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Maori
Taranaki 26 December 1844 Friend, Te Paratene, Greetings to you there at our home at Waiau. My love for you remains, for you and Hauauru, Iriah[?], Taniuka[?], and others of your chiefs. But don't perhaps forget me, even though I have gone away to this land.
Taranaki 26 Tiheme 1844 E hoa, e Te Paratene, Tena koe e noho ana koe ki to taua kainga ki Waiau. Tenei au te aroha tonu atu ki a korua ko Hauauru, ko Iriah[?], ko Te Taniuka[?], ko etahi atu rangatira o koutou. Otira kei wareware pea koutou ki au, ta te mea kua riro ke mai au ki tenei whenua.