FURTHER PAPERS RELATIVE Enclosure 2 in No. 2. PETITION TO HER MAJESTY. Xi to matou Rangatira pai ki a te Kuini. He tangi atu tenei na matou na ou tamariki aroha ki akoe i roto i ngapouri kua pa (i) mai ki a matou inaianei. Ka maha o matou tan i noho ai matou i runga i nga ritenga rangi marie o te whakapono, me te hapai ano i ou ture. Ko to Kawana, ko Kawana Kerei, i whawhai mai ki nga tangata Maori, i patu i o ratou he, a kihai matou i pouri ki tana whiunga, ta te mea i teka i runga i te ture, no muri iho ka mau te roncro ka noho pai te Maori raua ko te Pakeha, a hoki noa atu a Kawana Kerei ki Ingaraugi. Ko tenei Kawana, ko Kawana Paraoue, kihai ia i what i enei tikanga pai, arolia ki nga tangata Maori, no konei i tupu ake ai he tikanga wliakalie i te Kawanatanga i tetahi pito o Niu Tirani. Inaianei kua poka hou ia kite tango i te whenua o tetahi Rangatira Maori o Taranaki, ko Wiremu Kingi te ingoa, i hokoa c te Kawana i tetahi tangata Maori, ko te Teira, a kua whawhai ia mo tenei whenua, kua puhia c ia o reira tangata. He tangata aroha ana tangata ki a koe, ehara ta ratou i te pelii i te lure, otira he pupuri i te whenua i waiho iho ki a ratou c o ratou Tupuna c o ratou matua, a kihai raiou i pai kite hoko i taua whenua. Na tenei mahi pokanoa a tenei Kawana, i pouri katoa ai matou, i pohehe ai, c mohio ana hoki matou, chara i a koe tenei tikanga, te tango noa ake i te whenua o tetahi tangata, o te tamariki pani o te whahine pouaru. Na konei matou, ou tamariki aroha, i tangi atu ai ki a koe, i tono atu ai kia whakahokia atu c koe tenei Kawana, kei waiho tonu hei whakakino i to matou motu, me homai c koe tetahi Kawana mohio kite whakahaere pai i o tikanga, kia ata noho ai matou ko nga Pakeha i runga i te rangimarie i runga ite aroha ki a koe. Aka inoi tonu matou kia tupu tonu to rangatiratanga. Otaki, Maehe 30, 1860. Signed, Ngawaka, Na Nepia Taratoa, Kireona Whaimaro, Kingi te Ahoaho, Kereopa Tukumaru, Matencra te Weta, Arepere Nganamu, AViripo te Alii, Neri Tuhi, Aperahama te Rum, Ritete Kepa te Raihi, Parakaia te Ponepa, Paora Tarua, Arapeta Hauturu, Te Warihi te Hotete, Hohua Taipari, Honi te Whenua, Arama Karaka, Wharekoka, Roera Hukiki, Tohutohu, Hoani Hakaraia, Wireinu te Kohu, Rota te Tahiwi, Wiriharai te Ngira, Horima te Warn, Rewiti te Kohu, Rapana te Waha, Hapimana Komeko, Eruera te Mataha, Pahau, Watene Kaharinga, Keepa Tenga, Na Tanahira te Waro, Tamihana Tahia, Na te Rei Paewa, Iharaira Peropero, Arapeta te Whio, Ihakara te Komaru, Aperahama le Huruhuru, Horopapera Tara, Wereia te Waha, Te Meihana Tahora, Moihi Thvuewae, Hoani Hokopu, Te Pokai, Hori te Wura, Katena te AVaiho, Nikorima te Hoia, Paraone Toangina, Hapimana Peropero, Hare Hemi Taharapc, Kepa Toka, Piahana te Pataua, Tuangahuru, Kuruho Tarakapi, Kipihana Whanganui, Keremihana Wauaka, Hirawanu Whanganui, Epiba te Riunui, Kiharoa, Morouti Kiharoa, Paora Taurua, Mukakai, Haimona te Kopu, Hemi Kupa te Pohoi, Parakipane te Kopu, Te Ahukaramu, Manahi Taurua, Herewini Pekawhati, Matataia Moana, Takerci Ngapaki, Karepa te Hu, Hori te Waharoa, Henere te Hoia Ilenere Herekau, Ngawato Putiki, Hoani Meihana te Kaueka, Te Roera Rangiheua, Ihakara Talmrangi, Ko Henere Rutai, Tamihana Putiki, Roiri te Uapiko,