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English
Maori
Paripari 11 November[?] 1850 Friend, Governor, Greetings to you there. Young man, this is our plan. Listen, this land of ours, Te Paripari, we give in its entirety to you and McLean. In your discussion with Te Watarauihi on your arrival at Waikanae before, you said to him that you would consider him for the part taken within the boundary for the Pakeha. He agreed in your presence with your suggestion, and his agreement remains with us Our father, Governor, this is our agreement with you, to give you all this land, the part taken within the boundary and the part left out. Accept our consent to this land for you, agree to it. This letter is from me, from your loving child From Natanahira Watarauihi to my dear father, King Grey, and McLean
Paripari 11 Nowema[?] 1850 E hoa, e Kawana, Tena ra ko koe. E tama, tenei ano ta matou nei tikanga. Kia rongo mai koe, ko tenei ko to matou whenua, ko Te Paripari, ka tukua katoatia atu e matou ki a korua ko Te Makarini. Ko ta korua korero ko Te Watarauihi i tou taenga mai ki Waikanae i mua, i tau kupu i ki mai ai ki a Te Watarauihi, kei a koe te whakaaro ki a ia mo te wahi kua riro ki roto i te rohe mo nga Pakeha. Kua whakaae ia ki tou aroaro, ki tau kupu, ko tana whakaaetanga kua waiho ki a matou. E to matou nei matua, e Te Kawana, ko ta matou nei whakaaetanga tenei ki a koe, me tuku katoa atu ki a koe tenei whenua, te wahi i riro ki roto ki te rohe me te wahi i toe. Me whakaae mai koe ki tenei whakaaetanga a matou, mo tenei whenua mou, me whakaae mai koe. Naku tenei pukapuka, na tou tamaiti aroha Na Natanahira Watarauihi ki toku matua aroha, Kingi Kerei, raua ko Makarini
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2 pages written 11 Nov 1850 by Natanahira Watarauihi in Te Paripari to Sir George Grey and Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui, Inward letters in Maori

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Key Value
Document date 11 November 1850
Document MCLEAN-1032599
Document title 2 pages written 11 Nov 1850 by Natanahira Watarauihi in Te Paripari to Sir George Grey and Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui
Document type MANUSCRIPT
Attribution E Ma
Author 463078/Watarauihi, Natanahira, fl 1850s
Collection McLean Papers
Date 1850-11-11
Decade 1850s
Destination Unknown
Englishorigin E Ma
Entityid None
Format Full Text
Generictitle 2 pages written 11 Nov 1850 by Natanahira Watarauihi in Te Paripari to Sir George Grey and Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui
Iwihapu 99282/Whanganui
Language English
Maoriorigin E Ma
Name 2641/Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898
Origin 1114905/Te Paripari
Place 1114905/Te Paripari
Recipient 2641/Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898
Section Manuscripts
Series Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Sortorder 0307-0010
Subarea Manuscripts and Archives Collection
Tapuhigroupref MS-Group-1551
Tapuhiitemcount 10
Tapuhiitemcount 2 3148
Tapuhiitemcount 3 30238
Tapuhiitemdescription Contains letters from Maori to McLean with regard to land issues; in particular, there are letters asserting ownership and offering land for sale and counter-letters refuting these claims of ownership; there are letters seeking payments for land sold; and there are other letters about policing among Maori and a complaint about McLean's cows
Tapuhiitemgenre 3 230058/Personal records Reports
Tapuhiitemname 3 4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Tapuhiitemref MS-Papers-0032-0674F
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 Paripari
Tapuhipiecedisplaydate 11 Nov 1850
Tapuhipieceref MS-Papers-0032-0674F-04
Tapuhipiecesearchdate 1850
Tapuhipiecetitle Letter from Natanahira Watarauihi to McLean
Tapuhireelref MS-COPY-MICRO-0535-104
Teipb 1
Teiref MS-Papers-0032-0674F-04
Year 1850

2 pages written 11 Nov 1850 by Natanahira Watarauihi in Te Paripari to Sir George Grey and Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui Inward letters in Maori

2 pages written 11 Nov 1850 by Natanahira Watarauihi in Te Paripari to Sir George Grey and Sir Donald McLean, related to Whanganui Inward letters in Maori

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