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Ngamotu 6 July 1850 Friend, McLean, Greetings to you there. I have great affection for you. You may recall the recent troubles. I am still addressing those problems, however you are right in saying to me that I am carrying all the care and concerns of these upsets. There was no trouble after you left. There is only one problem, and it is the same for Pakeha and Maori. There is also more trouble from the Maori of Waiongana, Kairoa, over lands of the Maori. This is the third year that there has been [Bottom of page] To McLean talk of trouble in that part. The wheat and potatoes have been consumed by fire; that land has been insulted at Waikato, that is, cursed. It is for us to investigate that wrongdoing. That's all. From your good friend, from Rawiri

Ngamotu 6 Hurae 1850 E hoa, e Makarini, Tena ra ko koe. Ka nui toku aroha atu ki a koe. Kei mahara mai koe ki nga raruraru o muri nei. Tenei ano ahau te noho nei mo aua he, otira he tika ana to kupu ki au, tenei ano te atawhai, te aroha kei ahau e mau ana mo aua pouritanga. Kahore he he i muri i a koe. Kotahi ano te he, kua rite no nga Pakeha, no nga Maori. Tenei ano tetahi he no nga Maori [i] Waiongana, o Kairoa, ki runga ki nga whenua o nga Maori. Ko te toru enei o nga tau he [Bottom of page] Ki a Te Makarini korerotia te kino mo taua wahi. Kua pau nga witi nga riwai i te ahi, kua tukutukua taua whenua ki Waikato, ara, kua kanga. Mo matou e titiro ake taua he. Heoi ano. Na to hoa aroha, na Rawiri

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2 pages written 6 Jul 1850 by Rawiri Te Mamaru in Ngamotu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui, Inward letters in Maori

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Document date	6 July 1850
Document	MCLEAN-1032340
Document title	2 pages written 6 Jul 1850 by Rawiri Te Mamaru in Ngamotu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui
Document type	MANUSCRIPT
Attribution	E Ma
Author	48998/Te Mamaru, Rawiri, fl 1850s
Collection	McLean Papers
Date	1850-07-06
Decade	1850s
Destination	Unknown
Englishorigin	E Ma
Entityid	None
Format	Full Text
Generictitle	2 pages written 6 Jul 1850 by Rawiri Te Mamaru in Ngamotu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui
Iwihapu	99282/Whanganui
Language	English
Maoriorigin	E Ma
Name	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Origin	488051/Ngamotu
Place	488051/Ngamotu
Recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section	Manuscripts
Series	Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Sortorder	0198-0025
Subarea	Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref	MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount	12
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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)
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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 Ngamotu regarding land dealings and provisions for Pakeha
Tapuhipiecedisplaydate	6 Jul 1850
Tapuhipieceref	MS-Papers-0032-0674C-08
Tapuhipiecesearchdate	1850
Tapuhipiecetitle	Letter from Rawiri to McLean
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Teiref	MS-Papers-0032-0674C-08
Year	1850

2 pages written 6 Jul 1850 by Rawiri Te Mamaru in Ngamotu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui Inward letters in Maori

author	48998/Te Mamaru, Rawiri, fl 1850s
destination	unknown
origin	488051/Ngamotu
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0674C

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2 pages written 6 Jul 1850 by Rawiri Te Mamaru in Ngamotu to Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui Inward letters in Maori

author	48998/Te Mamaru, Rawiri, fl 1850s
destination	unknown
origin	488051/Ngamotu
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0674C

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