- "All my word is that I want to sell my land." - "We have married our lands to the Europeans, and entirely given our greatest property to the European." - "It is well for the Europeans to have the North side of Rangitikei. This side of the river is for ourselves." Followed by a piece of poetry, in which the Ngatiraukawas joined, - "Ka, apu te wenua Ka haere, Ka haere ngatangata Kei hea. Era ai moke purutia Tawai Ki aita aite ita ita." "When the land goes Where are the people to live, or go to?