Huatoki 21 Tihema 1850 E hoa, Makarini, Tena ra ko koe. Ka nui toku aroha atu ki a koe i roto i tenei tau hou. E hoa, e pai ana au mo tau pukapuka. Ko te rua tenei o nga tau i whakarite ana au nga tikanga pai o nga Pakeha. E kore hoki au e pai kia hoki ki o matou ture kino o nga Maori - naku whakawirinakitanga tenei ki runga ki nga Pakeha ake ake ake a mate noa. Kei te whakakite kupu kino au i muri i a koe ki a Hare. I roto i tenei tau hou, ahakoa kei tawhiti te tinana, kei a koe ano toku wairua. Heoi ano. 'For' Tamati Waka H. Halse [writer] Huatoki 21 December 1850 Friend, McLean, Greetings to you there. I have great affection for you in this new year. Friend, I agree with your letter. This is the second year I have instituted the good customs of the Pakeha. I don't agree that we should go back to our wrongful Maori laws. I will depend on the Pakeha for ever and ever, until I die. I discovered bad talk after you left, about Hare [Halse?]. In this new year, although you are far away in person, my spirit is still with you. That's all. 'For' Tamati Waka H. Halse [writer]