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persons, more or less. As soon as the names are all written in Tawhiao's letter, it will be sent to you, that you may be able to set that petition on one side altogether, for you know that the tribes and Tawhiao will suffer through this great work of Wahanui's. —That is all. From Honana Maioha. Whatiwhatihoe, Hurae 24, 1883. Kia Mai, c hoa tena koe kua mea mai a Tawhiao kia whakaatu ria atu kia koe te nei kupu c tino whakahe ana ia kite pitihana a Wahanui, a Manga, aTaonui me b raua 412 tangata, ko te reta wha, ka m; hira tuatahi tena kia koe kia tino kaha koe kite pehi i taua pitihana; kei muri i tena reta ko te tino pukapuka a Tawhiao huihuinga o nga ingoa katoa o nga iwi me nga rangatiratanga c tae ai kite 4,000 tangata neke iho ranei neke atu ranei kia oti nga ingoa o nga iwi te tuhi kite reta a Tawhiao ko reira tuku atu ai ki a koe hei tino whakakahore atu i taua pitihana c mohio ana koe he tino he nui- te mahi a Wahanui c pa ai te mate ki nga iwi me Tawhiao ano hoki; kia tere mai to kupu.—Heoi ano. Na Honana Maioha.

No. 3. Letter from Te Ana to Major Te Wheoro, M.H.E. [Translation.] Te Wheoro,— ~..-, Whatiwhatihoe, 28th July, 1883. Salutations. Paku has directed to write you the following words from himself: "I, Paku, do not approve of Wahanui's petition. I, with all my lands, are with Tawhiao, even from the time of Potatau. As I am now Ido not agree with that petition, and never will."—Sufficient my words. From Te Ana. Kia Te Wheoro,— Whatiwhatihoe, 28 Hurae, 1883. Tena koe. Kua ki mai a Paku kia tuhituhi atu au kia koe, koia tenei nga kupu, "koau ko Paku kaore c pai kite pitihana a Wahanui ko au kei a Tawhiao me taku whenua katoa kei: a Tawhiao, i a Potatau iho a tae mai ana kia Tawhiao a c noho nei, kaore au c pai ki taua pitihana a Wahanui, kore rawa."—Heoi nga kupu. Na te Ana.

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