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Maori
19 December 1848 From Otaraia, written to Kemp Sir, We have this to say to you. We have twice [requested?] to see you and to talk to you about our land. Sir, listen, we will not give over our land to you and the Governor, and even though the people of Wairarapa call for the land to be taken, it will not be given over. Don't listen to their statements or agree to their proposal, it is not right. Even though the boundary lines have been proclaimed to you, well, listen, Tauhe[re]nikau, Mataraua, Parinu[i]okuaka, Waingawa, Pukaka, Te Kotukutuku, Rangitumau, Parae, Tamaki, Te Kapurangi, Kumurau, Tuhaumi, Wareama - these lands will not be given over to you, never; we will continue to retain them all.
19 Tihema 1848 No Otaraia, i tuhituhia ai ki a Te Kepa E ta, Tenei ano ta matou korero ki a koe. Ka tuarua mai matou ki a koe, kia kite matou i a koe, kia korero matou mo to matou whenua ki a koe. E ta, kia rongo koe, e kore e tukua atu e matou to matou kainga ki a korua ko Kawana, ahakoa ko nga karangatanga a nga tangata o Wairarapa ka riro te whenua, kahore e tukua atu. Koi whakarongo koe ki ta ratou korero, whakaae koe i runga i ta ratou tikanga, kahore i tika. Ahakoa ko nga roherohenga i karangatia ai ki a koe, ko Tauhe[re]nikau, ko Mataraua, ko Parinu[i]okuaka, ko Waingawa, ko Pukaka, ko Te Kotukutuku, ko Rangitumau, ko Parae, ko Tamaki, ko Te Kapurangi, ko Kumurau, ko Tuhaumi, ko Wareama, na, kia rongo mai koe, ko enei kainga e kore e tukua ki a koe, hore rawa, ka mau katoa te pupuri e matou.

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