Kawhia December 28/46 Friends, Te Rangihaeata Te Wawarua (Te Whawharua) Te Tawiri (Te Tawhiri) I have received your letter asking us to come in support of the trouble which has befallen Te Rauparaha. It is not right for us to come. It is your own misfortune. Hone Heke has his own. You all say Te Rauparaha is the head of the Faith. No, what he has done is wrong. He is rather the head of unbelief and of deceit. You two have deceived the Europeans. You two thought you could annihilate The Europeans. How can you? Can you dry up the sea? You cannot annihilate the Europeans. We, all the Maori people cannot annihilate the Europeans. It will be the Maori people who will be annihilated, if they persist in their antagonism to the Europeans. That is why we say stop fighting the Europeans. Be quick and seek peace, so that you and your children may live. It is enough for those who have died to be in the wrong. We will not conflict with the Europeans because the European is the head of the Faith. The European is the head of power and authority as far as we are concerned. We will not support Te Raparaha's cause. He had previously spoken evil words. He is evil, he is deceitful. We will not be involved with such evil. Rangi, Para and Te Karamu, this is our decision. We are Potatau, with Takiwaru, with Te Waka and with Te Horeta. We are on the side of the Governor and of our teacher Whiteley. Therefore friends turn to the gospel of good tidings and eternal