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Maori
Auckland, Te Tuihana 12 February 1847 Friend, McLean, Greetings to you there. I have great affection for you, for you all and our people. Keep on talking persuasively to them of living well and peacefully and not causing trouble for the Pakeha, so that the Pakeha continue to care for and respect the Maori, and the Maori also respect the Pakeha. Friend, McLean, greetings to you, and as to our people, urge them to live well and in peace. Friend, McLean, I am still worried about what Brown is doing, he continues to cause trouble for Poharama and Wiremu Kawaho. So this is why I write to you. I am sad at heart over the bad behaviour of that Pakeha. I suggest you tell him to stop his work on that land. I am not happy that my elders continue to be troubled by that Pakeha.
Akarana, Te Tuihana 12 Pepuere 1847 E hoa, e Te Makarini, Tena ra ko koe. Ka nui toku aroha ki a koe, ki a koutou katoa ko to taua nei iwi. Tena ra kia tohe koe ki te korero ki a ratou, kia noho pai marie ratou kei kino ki nga Pakeha, otira kia atawhai tonu, kia aroha nga Pakeha ki nga tangata Maori, me nga tangata Maori hoki kia aroha ki nga Pakeha. E hoa, e Te Makarini, tena ra koe, me to taua nei iwi kia tohe koe ki te korero ki a ratou, kia pai marie ta ratou noho. E hoa, e Te Makarini, e raruraru tonu ana ahau mo te mahi a Te Paraone, e whakararuraru tonu ana ia i a Poharama raua ko Wiremu Kawaho. Koia ahau ka tuhituhi atu ai ki a koe, e pouri ano toku ngakau ki te mahi he o tena Pakeha. E mea ana au mau e korero tena Pakeha kia whakamutua tana mahi ki tera kainga.

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