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1 August 1851 Friend, McLean, I have great affection for you. And I've this to say to you. I have heard of your proposal for the north, for Puketapu, that you will buy it. By the time I heard that your letter had gone to Arama Karaka, for the news came to me from Wareroa. When I heard this then I pondered because you had not put your intention to me. Look agreeably on this letter, if you approve another's then also approve this one. It is my word of honour as a man to you, and it is an offer to you to marry my daughter. McLean, your shoulders are the trees, your branches of the hinau, and your seeds. It is the same for me [?], for the Maori, you can argue on about that place but he will not listen even up to his death, for that is the Maori way. And similarly with me, if you keep arguing about that place. If I were to give over land to you, then I would not lie about it but tell the truth. If you approve of what Te Puni says [?], then you should also agree with what I say to you. I don't agree that my land be given away by those[?] chiefs, by that man; the right over my land should remain fast. It is not for an assembly of chiefs to say that you can divide up my side [?] of the land. The land will not be given to you, for it is an ancestor of man, and parent of man. There is only one great chief and it is the land. That is all there is to say. From Te Matapihi-o-te-rangi Paekakariki McLean, listen. There is only one falling of a boundary marker, one arrival at the underworld, one falling in battle. This is my chant [text follows].

1 Hakuhata 1851 E hoa, e Te Makarini, Ka nui toku aroha ki a koe. E kupu taku ki a koe. Kua rongo au ki to tikanga mo raro, mo Puketapu, kia utua e koe. Rongo noa ke au kua tae to pukapuka ki a Arama Karaka, ina[?] ka hokia mai i Wareroa te korero moku. Ka rongo au no konei au ka rapu, ta te mea kahore i puta to whakaaro ki a au. Kia pai koe ki tenei pukapuka, ka tika i a koe tetahi, me whakatika tahi e koe tenei pukapuka. E whakapumau tangata tenei naku ki a koe, e tukunga atu tenei naku ki a koe, kia marenatia taku tamahine ki a koe. He Te Makarini, ko ho hiwi nga rakau, ho manga hinau, ho puarere. Ka penei ki au [?], ki te Mahori, ka tohe tonu ki taua wahi, e kore ia e rongo, a mate noa ia. Ko ta nga Mahori tikanga tenei. Waihoki kia tohe tonu koe i taua wahi, me au hoki. E tuku atu nei i te whenua ki a koe, e kore au e pai kia korero teka ki a koe, hotira, kia korero pono. Ki te mea ka tika i a koe ta Te Puni korerotanga mewa[?], ka tika hoki e koe taku korero ki a koe. E kore au e pai ki toku whenua kia hoatu e i eraka[?] rangatira i tera tangata, engari kia u ake ano te tikanga ho toku whenua. Ehara i te rangatira huihui e mea ana kia wehea e koe taku ki tahaki[?]. Ehara te whenua ka tukua atu nei e au ki a koe, he tupuna, no te tangata, he matua no te tangata. Kotahi ano te rangatira nui ko te whenua. Eoi ano te korero. Na Te Matapihi-o-te-rangi Paekakariki E Makarini, kia rongo koe, kotahi ano hinganga rahui, kotahi ano taeatanga o te po, kotahi ano hinganga parekura. He pua tenei noku: 'Ka kongehe, ka kongehe te ure o te toa, e homai nei te rongo ka iri au ki runga o pa e roarara, ka whakawhanau, e he.'

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3 pages written 1 Aug 1851 by Te Matapihi in Paekakariki to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati Toa, Inward letters in Maori

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Document date	1 August 1851
Document	MCLEAN-1032701
Document title	3 pages written 1 Aug 1851 by Te Matapihi in Paekakariki to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati Toa
Document type	MANUSCRIPT
Attribution	E Ma
Author	463726/Te Matapihi, fl 1850s
Collection	McLean Papers
Date	1851-08-01
Decade	1850s
Destination	Unknown
Englishorigin	E Ma
Entityid	None
Format	Full Text
Generictitle	3 pages written 1 Aug 1851 by Te Matapihi in Paekakariki to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati Toa
Iwihapu	3306/Ngati Toa
Language	English
Maoriorigin	E Ma
Name	463726/Te Matapihi, fl 1850s
Origin	68653/Paekakariki
Place	68653/Paekakariki
Recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Section	Manuscripts
Series	Series 2 Inward letters (Maori)
Sortorder	0020-0003
Subarea	Manuscripts and Archives Collection
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Tapuhiitemdescription	Contains letters from Maori to McLean with regard to land tenure; in particular, there are letters reminding McLean of previous agreements that had been made, letters seeking payments (for services?), letters warning McLean to be honest and to avoid dealing with dishonest people, letters with offers of land for sale, and a note from Henry Halse about the disposition and influence of various Taranaki Maori
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Tapuhiitemname 3	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
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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 Paekakariki
Tapuhipiecedisplaydate	1 Aug 1851
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Tapuhipiecesearchdate	1851
Tapuhipiecetitle	Letter from Te Matapihi o Te Rangi to McLean
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Year	1851

3 pages written 1 Aug 1851 by Te Matapihi in Paekakariki to Sir Donald McLean, related to Ngati Toa Inward letters in Maori

author	463726/Te Matapihi, fl 1850s
destination	unknown
origin	68653/Paekakariki
recipient	4809/McLean, Donald (Sir), 1820-1877
Folder	MS-Papers-0032-0675G

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