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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Well it's not, it's ours. And so we say that this land, Te Uruhi, be given over to you and the Governor, to keep for ever, yours forever; we will not stop giving you this land of Te Uruhi. If there is argument about giving it to you, don't listen to this man, Piripi, he is of no account. He's only concerned with two things - holding on to and taking payment for land. Don't concede. Pay soon, pay tomorrow, it is for Tikiku and his children to speak for it. Friend, McLean, and the Governor, listen. Don't listen to the interference from anyone, even someone speaking on behalf of Arama and me, don't listen. I have the right over my part, and I have this stated right from Ngamiro, for my land of Waremauku, and Tamuna on the coast. As my neck [is to my body so too] is Tamuna to Hingarangi,

Kahore, no matou ano. Koia ka mea ai matou kia tukua atu ki a korua ko Kawana tenei kainga a Te Uruhi, mau tonu, tupu tonu, e kore e mutu te hoatu ki a korua i tenei kainga, i Te Uruhi. Ka tohe nei hoki ki te tuku atu ki a korua, kei whakarongo korua ki nga korero a tenei tangata a Piripi, he hanga noa iho na tenei tangata. E rua ko ona tikanga, ko te puru, ko te utu whenua hoki. Kahore. Utua akuanei, utua apopo, na Tikiku hei korero ratou ko ana tariki [tamariki?]. E hoa, e Te Makarini, kia rongo mai korua [ko] Kawana, kei whakarongo korua ki te korero weuruuru a te tangata, he ahakoa he tangata kei waenganui i a maua ko Arama e korero ana, kahore, kei au ano te tikanga mo taku wahi, naku tenei kupu na Ngamiro, mo toku kainga mo Waremauku, Tamuna ki tai. Ko taku kaki Tamuna ki Hingarangi,

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