CORRESPONDENCE.
To the Editor of the " Lyttelton Times"
Sib,—l am requested by the Maoris of Kaiapoi to answer a letter that appeared in your paper of the 12th, headed, "To the White ?Tr%r Thf. oll>y P^ce of land possessed by G. W. M. or his brother at the Tuahiwi, is 20 feet square, on which formerly stood a house and wata belonging to Tuwakararu for which he gave two mats and two pokekas in payment to Tane. There is no wood on it; he cannot let or lease it without the consent of other par ties. Therefore let no white man be led astray by such letters as G. W's y
Unless the majority of the Kaiapoi Maoris are consulted, no person whatever will hold any land belonging to them in peace. I am, Sir, Your's Truly, (In behalf of the Maoris,) „ Henry FLETCHn'T? Kaiapoi, June 22,1352. iOHEB'
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Lyttelton Times, Volume II, Issue 77, 26 June 1852, Page 10
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