Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 3 pages written 27 Sep 1845 by Te Mawae1840s, Hoani Wiremu Hipango and Hori Kingi Te Anaua in...

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five hundred. There have been two messengers to us. When the war party got to Taupo, Te Heuheu stood up to speak to it. And he said to Taraia, 'Go home.' Taraia stood up to argue and he said to Te Heuheu, 'No. I will not listen to what you say. If it had been you who said to come here, then yes, it would be right to go back. But this was my own intention, so I will not heed your word that I return.' This made Te Heuheu - Iwikau, and Te Tamu, the Taupo chiefs angry. And we thought that Te Heuheu's view was right. That's all. From your good friends, from Hoani Wiremu Hipango, Hori Kingi Te Anaua, Te Mawae There is another matter for you. We have no powder or guns. I am going to Port Nicholson to seek guns and powder for us from Richmond. From Te One Wiremu Putikiwharanui To McLean

e rima nga rau o te taua. Ka tuarua te karere ki a matau. Ka tae mai te taua ki Taupo, ka tu a Te Heuheu ki te korero ki te taua. Ka mea atu a Te Heuheu ki a Taraia, 'E hoki ki tou kainga.' Ka tu mai a Taraia ki runga ki te totohe, ka mea mai a Taraia ki a Te Heuheu, 'Kahore, e kore ahau e rongo ki tau kupu, patau nau i ki ake kia haere mai, ae, e tika ana kia hoki. Tena naku ano te whakaaro, e kore au e rongo ki tau kupu whakahoki i a au.' No konei ka riri a Te Heuheu, a Iwikau, a Te Tamu, nga rangatira o Taupo. Ka whakaaro matou he whakaaro tika te whakaaro o Te Heuheu. Heoi ano. Na ou hoa aroha, na Hoani Wiremu Hipango, na Hori Kingi Te Anaua, na Te Mawae Tenei ano hoki ta matou kupu ki a koe. Kaore a matou paura, a matou pu. E haere ana au ko[ki] Poneke ko te kimi paura ma matou, a pu hoki i a Te Retimana. Na Te One Wiremu Putikiwharanui Ki a Te Makarini

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