Turanga 10 November 1851 From Raharuhi Rukupo Friend, McLean, I did not have words for you, you yourself wrote to me to arrange that place, however it was not me but the two of them who said to me to arrange it, in case all opposed it. Friend, I no longer desire that place. Friend, this is what the people of Turanga said to me, that I should give up the Pakeha laws, and that we should take up the laws of the elders. I said to them, 'I do not approve of that', and they said to me, 'What payment do you get to maintain his false statements?' And then I said, 'McLean decides what work I do.' Friend, the Pakeha say that when you arrive that I will be appointed [to an office] among them. Paneharete and I are going away, as I'm sick. Friend, come here, and when you come to me, it will be your first time, however it would be good if there was a place close to come and go to. Come here so my office can be confirmed and understood. That's the end. To McLean, Ahuriri From your good and faithful friend, from Raharuhi Rukupo Sir, there should be £1 with Paneharete to pay for the assessment of [the quality of] my flax fibre.