Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 2 pages written 31 Jul 1853 by Ropata Te Hoakakari to Sir Donald McLean, related to Hastings, Ngati...

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31 July 1853 To McLean Sir, Greetings to you. Friend, your consideration for me has arrived, and I have seen your affection for me. Sir, on the 30th of July your letter came to me. Sir, now I have come to your and my land, to Heretaunga, to wait for you to come and bring me the payments for our land which you assessed[?] as for development in the Pakeha way. Sir, greetings. My dear friend, sir, it would be good for you to reveal your proposal to our [friend?], to Te Hirawanu, that we all come here and look at the nature of your and my work, and to consider, according to our plan to

31 Hurae 1853 Ki a Te Makarini E ta, Tena ra koe. E hoa, tenei tou aroha kua tae mai ki au. Kua kite iho au i tou aroha ki au. E ta, no te toru tekau Hurae i tae mai ai tou pukapuka ki au. E ta, tenei au kua tae mai ki to taua kainga, ki Heretaunga, whanga atu ai ki a koe, ki to taenga mai ki te kawe mai i nga utu mo to taua kainga i whakaakawa[whakawa?] ai au e koe i runga ki te mahi Pakeha. E ta, tena ra koe. E toku hoa aroha, e ta, e pai ana kia puta to whakaaro ki to taua [hoa?] ki Te Hiriwanu, kia haere tahi mai tatou ki konei titiro ai ki te momo matanga o ta taua mahi, me te whakaaro i runga i a taua nei tikanga, i nga

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