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Maori
Te Kawau 16 March 1840 Friend, Governor, Here is what I am thinking about our discussion at Port Nicholson. As you argued, I saw what you were about, and your ideas are mine also. You say Rangihaeta [Rangihaeata] will head to Taranaki. But I think he will perhaps not come here but take the fight directly to Wanganui. McLean and I looked at the letter Eyre[?] sent us. When the people of Port Nicholson stopped fighting,
Te Kawau 16 Maehe 1840 E hoa, e Kawana, Tenei ano toku whakaaro ki a koe, ki o taua koreronga i Poneke. I tou whawhai, i kite ai au i a koe; ko ou whakaro kei au ano. Ka mea koe e ahu mai a Rangihaeta [Rangihaeata] ki Taranaki. Ka mea atu au kaore, e kore ia e tae mai ki konei, ka poka te whawhai ki Wanganui. Ka whakaaro maua ko Makarini ki te pukapuka hea [a Hea?] i pa mai ki a maua. Mutua ko te whawhai o nga tangata o Poneke, kua whiwhi ki te utu

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