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30 September 1850 Friend, McLean, Listen. The Pakeha you sent me to escort have injured their feet. I looked after them for two weeks to heal them but they did not recover. They said to me that they were in great trouble and [asked] if they could get on a boat. I said, 'All right', and I said, 'I will go and see to a boat for you.' I went off, on the Monday I left from Wanganui and when I got to Te Ihupuku I slept there. In the morning I went on and reached the mouth of the Waitotara, where I found the Pakeha lamenting over their possessions which had been stolen, plundered at Waitotara. Those Pakeha came from Port Nicholson and were ignorant of the route. I said to them, 'Where did you come from?' They said, 'From Port Nicholson, we were going to Taranaki when our clothes were stolen.' Well in the end I felt sorry for those Pakeha so upset on the road, four of them. I said to them, 'Let's go.' When we got to Whenuakura, the people there demanded payment. The Pakeha said, 'We have nothing.' I paid so that those Pakeha could cross over. We arrived at Patea on that same day. Friend, McLean, the people of Waitotara and Whenuakura behaved very badly towards the Pakeha. If I had not paid for the river [crossings], those Pakeha would have been in real trouble. The people of those rivers thought that only I should have their consideration. I said to them, 'If you detain my Pakeha then I also will stay here.' Young man, who would have the courage I had in asking them to ferry over my Pakeha? I paid 12 shillings for those Pakeha; they had nothing. That is all. From me, from Tamati, written at Waiheke

30 Hepe[te]ma 1850 E hoa, e Te Makarini, Kia rongo mai koe. Ko nga Pakeha e tukua mai ai e koe kia arahina mai e ahau, kua mate i nga waewae. E rua nga wiki e tiaki ana au kia ora ake, a, kihai hoki i ora ake. Ka mea mai ratou ki au, e nui ana to ratou mate me na runga ratou i te kaipuke. Ka mea atu au, 'E pai ana.' Ka mea atu au, 'Kai a au e haere kia kite au i te kaipuke mo koutou.' Ka haere ai au, no te Mane ka haere mai au i Wanganui. Ka tae mai au ki Te Ihupuku, ka moe. I te ata ka haere mai au, ka tae mai au ki te ngutu o Waitotara, ka rokohina mai e au nga Pakeha e tangi ana ki o ratou mea, kua oti te muru e te tahae, i murua ki Waitotara. E haere mai aua Pakeha i Poneke, he Pakeha kuare ki te huarahi. Ka mea atu ahau, 'I haere mai koutou i hea?' Ka mea mai ratou, 'I Poneke, e haere ana matou ki Taranaki. Ko o matou kakahu kua murua.' Heoti ka aroha au ki aua Pakeha e tangi ana i te huarahi, tokowha. Ka mea atu au, 'Me haere tatou.' Ka tae mai matou ki Whenuakura, ka tonoa he utu e nga tangata o reira. Ka mea atu nga Pakeha, 'Kaore o matou rawa.' Naku i utu i whiti mai ai aua Pakeha. Ka tae mai matou ki Patea, ko taua ta[?] ra ano. E hoa, e Te Makarini, ka nui te kino o nga tangata o Waitotara o Whenuakura ki nga Pakeha. Mei kore i kore au i utu i nga awa penei, kua mate aua Pakeha. I whakaaro nga tangata o aua awa, ko ahau anake me aroha e ratou. Ka mea atu au, 'Ki te mea ka purutia e koutou aku Pakeha, ina me noho hoki ahau.' E tama, ko wai hoki taku maia ki te tono i a ratou kia whakawhitia aku Pakeha? Ko 12 aku hereni i utua ai e au aua Pakeha. Ko aua Pakeha he rawakore. Heoti ano. Naku, na Tamati, i tuhituhia ki Waiheke

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3 pages written 30 Sep 1850 by an unknown author in Waiheke Island to Sir Donald McLean, related to Kawana Hunia Te Hakeke, Wanganui, Whanganui, Inward letters in Maori

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Document date	14 September 1850
Document	MCLEAN-1030470
Document title	3 pages written 30 Sep 1850 by an unknown author in Waiheke Island to Sir Donald McLean, related to Kawana Hunia Te Hakeke, Wanganui, Whanganui
Document type	MANUSCRIPT
Attribution	E Ma
Author	Unknown
Collection	McLean Papers
Date	1850-09-14
Decade	1850s
Destination	Unknown
Englishorigin	E Ma
Entityid	None
Format	Full Text
Generictitle	3 pages written 30 Sep 1850 by an unknown author in Waiheke Island to Sir Donald McLean, related to Kawana Hunia Te Hakeke, Wanganui, Whanganui
Iwihapu	99282/Whanganui
Language	English
Maoriorigin	E Ma
Name	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Origin	95704/Waiheke Island
Place	69537/Wanganui
Recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section	Manuscripts
Series	Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Sortorder	0234-0037
Subarea	Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref	MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount	14
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Tapuhiitemdescription	Contains letters from Maori to McLean with regard to land tenure; in particular, there are offers to sell, refusals to sell, discussions about the protocols of sales to be observed, letters stressing the need to buy from the right owners, and attempts to resolve micro-disputes, and statements of boundaries and interests; there are also some letters sending greetings and news to McLean
Tapuhiitemgenre 3	230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 3	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
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Tapuhiitemsubjects 3	1446/New Zealand Wars, 1860-1872
Tapuhiitemtitle	Inward letters in Maori
Tapuhiitemtitle 2	Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Tapuhiitemtitle 3	McLean Papers
Tapuhipiecedescription	Letter written from Waiheke
Tapuhipiecedisplaydate	30 Sep 1850
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Tapuhipiecesearchdate	1850
Tapuhipiecetitle	Letter from Tamati to McLean
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Year	1850

3 pages written 30 Sep 1850 by an unknown author in Waiheke Island to Sir Donald McLean, related to Kawana Hunia Te Hakeke, Wanganui, Whanganui Inward letters in Maori

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origin	69537/Wanganui
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0674D

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