Dunedin 29th Ap. 1870 My dear McLean, I suppose you have seen my notes to Gisborne and Vogel. I have written less to you because you were out of postal routes and I hardly knew where to find you. I think I may well congratulate you on the success of our operations in the Uriwera country. Indeed so complete do I regard them that I have not hesitated to express my opinion publicly that the war is over, and that we shall see no more fighting in the N. Island. Kooti and all his clan seem utterly broken up and I think even if Ropata fails to catch him, he will give us no more trouble. It is a curious thing in N Z wars