Tangaiawha Tangaiawha Te oti a wahu Pita a Wahu Mokena Mokoera, Te Rou, Hamapiri Ruatahu Teo - Wahu Himiona Pirangi and myself, were also present only Eparaima, Hanita and myself are now present they were all adult with the exception of Eparaima Hiko retained the land in question formerly for the Wahu's The Wahu's worked with us for money on the land for Stevens, why we did not speak to the Government in the first instance was that both Bowler and Stevens said the land belonged to Stevens our reason for working for Stevens for cash on the land which we knew to be ours was that some other natives would have done it if we had not. When we were working for Stevens we had no impression that the houses and land would be returned to us. We did not work with a desire to obtain the man's money and then get possession of the land, when he persisted that the land was his we went to work. I did not hear Mr. Searancke say a word myself Hanita and others said to me at first that