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Maori
of the people. What will result from these disturbances but argument leading to war? Should the Pakeha be tempted to this by you? Why should it be said that the Pakeha be driven out? You know that your cultivations cannot be taken by the Pakeha, and the parts of land which were not sold - the Governor will not agree that those be taken improperly. There is a great amount of land assigned for you and your children. There would be poverty for whom if the Pakeha left there? You yourselves should consider whether the Pakeha is at fault. I suggest that it is not them alone at fault, and that one part falls on your friends, the people of Ngamotu. Do you know what they are up to? They settled the Pakeha when you took flight across the far reaches of the land; this was an error of your friends. I have asked McLean to be your adviser; explain to
o te tangata. E pehea te tukunga iho o enei whakaohokanga, na tohe pu ki te riri? Ma te Pakeha e whakakawaina e koutou? Kei aha te Pakeha e meinga nei kia peia ratou? E mohio ana koutou e kore a koutou ngakinga e taea te tango e te Pakeha, me nga wahi whenua kihai i hokona. E kore e whakaae e te Kawana kia tangohia noatia. He nui te whenua e tohungia ma koutou me a koutou tamariki. He rawakoretanga ma wai, mei i whakarerea a konei e te Pakeha? Ma koutou ano e whakaaro ana koutou na te Pakeha ano te he. E mea ana au ehara i a ratou anake te he, ka hinga tetahi wahi ki runga ki a koutou hoa, ki nga tangata o Ngamotu. E pehea ana koutou ki a ratou hanga? Na ratou e whakanoho ai te Pakeha i ta korua whatinga ki te nui atu o te whenua; ka he tenei, na o hoa tenei he. Ka tonoa atu ahau a Te Makarini hei kaitaki ma koutou; me whakapuaki