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Te Raunui[?] 11 May 1846 Friends, people of Wangahu, I have been instructed by the Governor to come and organise the lands of this area and for the Maori people also. I myself will have the decision over your land. However, come so we can talk together on Thursday of this week about the arrangements for your part. Don't turn a deaf ear to my good arrangements, because this can not be done later. From your good friend, Symonds To Aperahama, Hori, Te Munu, and other chiefs of Ngati Apa

Te Raunui[?] 11 Mei 1846 E hoa ma, e nga tangata o Wangahu, Kua meinga mai ahau e te Kawana kia haere mai ki te whakarite i nga whenua o tenei wahi mo nga tangata Maori hoki. Kei au ano te whakaaro ma tou koutou oneone. Otira me haere mai koutou kia korero tahi tatou i te Tairei o tenei wiki, ki nga tikanga mo tou koutou wahi. Kei ture [turi?] koutou ki enei ritenga pai aku, ta te mea e kore he e rite a muri atu nei. Na tou koutou hoa aroha, na Haimona Ki a Aperahama, Hori, Te Munu, me etahi atu tangata o Ngai Apa

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4 pages written 11 May 1846 by John Jermyn Symonds, related to Major Mathew Richmond, Rev Richard Taylor, Raurimu, Ngati Apa, Inward letters in Maori

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Key	Value
Document date	11 May 1846
Document	MCLEAN-1031955
Document title	4 pages written 11 May 1846 by John Jermyn Symonds, related to Major Mathew Richmond, Rev Richard Taylor, Raurimu, Ngati Apa
Document type	MANUSCRIPT
Attribution	E Ma
Author	32675/Symonds, John Jermyn, 1816-1883
Collection	McLean Papers
Date	1846-05-11
Decade	1840s
Destination	Unknown
Englishorigin	E Ma
Entityid	None
Flag	636842/Jones, David Edward Kukutai, 1974-
Format	Full Text
Generictitle	4 pages written 11 May 1846 by John Jermyn Symonds, related to Major Mathew Richmond, Rev Richard Taylor, Raurimu, Ngati Apa
Iwihapu	32130/Ngati Apa
Language	English
Maoriorigin	E Ma
Name	2492/Richmond, Mathew (Major), 1801-1887
Origin	Unknown
Place	151698/Raurimu
Recipient	Unknown
Section	Manuscripts
Series	Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Sortorder	0167-0018
Subarea	Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref	MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount	12
Tapuhiitemcount 2	3148
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Tapuhiitemdescription	Contains letters from Maori to McLean with regard to land tenure; there are letters seeking clarification about ownership and governance issues and warning McLean to treat with all interested Maori not just one or two people with regard to Wellington lands; there are also letters about the tension between Maori and the Government in the Hutt Valley, with information about Maori activities, declarations of loyalty to the Crown and reports on the disposition and activities of Te Rangihaeata and Te Rauparaha in particular; there is also one letter about the arrest of Te Rauparaha, and mention of land disputes in Manawatu.
Tapuhiitemgenre 3	230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 3	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref	MS-Papers-0032-0670A
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
Tapuhipiecedescription	Draft letter to chiefs to Ngati Apa seeking a response to an invitation to come and manage their lands and also a draft report to Major Richmond of a journey with Richard Taylor.
Tapuhipiecedisplaydate	11 May 1846
Tapuhipieceref	MS-Papers-0032-0670A-07
Tapuhipiecesearchdate	1846
Tapuhipiecetitle	Letter from McLean to chiefs of Ngati Apa
Tapuhireelref	MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-103
Teipb	1
Teiref	MS-Papers-0032-0670A-07
Year	1846

4 pages written 11 May 1846 by John Jermyn Symonds, related to Major Mathew Richmond, Rev Richard Taylor, Raurimu, Ngati Apa Inward letters in Maori

author	32675/Symonds, John Jermyn, 1816-1883
destination	unknown
origin	151698/Raurimu
recipient	unknown
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0670A

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4 pages written 11 May 1846 by John Jermyn Symonds, related to Major Mathew Richmond, Rev Richard Taylor, Raurimu, Ngati Apa Inward letters in Maori

author	32675/Symonds, John Jermyn, 1816-1883
destination	unknown
origin	151698/Raurimu
recipient	unknown
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0670A