16 July 1851 To Port Nicholson, to the Governor Sir, Greetings, Governor of this land of New Zealand. Here is my report of the committee at Te Waipukurau. Te Harawira called for Puketotara to be put aside for the Maori. McLean agreed. But after that it was not done. At the committee at Manawarakau on the 25th of March, in the evening, McLean called for us to discuss our proposals amongst ourselves, and we did so, but these were not settled. The discussion began again in the morning. They said to us, 'Where is the part you would like reserved for yourselves?' And we said, 'Waremate, Makahakaha, and Te Pua-a-Hinemahanga.' And they all agreed, and McLean also. Wiremu stood up and gave his agreement. But these are the lands which we did not settle on. So you should decide for us about these lands to be reserved for us. At the committee at Te Aute on 17th April, I got up and said to McLean, 'We leave it to you and the Governor to decide on the part for those who own the land.' I did this out of annoyance at him over the Queen's practice which you observe so that all is well settled, and according to God's will, and in order to put straight the ones who are stubborn over our setting the boundary. And that's why the discussion became difficult. If you write a letter, it will be in order to survey it. Sir, Governor. These parts are outside the boundary, set apart from within the area given to you, of all that you take, these three places are excluded - Waremate, Makahakaha, Te Pua-a-Hinemahanga. That's all. From Te Harawira