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Maori
17 December 1850 Friend, McLean, Greetings. I have great affection for you this year. Listen, I agree with your plan. It's a good plan for me. I don't approve of the policeman, but [I do of] a guardian for the Maori, for fights and disturbances, for crimes and for thefts of the Pakehas' goods. I don't like bad behaviour; I like good behaviour and proper organisation. Friend, I am fond of the Pakeha and the Maori living at Omata. Friend, McLean, listen, should your letter come I would leave Omata,
17 Tihema 1850 E hoa, e Te Makarini, Tena koe. E nui ana taku aroha ki a koe i roto i tenei tau. Kia rongo mai koe, kua whakaae atu ahau ki to tikanga. E pai ana tena tikanga maku. E kore au e pai ki te pirihi, engari he kaitiaki mo nga Maori, mo nga raruraru, mo nga tutu, mo nga kino, mo nga tahae i nga mea o nga Pakeha. E kore au e pai ki nga tikanga kino, e pai ana au ki nga tikanga pai, ki nga whakahaere pai. E hoa, e aroha ana au ki nga Pakeha, ki nga Maori ano hoki e noho ana ki Omata. E hoa, e Te Makarini, kia rongo mai koe, haere mai to pukapuka, kua mahue i ahau Omata, kua

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