Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 3 pages written 28 Sep 1844 by Hoera 1850, Manahi and Mete Paratene to Sir Donald McLean, related to...

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28 September 1844 Friend, McLean, If you agree, then this would be what I would say. What I say to you is that if the places of people who have gone are paid for, I would not agree to that. I have heard you both say in the past, that the places of people who have gone, are not to be paid for. You and Clarke said this, told us in the past. Matiaha and his sister, Te Kiwikahu, their places should be left alone. We would not agree to them being bought. It is for each himself to set to and sell his part, but for any person that is certainly not right. Now, if I steal the places of others, I would be in the wrong. I would be afraid that I was like Ananias and Sapphira whom God abandoned as punishment for their stealing the payments for the land of old,

28 Hepetema 1844 E hoa, e Te Makarini, Ki te mea e pai ana koe, otira tenei ano taku korero ki a koe. E mea ana toku whakaaro ki a koe, na ki te utua nga wahi o nga tangata e ngaro ana, e kore au e pai kia utua. Kua rongo au ki ta korua kupu i mea ra, e mea ana korua, na ko nga wahi o nga tangata e ngaro ana, kaua e utua. Na korua tenei kupu ko Te Karaka, i korero ki a matou i mua. Ko nga wahi o Matiaha raua ko tona tuahine, ko Te Iwikahu, me waiho. E kore matou e pai kia utua. Mana ano e tiki mai, e utu tona wahi, tona wahi, tena ma te tangata kahore e kore e pai. Na, ki te mea ka tahae au i nga wahi o nga tangata, e he ana au. Kei te wehi au kei pera au me a Nanaia raua ko Hapaira, i waiho e te Atua hei utu mo ta raua tahaetanga i nga utu o te whenua i mua,

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