Papers Past | Letters and Diaries | The Papers of Sir Donald McLean | Series 2 Inward letters (Maori) | 4 pages written 4 Jul 1850 by Hone Ropiha in Waiwakaiho to Sir Donald McLean, related to Kipa Te...

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and so too that with Te Mumu[?]. The part at Taurima is finished, it is done. I spoke to Wi Te Ha after you left. I said to him to stop what he was doing. He said to me that Te Waka and McLean had arranged that part for Te Waka. I said, 'Whether that is true or not, nonetheless you should stop work on it, until McLean and Te Waka come, so that we can all hear about the situation.' And that was because I did not know that that part was for the Maori; all I knew was that it was for Ta [McLean?]. That was my first word to Wi Te Ha. I have seen your statement that that business is for the Pakeha alone, but I did not write about this in the letter you got. Now, I think that the people are quite in error over those lands. Our arrangements still pertain to me, whether you are there or here, you yourself could say to me to stop this. That is all. Here is another matter for you: the arrangements for the land, the arrangement

kua oti ta Te Mumu[?]. Kua oti te wahi i Taurima, kua mutu. Kua korero au ki a Wi Te Ha[?] i muri i a koe, ka mea atu au kia whakamutua tana mahi. Ka mea mai ia kua whakaritea e Te Waka raua ko Makarini mo Te Waka taua wahi. Ka mea atu au, 'He pono ranei, kahore ranei, engari pea me whakamutu tau mahi kia tae mai a Te Makarini raua ko Te Waka, kia rongo tatou i te tikanga', no te mea kahore ahau i te mohio mo nga moori [Maori?] taua wahi. Heoi ano taku mohio ai ko te wahi kia ta [ki a Ta?]. Ko taku kupu tuatahi ki a Wi Te Ha. Kua kite nei au i tau kupu mo nga Pakeha ano taua mahi, kahore i tuhituhi atu e au enei korero i te pukapuka kua tae atu ki a koe. Na, e whakaaro naku, e pohehe kau ana te whakaaro o nga tangata ki runga ki aua whenua. Ko a tatou tikanga kei runga ano i au e iri ana, ahakoa i kona koe i konei ranei, mau ano e ki mai kia mutu. Heoi ra. Tenei ano tetahi kupu aku ki a koe, ko nga tikanga enei o te kainga, ko te tikanga

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