God made these ifc is well. A covenant was entered into with those people. You were made a Pakeha, aud the name of England was given to you for your tribe. I was made a Maori, and New Zealand was the name given to me. You forgot that there was a space fixed between us of great extent — the sea. You, forgetting that, jumped over from that place to this. I did not jump over from this place to that. This is my word to you. Move off from my places to your own places in the midst of the sea. Move away from the town to those other places. Arise, that you may be baptised, that your sins may be washed away, and call upon the name of the Lord. Sufficient. From Titoko Waru.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 213, 10 September 1869, Page 2
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230TITOKO WARU'S DESPATCH. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 213, 10 September 1869, Page 2
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