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nga whenua c puta mai ai he oranga mo matou i runga ite tuku riihi. Engari c hiahia ana matou me whakahaere i roto i o matou hui Maori c whakaritea ana te whakariterite atu kite Poari, mo nga tukunga whenua o ia hapu o ia hapu, he mea tino marama tena, c kore ai c tau he ngakau tupato, wehi ranei kite nuinga ote iwi Maori. 4. A, c hiahia ana matou kia whai komiti ano i raro i te Poari, me nga komiti poraka, hei hoa mahi tahi me te Poari. E mama i nga mahi. 5. Me to matou hiahia, kia whaimana ano te komiti, kite whakahaere tikanga hei tohutohu hei tiaki i te noho ora me nga kainga noho, me te awhina i nga tamariki kura, me te tiaki i nga oranga kai, moni ranei, ekore ai c whakapaua kinotia. Kia tupu ake ai he pai he oranga, mo tou iwi Maori. 6. He tika noa atu te wahine whai take kite whenua kia uru hei mema mo te komiti poraka, ma hiahia kite uru, he tokomaha ke nga wahine mohio c whakahaere tika ana i o ratou hapu. 7. Mo te mana o te Kooti Whenua Maori, he mea tika rawa kia mahi tahi te komiti Maori. Ahakoa he mea whakatu ratou etc Poari ite tuatahi. He mea whiriwhiri ranei c nga taha c rua i te wa c whakahaere ai iia keehi iia keehi c whakawakia. Tera c oti marama noa atu etahi keehi i runga ite ata whakariterite me te whakaaetahi. Ite aroaro ote komiti ote Poari ranei. 8. Me tv ko te Poari hei whiriwhiri i nga keehi tono whakawa tuarua, ma te Poari ranei. E whakatu he komiti kei hei Kooti tuarua. ■ ■ . 9. Ma te Komihana ote Paori, c whakamana nga ota katou. A c haina i tona ingoa ki runga i taua ota. Hei whakamana ite haina ate Tiamana o te komiti nana i whakatau tuatahi, tuarua ranei. Otira tera ano c whakamaramatia c nga tangata o matou c tukua atu ana hei kawe atu ki to aroaro, ma via c koe nga kupu i roto i te Pire c Apiti Ake nei. 10. He nui te whakapai o te Huinga nui o nga rangatira mo runga i nga korero i whakapuakina c koe ki konei a kua perehitia nei, kua tukua hoki ki nga tangata katoa. Mo runga hoki i te pai oto tukunga mai ite Pire ki roto kite hui o tou iwi Maori, kia whiriwhiria. Me te tumanako, tera c pumau tonu tenei tikanga marama, mo era atu Pire epa ana kite iwi Maori. Mo runga hoki ite ngawari o tou Kawanatanga kite awhina i a matou i whakanga wa ritia ai te huarahi reriwe c mama ai nga rangatira Maori te haere mai ki tenei hui. Mo runga hoki ito whakaritenga takuta mo tenei hui, a he maha ano nga tangata i pa etahi mate, otira i ora katoa a hoki ora atu ki o ratou whenua, a tae noa ki tenei ra, kore rawa, he tupapaku kotahi, i mate. Mo runga hoki ito tukunga mai i nga teneti hoia hei awhina mo tenei hui, a i pai ai te noho o nga iwi katoa me tou Kawanatanga hoki i whakarite i te aroha o to tatou Kuini atawhai, mo te mihi a te iwi Maori ki a ia. A c tumanako tonu ana koe kia noho ora to iwi Maori, ara, kia whakapumautia o matou whenua c toe nei kia kaua c pau i te hoko. Koia nei nga mihi, me nga whakawhetai a nga rangatira katoa o tou iwi Maori, me nga poroporoaki hoki.i tenei ra mutunga o te hui nui o nga motu c rua o Niu Tireni. 11. E tika ana hoki kia mau ki konei a matou kupu whakamihi-poroporoaki hoki, mo Tamahau Mahupuku, me ona hoa rangatira tane wahine me nga hapu o te marae, mo te tiaki pai i nga manuhiri. me te whakahaere o nga kai katoa ma te hui, a mutu noa. I pai nga mea katoa me nga tangata whakahaere, me nga kuki, nga tuari, nga pirihimana Maori. Me era atu tikanga manaaki mo nga manuhiri. I pai katoa, nui atu te kaha o taua rangatira o Tamahau kite whakahaere i nga tikanga mo nga manuhiri katoa, me te hui. 12. E inoi ana nga rangatira Maori kia whakapumautia te matou runanga mo ia tau mo ia tau, mehemea c ahei he hanga he Ture. Hei whakamana i tenei Eunanga Maori ote Kotahitanga o tou iwi Maori. E whakaaro ana ano matou, tera c whakaitia nga tangata tuturu mo te Hui Maori, kia kaua c iti iho i te 30 c nui ake ranei i te 100, a tera c mama noa iho nga tangata whenua o to marae ki te atawhai ite hui. Kia waiho ai tenei hui, hei whiriwhiri mo nga mea epa ana kite iwi Maori, mo nga Ture c tukua c koe ki taua hui, mo nga tono hoki a te iwi Maori. E ahu atu ana ki ta Kawanatanga. Me hua ano te ingoa o taua runanga ko te Kotahitanga ote iwi Maori. Heoi. Kia ora tonu koe, me tou Kawanatanga. Heoi ano na matou na nga rangatira tane, wahine hoki. A he mea haina c matou c te Komiti tuku atu c mau nei o matou ingoa. Paeatene Ngata me etahi atu.

To E. J. Seddon, Premier of New Zealand. Hamua, 8th August, 1898. Fbiend, greetings.—This is what myself and my hapu says : That they want you to pass our Bill for all the tribes that have seconded the Bill. As for the tribes that do not want this Bill, leave that to them, the purchase of lands, the Land Courts, and the solicitors, &c, in other Bills. I remain, &c, Nieiaha Tamaki.

Kaipo, Waitotara, 21st May, 1898. The Hon. Mr. Seddon, Premier of the Colony, and the Hon. Mr. Carroll, Native Minister, with all your colleagues in the Government. Gbeeting to you all; may God have you in His safe keeping, and bless you in the administration of your responsible work for the benefit of the two races, the Pakeha and the Maori. We have seen the Government Bill in which it is proposed that the colony be divided into districts. We, the Ngarauru Tribe, support this Bill, but the Ngarauru people say that the boundaries of our district should follow our tribal boundaries from Kai-iwi to Patea. These are the boundaries of our ancestors, from whom they have descended to us. That is all. Bopiha Bangihaukoki and Others.

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