Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 3 pages written 7 Jul 1851 by Hoani Piriniha in Te Uruhi to Sir George Grey and Sir Donald McLean,...

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7 July 1851 Te Uruhi Go off, my letter, to the Governor and McLean. Listen both of you. Who is that man to speak thus? Is he the great King of the land? No. Listen, Te Uruhi belongs to Tikiku. But Tamati Wiremu, that Piripi, not so. He went to Arapawa, to Port Nicholson; that was the first time this man was seen there. We say that it is his people who hold back on this land of Te Uruhi. And this is why we give it to you, for we do not like this man, Piripi. Why did he say this land is his alone?

7 Hurae 1851 Te Uruhi Haere ra, e taku pukapuka, ki a Kawana raua ko Makarini. Kia rongo mai korua. Ko wai tena tangata e korero na? Ko ia te Kingi nui o te whenua? Kahore. Kia rongo mai korua, ko Tikiku nona a Te Uruhi. Ko Tamati Wiremu, tena ko Piripi, aua tu. I te haere ia ki Arapawa ki Poneke. Katahi ano tenei tangata ka kitea ake ki konei. E mea ana matou ko ona tangata ano tenei, nana i pupuru tenei kainga a Te Uruhi. Koia ta matou e tuku atu nei ki a korua, e kore matou e pai ki tenei tangata, ki a Piripi. He aha ia i mea ai mana anake tenei kainga?

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