12 Pepuere 1840 [1850] E hoa, e Kawana, E pouri ana au ki toku whenua e utua na nei e Ngati Awa. E mea ana au kia utua inaianei e koe toku kainga, ka mate hoki au. Heoi ano te korero. Te Mata-pihi-o-te-rangi, ko Mihaka Niumata, Koriwai, Ngapaki [list of names follows, very difficult to decipher]. E hoa, e Ka[wa]na, kia rongo mai koe ki ta[ku] korero, he whenua tenei i tuhituhia nei e au nga ingoa. Mihaka Niumatua 12 February 1840 [1850] Friend, Governor, I am upset about my land being sold by Ngati Awa. I suggest to you that you buy my land now, also since I am ill. That's all to say. Te Mata-pihi-o-te-rangi, Mihaka Niumata, Koriwai, Ngapaki [list of names follows, very difficult to decipher]. Friend, Governor, hear what I have to say, this is the land, for which I have written the names. Mihaka Niumatua [Note following] '1850. Offering to sell land at Taranaki.'