Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 2 pages written 31 Jul 1853 by Ropata Te Hoakakari to Sir Donald McLean, related to Hastings, Ngati...

Image
Text
Research info
Title and Usage info

English

Maori

31 July 1853 To McLean Sir, Greetings to you. Friend, your consideration for me has arrived, and I have seen your affection for me. Sir, on the 30th of July your letter came to me. Sir, now I have come to your and my land, to Heretaunga, to wait for you to come and bring me the payments for our land which you assessed[?] as for development in the Pakeha way. Sir, greetings. My dear friend, sir, it would be good for you to reveal your proposal to our [friend?], to Te Hirawanu, that we all come here and look at the nature of your and my work, and to consider, according to our plan to use Pakeha methods, the tasks that are intended for this man to do for me. That's all I have to say to you. From me, from your good friend, Te Hoakakari

31 Hurae 1853 Ki a Te Makarini E ta, Tena ra koe. E hoa, tenei tou aroha kua tae mai ki au. Kua kite iho au i tou aroha ki au. E ta, no te toru tekau Hurae i tae mai ai tou pukapuka ki au. E ta, tenei au kua tae mai ki to taua kainga, ki Heretaunga, whanga atu ai ki a koe, ki to taenga mai ki te kawe mai i nga utu mo to taua kainga i whakaakawa[whakawa?] ai au e koe i runga ki te mahi Pakeha. E ta, tena ra koe. E toku hoa aroha, e ta, e pai ana kia puta to whakaaro ki to taua [hoa?] ki Te Hiriwanu, kia haere tahi mai tatou ki konei titiro ai ki te momo matanga o ta taua mahi, me te whakaaro i runga i a taua nei tikanga, i nga mahi Pakeha, ko nga mahi hoki i whakaaro ai hei mahi maku ma tenei tangata. Heoti ano taku korero ki a koe. Naku, na to hoa aroha, na Ropata Te Hoakakari

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.

Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/manuscripts/MCLEAN-1031651.2.1

Bibliographic details

2 pages written 31 Jul 1853 by Ropata Te Hoakakari to Sir Donald McLean, related to Hastings, Ngati Kahungunu, Inward letters in Maori

Additional information

Key	Value
Document date	31 July 1853
Document	MCLEAN-1031651
Document title	2 pages written 31 Jul 1853 by Ropata Te Hoakakari to Sir Donald McLean, related to Hastings, Ngati Kahungunu
Document type	MANUSCRIPT
Attribution	E Ma
Author	332261/Te Hoakakari, Ropata, fl 1850s
Collection	McLean Papers
Date	1853-07-31
Decade	1850s
Destination	Unknown
Englishorigin	E Ma
Entityid	None
Format	Full Text
Generictitle	2 pages written 31 Jul 1853 by Ropata Te Hoakakari to Sir Donald McLean, related to Hastings, Ngati Kahungunu
Iwihapu	5800/Ngati Kahungunu
Language	English
Maoriorigin	E Ma
Name	332261/Te Hoakakari, Ropata, fl 1850s
Origin	Unknown
Place	76730/Hastings
Recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section	Manuscripts
Series	Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Sortorder	0420-0062
Subarea	Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref	MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount	23
Tapuhiitemcount 2	3148
Tapuhiitemcount 3	30238
Tapuhiitemdescription	Contains letters from Maori to McLean with regard to land tenure; in particular, the letters deal with land sales, reserves, requests for payment (and disputes about payments) and boundaries There are also some letters that address social and economic issues, including requests for various items, expressions of goodwill and regret at the Governor's departure, and apologies for an inability to attend a meeting at the alloted time
Tapuhiitemgenre 3	230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 3	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref	MS-Papers-0032-0677A
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	31 Jul 1853
Tapuhipieceref	MS-Papers-0032-0677A-19
Tapuhipiecesearchdate	1853
Tapuhipiecetitle	Letter from Ropata Te Hoakakari to McLean
Tapuhireelref	MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-105
Teipb	1
Teiref	MS-Papers-0032-0677A-19
Year	1853

2 pages written 31 Jul 1853 by Ropata Te Hoakakari to Sir Donald McLean, related to Hastings, Ngati Kahungunu Inward letters in Maori

author	332261/Te Hoakakari, Ropata, fl 1850s
destination	unknown
origin	76730/Hastings
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0677A

Using This Item

You can reuse this item for private study, research, criticism, review, or education as allowed by the Copyright Act 1994. All other reuse of the image(s), transcription or translation (including publication, display, copying, or sharing the image with others) requires permission from the rights holder, please ask us for advice. If reproducing this item as allowed by the Copyright Act 1994, please maintain the integrity of the image (i.e. don't recolour or overprint it) and ensure it is accompanied by the credit provided in the Research Info tab. More information about copyright and use can be found in the Copyright Guide.

2 pages written 31 Jul 1853 by Ropata Te Hoakakari to Sir Donald McLean, related to Hastings, Ngati Kahungunu Inward letters in Maori

author	332261/Te Hoakakari, Ropata, fl 1850s
destination	unknown
origin	76730/Hastings
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0677A

Permanent link to this item

Bibliographic details

Additional information

2 pages written 31 Jul 1853 by Ropata Te Hoakakari to Sir Donald McLean, related to Hastings, Ngati Kahungunu Inward letters in Maori

Using This Item

2 pages written 31 Jul 1853 by Ropata Te Hoakakari to Sir Donald McLean, related to Hastings, Ngati Kahungunu Inward letters in Maori

Using This Item

Log in or create a Papers Past website account

Log in with RealMe®

Log in again to continue your work

Log in again with RealMe®

Alert