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Xi te Punanga Nui o Nui Tireni kei Poneke c tv ana. Tawhirihoe, Rangitikei, Aperira, 21, 1865. Xi a Matara. E hoa tena koe, koutou ko nga tangata ote Runangatanga ote Kawanatanga. He Kupu vi atu tenei na matou na nga tangata o waenganui o te takiwa o Ohau, o Rangitikei. He aha te take i peia ai a Rangitikei, a Manawatu, ki waho o te ture whakapuare o te Kawanatanga mo Nui Tireni ? Ko Rangitikei ko Manawatu tae noa ki Ohau kei roto ita koutou whare herehere, he nui to matou pouri mo ta koutou whakatakotoranga i nga ture c rua mo Nui Tireni. He ture whakapuare tetahi, he ture tutaki tetahi, engari kia puare katoa, mehemea ka mau touu ta koutou tutaki i to matou vvaahi iti nei, i waenganui o Ohau o Rangitikei, ka nui to matou pouri, mo matou ka whare hereheretia c koutou, engari whakapuaretia katoatia, kia kotahi ture mo to tatou motu kei noho etahi i te maramatanga o te ngakau, kei noho etahi i te pouritauga o te ngakau ara nga tangata c haere ana i runga i te ture whakapuare, he maramatanga kia ratou, kia matou ki nga tangata c noho anai ta koutou whare herehere, he pouritanga mo o matou ngakau, koia matou nga rangatira o te takiwa i hereherea nei c koutou ka ki atu nei kia koutou ki nga tangata o te Kawanatanga kia whakapuaretia tenei tutaki kino ito matou waahi. Tukua matou kia haerere noa i runga ite ngakau marama ite ngakau hari ite koa. Ihakara Te Hokowhitukuri, Hoani Te Whena, Te One Makirika, Arona Te Hana, Te Keremihana Wairaka, Wereta Te Areare, Te Moroati Kiharoa, Keremeneta Takaitemarama Arapeta Te Areare, Natana Taowharoro, Miratana Putatakahia, Eruca Te Wioi, Kereopa Tukumaru, Ngarepo, Piueaha Te Mahauariki, Hohipuna Kareanui, Te Pumipi Te Kaka, Te Roiri Rangihaua, Noah Te Rauhihi, Kerekeha, Te Ranginui, Wiriharai Te Ngiri, Aperahama Te Huruhuru, Te Hoia, Tahutahu, Wereta Te Huruhuru, Epiha Taitimu, Temuera, Te Matenga Te Tiaki, Ngapuke, Wiremu Te Kohu, Te Roera Herua, Henere Ngakoti, Parakipane, Witana Parera, Te Kohi, Hamapiri, Hare Reweti, Rongonrongo, Hakaria Te Weraarnahuta, Tiirikama Te Karaihe, Katene Ngawahanga, Te Kau, Wiari Taonui, Te Meihana Te Nge, Tamihana Te Hoia, Towini Pongahuru, Manahi Te Mv, Te Popo Te Hoia, Kereama Te Waharoa, Kereopa Te Rongo, Parata Te Hoia, Timiuha Taiporutu, Hori Tauaki, Te Wireti, Te Naera Te Angiangi, Te Naihi, Kireona Whamaro, Nepia Taratoa, Henere Te Herekau, Te Hutana Ngarepo, Winiata Taiaho, Moihi Tiwaewae, Hamana, Rei Te Paehua, Paramena Pehitane, Ihaia Taueki, Patoropa Te Rahaki, Hakopa Te Tehe, (Ka mutu nga tangata o Poroutawhao.) Te Herewini, Mihikiteao, Arapeta Te Wharemakatea, Hohepa, Kirihipu Te Poa, Kipa Te Whitu, Heremaia, Aretopa, Ngawhare, Noa Te Wahata, Korini Kemara Ahitara, Wiremu, Heta, Te Pene Pakakoko, Mira Te Tuhera, Wirihana, Hakopa Te Umu, Epiha Te Rimunui, Te Peina Te Tukupo, Iharaira Pikitia, Hori Te Waharoa, Pini Whareakal*as Taipo Iwimaire, Takerei Te Nawe, Te Watene Pewena, Rapata Te Ahua, Harehemi, Te Pini Nganehu, Taimona Paroparo, Piahana, Terepata Te Roihe, Te Warihi Tahataha, Wareao, Te Atawira, Te Hira Te Rua, Moihi, Rota Te Karanga, Te Teira Ngapaoa, Tura, Te Wiremu Pukapuka, Te Kereama Te Huihui, Kapaere, Te Ruanui, Nerehana Te Whare, Hoani Huarau, Tiaki Hakeratua, Kiwi Te Whai, Natana, Miratana, Patoromu Te One, Paramena, Niwa, Arapata Whanga, Paranapa, Hori Te Rangihiroa, Patoromu Taoangaanga, Teri, Poutu, Herekuiha Te Orihau, Wereta, Te Aka, Hona Te Purangi, Wehipeihana, Tourehe, Karauria Te Whakaawi, Hema Te Ao, Te Uhangina, Taraotea, Hone Te Tihi Hira Te Moho, Mete Te Kuru, Kiharoa Te Mahauariki, Neri Puratahi, Nikora Te ITtahi, Rapata Te Ao, Wirihana Te Ahuta, Hamiora Te Wharemakatea, Tieke Te Au, Hopa Tahaia, Poori, Atohe, Arapere Tukahere, Hemara Te Mataoho, Raureti, Nopera Te Herekau, Ihaka Ngamura, Huru Hiaro. Hamarete Waute, Pitihira Te Kuru, Wetere Koti Kahu, Paiura Te Manaha,

PETITION OF IHAKARA AND OTHER NATIVES, RESIDENT AT RANGITIKEI AND MANAWATU.