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Maori
Taranaki 26 December 1844 Friend, Te Paratene, Greetings to you there at our home at Waiau. My love for you remains, for you and Hauauru, Iriah[?], Taniuka[?], and others of your chiefs. But don't perhaps forget me, even though I have gone away to this land. Perhaps you may wish to come and see the people of this land, so I can weep for my dear friend, Taihaka[?]. Young man, I've a problem, I cannot visit you and talk, so we can jest, and you can debate with me and I answer you back. And it's the case that I perhaps cannot get to visit you soon. But may you live peacefully, and look after your Pakeha, show affection for them all. For you are the chief who is liked[?] by all the Pakeha of Hauraki. Keep on writing me letters. [Text of a waiata follows] That's all from your good friend, McLean
Taranaki 26 Tiheme 1844 E hoa, e Te Paratene, Tena koe e noho ana koe ki to taua kainga ki Waiau. Tenei au te aroha tonu atu ki a korua ko Hauauru, ko Iriah[?], ko Te Taniuka[?], ko etahi atu rangatira o koutou. Otira kei wareware pea koutou ki au, ta te mea kua riro ke mai au ki tenei whenua. Mehemea hiahia ana koe ki te haere mai kia kite koe i nga tangata o tenei whenua, kia tangi atu au ki toku hoa aroha ki a Taihaka[?]. E tama, he rararu, e kore ai au e tae atu ki a koe, ki korero kia maminga noa iho taua, kia taupatupatu koe ki au, kia whakaputa atu ahau ki a koe. Ko tenei, e kore pea ahau e tae wawe[?] ki a koe. Me noho pai koe, me atawhai ki ou Pakeha, me aroha koe ki a ratou katoa. Ko koe hoki te rangatira e pangia[paingia e?] nga Pakeha katoa o Hauraki. Kia mau tonu to tuhi mai i te pukapuka ki ahau. [Text of a waiata follows] 'Kahore te aroha mahukihuki noa./Te Paenga mai ki ahau,/Me he ahi e toro ki Hukanui/E pukatea[?] tenei tata mai,/Hei tohu mai ko te ao, ko te moe/Kei te matatu tonu i te roa a te po/Kei toropuku ai te aroha i au./A[?] kore ra e puakina /Ki rongona e te tini/Te putanga ki waho ora/Me tohu aku mata nga parae/Ka takoto ki tauwhare ra au/Ko te ara tonu ia a e/Whanatu ai au/Kia uru tomokia te whare o Paratene, kei riri/E hara hei nui para haere mau/Ano te tinana maku te ata o te tapara kau te tu ai.' Heoi, na to hoa aroha, na Makarini
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3 pages written 26 Dec 1844 by Sir Donald McLean in Taranaki Region to Wi Paratene, related to Taranaki (Taranaki Iwi), Inward letters in Maori

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Key Value
Document date 26 December 1844
Document MCLEAN-1030024
Document title 3 pages written 26 Dec 1844 by Sir Donald McLean in Taranaki Region to Wi Paratene, related to Taranaki (Taranaki Iwi)
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution E Ma
Author 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1844-12-26
Decade 1840s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin E Ma
Entityid None
Format Full Text
Generictitle 3 pages written 26 Dec 1844 by Sir Donald McLean in Taranaki Region to Wi Paratene, related to Taranaki (Taranaki Iwi)
Iwihapu 53425/Taranaki (Taranaki Iwi)
Language English
Maoriorigin E Ma
Name 332390/Paratene, Wi, fl 1850s
Origin 66394/Taranaki Region
Place 66394/Taranaki Region
Recipient 332390/Paratene, Wi, fl 1850s
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Sortorder 0020-0039
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 16
Tapuhiitemcount 2 3148
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Contains letters in Maori, predominantly concerned with land tenure. There are accounts of sales by non-owners and non-residents, confirmation of sales and reserves, declaration of lands as tapu. The letters also include an invitation to the Governor to visit Wanganui and a discussion of the aftermath of sales.
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0668
Tapuhiitemref 2 Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Tapuhiitemref 3 MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemsubjects 3 1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle Inward letters in Maori
Tapuhiitemtitle 2 Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3 McLean Papers
Tapuhipiecedisplaydate 26 Dec 1844
Tapuhipieceref MS-Papers-0032-0668-15
Tapuhipiecesearchdate 1844
Tapuhipiecetitle Letter from McLean to Paratene
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-103
Teipb 1
Teiref MS-Papers-0032-0668-15
Year 1844

3 pages written 26 Dec 1844 by Sir Donald McLean in Taranaki Region to Wi Paratene, related to Taranaki (Taranaki Iwi) Inward letters in Maori

3 pages written 26 Dec 1844 by Sir Donald McLean in Taranaki Region to Wi Paratene, related to Taranaki (Taranaki Iwi) Inward letters in Maori

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