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_ _ Waitara, Oketopa 21, 1863. _b XOA TIKO UPOKO O >"GA RvNANGA PaKEIIA,— Tena koutou te mahi ana i nga mahi ote raruraru o tenei motu o _N Tiu Tireni. E hoa ma, c kimi kau ana au i te take o Waitara i wetekia ai. He papaku pea no te wai, ma hoki ka tangohia nga tangata tiaki o te waka ; kahore au i te mohio. Ko tenei, ka noho tonu to matou kupu l raro l te mana of Kuini Wikitoria, tae noa kite tuturutanga o ta matou whakaetanga ki to matou whenua ki Waitara ki ate Kuini. Ko te Kuini hei tami i nga waka, kei pakaru ite ra; kia takoto ora ai i tona takotoranga. Ko ta matou kupu tena, etc Kunanga o nga Pakeha. E hoa ma, c nga tangata o te Runanga, ko ta matou i karanga ai, kia whakawakia a Waitara. I mea mai a Kawana Paraone, Me whakawa a Waitara. Pena tonu te kupu ate Pokiha, ate Pihopa, a Kawana Kerei hoki, i tana taenga mai ki konei. A, kahore matou i kite ite whakawakanga \ engari i whakahokia poupoureretia mai a Waitara kia matou. Kua kitea pea etc Kawana raua ko te Pere te he oTe Teira, me te tika o Wiremu Kingi; koia matou i pai ai kia kitea hoki etc tokomaha. Koia l mea ai matou, me whakawa a Waitara ; hauriga to whakawa i roto ite ruma o tetalu tangata, o te Pere ranei, o wai ranei, etoru pea nga tangata ki roto. He korero titaha tena kia maua. Engari te whakawa nui, kia rongo ai te tokomaha. E hoa ma, etc Kunanga nui o te Kumi, ma koutou c whakamana i a matou kupu nei, no te mea he tangata au no te Kuiui he tangata hoki koutou no te Kuini ano. Ko ta matou whakaaro ano tenei, kia whakawakia a Waitara. Otira, ehara hoki i a matou taua kupu kia whakawakia ; na Tamehana ke taua kupu ; he whakaae kau ta matou. Ka tatari nei matou i taua takiwa kia tae mai a Kawana Kerei ki konei, kia whakawakia ano a Waitara J\o te taenga mai o Kawana Kerei ki konei, kahore i whakawakia ; a ka rokohinanei c te matenga o nga Pakeha ki Wairau; na, ko te tukunga mai tena i Waitara ki a matou. Kaore matou i mohio fa te take l tukua mai ai j kaore matou i tono atu kia tukua mai; a c rapu nei ano matou kite take l tukua mai ai a Waitara. Otiia i rongo pu atu ano matou ki nga kupu ate Pere raua ko te Kawana, i mea, ko te take i mahue ai a Waitara, ekoi-e c tika kia pananga tangata kua noho fa runga kite oneone i runga ite rangi-marie, ara, a Wiremu Kingi. Ka mea atu matou ki ate Kawana, E hoa, c te Kawana, he hoiho noku te hoiho, ko tetahi tangata i peke mai ki runga, ehara i a ia taua hoiho. Ka kite au i taku hoiho me taua tangata ano i runga, ka mau taku ringa kite paraire, ka mea atu au ki taua tangata, E hoa, c rere ki raro, tukua mai taku hoiho kia hokona Aa, ko taua kupu nei mo Waitara. Ko taua hoiho ko Waitara ; ko Te Teira te taumata nona taua pihi; ko Wiremu Kingi, he pokanoa tana kite noho i runga. Koia i kore ai e'tika taua kupu a te Pere raua ko te Kawana. Ko tenei, c te Kunanga o nga Pakeha, kaore o matou whakaaro ke atu. Kotahi tonu to matou whakaaro, ko Waitara kia riro atu i te Pakeha. Ko o matou ingoa enei ka oti nei te tuhituhi :— *Te Teira, Karena, ♦Paranihi, Tipene Warihi, *Hemi, Hoera, *Tamati Raru, Hona • Wi Nga Waka, Matia'ha, *Kewiri, Haimona, *Eruera, Hori Taharoa, *Epiha, *Honiana, *Ropoama, Piripi, *Hita, Bona,' *Ropoama, Herewini,

PETITION OF TE TEIRA AND OTHER NATIVES RESPECTING THE RELINQUISHMENT OF WAITARA.

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