LETTER OF NGATI HE, TAURANGA.
Rangataua, Maungatapu, August 25th, 1859. Friend the Governor,-Salutations to you, the loving friend of those who are obedient to the Queen's law.
Friend, when we had made peace, we ".went to Roiorua, and Te Wairoa, at Tarawera. We. witnessed the adoption of the Queen's laws by the people of those places, and we mutually pledged ourselves one to another in truth. Friend, the Governor, the Queen's crown is over us all, even a*s the law of God is obeyed throughout the whole world. The word we now give you is fixed and shall remain for ever. By the Committee of Tareha, Maihi, and Taipari, that is, by all the Ngatihe tribe.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VI, Issue 24, 30 November 1859, Page 6
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116LETTER OF NGATI HE, TAURANGA. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume VI, Issue 24, 30 November 1859, Page 6
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