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Port Nicholson, Omata 12 June 1850 Friend, McLean, Greetings. This is my message to you. Listen, trouble has begun at Omata, at the land of the major, at Waireka. I have been to speak to Wiremu. I said to him, 'Sir, Wiremu, don't be stubborn over the land of the Pakeha, but leave their land undisturbed, because they have acquired all of this part.' When I finished speaking to him, Wiremu said to me, 'Huru, listen to what has been arranged for this part. McLean arranged this land for Te Waka to have. McLean gave this land to Te Waka.' That is what Wiremu said to me, that you yourself arranged it for Te Waka. And Te Waka is the reason for Wiremu's stubborness over that land. I heard it from Wiremu. Friend, McLean, write to me so I know whether it was your arrangement or not. However, I also have a question for you. If you say to me that you yourself gave this land to the Maori, all right. But the people whose land it is are quarrelling and are setting up a stockade. Now this is another matter for you, I have suffered from saying to the people of Hauranga that they give me the land. They attack me, saying it is not right, and so I said, all right it's over to you. From Te Ngahuru To McLean at Port Nicholson or wherever

Poneke, Omata 12 Hune 1850 E hoa, e Te Makarini, Tena koe. Tenei ano taku kupu ki a koe. Kia rongo mai koe, kua timata he raruraru ki Omata, kei te whenua o te meiha, kei Waireka. Kua tae au ki te korero ki a Wiremu. Kua mea atu au ki a ia, 'E koro, e Wiremu, kaua koe e pakeke ki te whenua o nga Pakeha, engari me waiho marire to ratou nei whenua, no te mea kua riro katoa tenei wahi i a ratou.' Ka mutu taku korero atu ki a ia, ka mea mai ha Wiremu ki au, 'E Huru, kia rongo mai koe ki te tikanga o tenei wahi. Kua whakaritea e Makarini tenei whenua mo Te Waka. Na Makarini i homai ki a Te Waka tenei whenua.' Na Wiremu tenei korero ki au, nau ano te tikanga ki a Te Waka. Na Te Waka te tikanga ki a Wiremu kia pakeke ki taua whenua. Kua rongo au ki Wiremu. E hoa, e Makarini, engari mau e tuhituhi mai ki au kia mohio au, nau ranei taua tikanga kahore ranei. Otira, he patai atu taku ki a koe. Kia mea mai koe nau ano i hoatu tenei whenua ki nga Maori, e pai ana. Otira, kei te raruraru nga tangata nona te whenua, kei te whakaturia hei pa. Tenei hoki tetahi ku[pu] aku ki a koe, kua mate au no taku kianga atu ki nga tanga[ta] o Hauranga kia homai te whenua. Ka patu au e ratou, ka mea e kore e tika, ka mea atu au, e pai ana kei a koutou. Na Te Ngahuru Ki a Te Makarini, kei Poneke ranei, kei hea ranei

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3 pages written 19 Jun 1850 by Tamati Wiremu Te Ngahuru in , Port Nicholson and Omata to Sir Donald McLean in Port Nicholson, related to Te Ngahuru, Wellington Region, Ngati Toa, Muaupoko, Te Ati Awa, Inward letters in Maori

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Key	Value
Document date	4 June 1850
Document	MCLEAN-1032174
Document title	3 pages written 19 Jun 1850 by Tamati Wiremu Te Ngahuru in , Port Nicholson and Omata to Sir Donald McLean in Port Nicholson, related to Te Ngahuru, Wellington Region, Ngati Toa, Muaupoko, Te Ati Awa
Document type	MANUSCRIPT
Attribution	E Ma
Author	680718/Te Ngahuru, Tamati Wiremu, fl 1840s-1860s
Collection	McLean Papers
Date	1850-06-04
Decade	1850s
Destination	132557/Port Nicholson
Englishorigin	E Ma
Entityid	None
Format	Full Text
Generictitle	3 pages written 19 Jun 1850 by Tamati Wiremu Te Ngahuru in , Port Nicholson and Omata to Sir Donald McLean in Port Nicholson, related to Te Ngahuru, Wellington Region, Ngati Toa, Muaupoko, Te Ati Awa
Iwihapu	3306/Ngati Toa
Language	English
Maoriorigin	E Ma
Name	321464/Te Ngahuru, fl 1840s-1860s
Origin	132557/Port Nicholson
Place	132557/Port Nicholson
Recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section	Manuscripts
Series	Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Sortorder	0198-0014
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; in particular, there are letters about land disputes between Maori and Pakeha, complaints about McLean's acceptance of some Maori as owners during the sale process and the consequences of this, advice on how McLean should purchase land in the Wairarapa and from whom, and letters setting out the boundaries of various blocks; there are also letters with requests for clothing, and for new Pakeha settlers to be sent because of dissatisfaction with the existing settlers Also contains letter (some pages missing, no signature) discussing Pitoone (Petone), Poneke, and Waikanae.
Tapuhiitemgenre 3	230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 3	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref	MS-Papers-0032-0674C
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	Letter written from Poneke regarding land sale agreements in the area
Tapuhipiecedisplaydate	19 Jun 1850
Tapuhipieceref	MS-Papers-0032-0674C-05
Tapuhipiecesearchdate	1850
Tapuhipiecetitle	Letter from Te Ngahuru to McLean
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Teipb	1
Teiref	MS-Papers-0032-0674C-05
Year	1850

3 pages written 19 Jun 1850 by Tamati Wiremu Te Ngahuru in , Port Nicholson and Omata to Sir Donald McLean in Port Nicholson, related to Te Ngahuru, Wellington Region, Ngati Toa, Muaupoko, Te Ati Awa Inward letters in Maori

author	680718/Te Ngahuru, Tamati Wiremu, fl 1840s-1860s
destination	132557/Port Nicholson
origin	132557/Port Nicholson
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0674C

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3 pages written 19 Jun 1850 by Tamati Wiremu Te Ngahuru in , Port Nicholson and Omata to Sir Donald McLean in Port Nicholson, related to Te Ngahuru, Wellington Region, Ngati Toa, Muaupoko, Te Ati Awa Inward letters in Maori

author	680718/Te Ngahuru, Tamati Wiremu, fl 1840s-1860s
destination	132557/Port Nicholson
origin	132557/Port Nicholson
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0674C