28 September 1844 Friend, McLean, If you agree, then this would be what I would say. What I say to you is that if the places of people who have gone are paid for, I would not agree to that. I have heard you both say in the past, that the places of people who have gone, are not to be paid for. You and Clarke said this, told us in the past. Matiaha and his sister, Te Kiwikahu, their places should be left alone. We would not agree to them being bought. It is for each himself to set to and sell his part, but for any person that is certainly not right. Now, if I steal the places of others, I would be in the wrong. I would be afraid that I was like Ananias and Sapphira whom God abandoned as punishment for their stealing the payments for the land of old, which he laid beneath the feet of the good man, Peter [Acts Ch.5]. That is all to be said, the end. Matiaha is at Kaputi and Te Iwikahu is at Kaputi But I have also this to say to you. I know that Pekerangi is at Kaputi, Te Waiti is at Kaputi, Hapata is at Kaputi, Paraone is at Kaputi, Maka is at Kaputi, Riria is at Kaputi, Tahuri is at Kaputi, Te Kawa is at Kaputi, Te Piki is at Kaputi. So, on account of this it would not be right for the land [to be sold], for the people are away at Kaputi. That's all. From me, from Hoera, and from Paratene and Manahi. From those of us who are here. [Note at end] 'Protest against selling absentee lands. Hoera.'