Te Kawau 13 Hepetema 1852 E hoa, e Te Makarini, Tena koe, korua ko Kawana. Tenei ano taku kupu. Kia rongo mai koe, he tangata pakeke au i nga utunga o tenei whenua o nga motu. Inaianei he tikanga ngawari taku, ko toku ngawari tenei, ko taku tukunga i Araheke ki a koe. E Te Makarini, na i muri ou ko Mangorei, tae noa ki Pouakai, ko tona rohenga mai tera kei Pikipari, to Te Wakarua, ara, to Waiwakaiho. Ko toku aroha tenei ki a i koe. Kei a koe hoki te whakaaro ki a au. Heoi ano, ka mutu. Na tau tamaiti aroha, na Karira Te Kawau 13 September 1852 Friend, McLean, Greetings to you and the Governor. I've this to say to you. Listen, I am an experienced person with payments for the land of these islands. Right now I have a generous proposal, and my generosity is in this, my giving Araheke to you. McLean, now in future yours will be Mangorei and out to Pouakai, with the inner boundary from Pikipari and [at?] Te Wakarua, that is, Waiwakaiho. This is my consideration for you. It's up to you consider me. That's all, the end From your loving son, Karira