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Maori
Wanganui 6 June 1845 Friend, Te Heuheu, Greetings to you and your children there at your home in Taupo. Sir, we are upset at the information that went to you, that is, the talk that you and Taonui and Ngawaka untied our canoes from the mooring posts of our village. However, don't say it is right, it's merely come from the lips of people elevating the status of their villages. We said nothing behind your
Wanganui 6 Hune 1845 E hoa, e Te Heuheu, Tena koutou ko o tamariki noho mai ana ki to koutou kainga ki Taupo. E pa, e pouri ana o matou ngakau ki nga korero i tae ki a koe, ara, ki nga ki e tukutukua ana koe me Taonui me Ngawaka ki o matou waka ki nga tukuwaru a o matou pa. Otira kei ki koe he tika, nga[na] te ngutu o te tangata i ahu noa atu, he whakanuinga korero mana ki ona kainga. Kahore kore rawa o matou kupu i muri i a koe, engari ano