Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript: Te Wakatakerenui Wangaehu,
Oketopa 13 1874
Kia Henare Matua me nga Komiti katoa. Kia ora tonu koe e Henare me nga Komiti katoa i roto i nga mahi tohu a te Ariki kia neke atu hoki nga ra o te ora, heoi te mihi.
Ka tu te kupu.
Tena aku karere ka tukua atu kia haere atu ki tou aroraro me o komiti a Karena Temana o Tawhaki, a, Hunia Te Iki, a, Hoani Maaka, a Paurini Te Rangiwhakarunga.
Ki te hari atu i aku mate me aku he mau e kite iho i roto i aku tono te tika, te he, heoi ena kupu, he ku ano tenei,
ko aua karere kia tae rawa ia koe ki te aroaro o to Pakeha o Henare Rata, me te roia heoi tena kupu he kupu ano tena mo te meera kei a koe te whakaaro kia tirohia e koe nga maero ki Wangaehu nei ki Porangahau na kia hohoro te rite ia taua e ta taua meera i tenei tau ano.
Kia Henare Matua me ona Komiti kei Porangahau.
Heoi ano na Aperahama Tipae me te Komiti katoa o Ngati Apa.Whakamāoritanga | TranslationTe Wakatakerenui Wangaehu,
October 13, 1874
To Henare Matua and all the Committees. May you be well, Henare, and all the Committees in the blessed work of the Lord, and may your days of health continue. That concludes the greeting.
The word stands.
Here are my messengers being sent to appear before you and your committees: Karena Temana of Tawhaki, Hunia Te Iki, Hoani Maaka, and Paurini Te Rangiwhakarunga.
They will present my concerns and troubles so you can determine what is right and wrong in my requests. That concludes those words. Here is another matter.
Those messages should reach your Pakeha, Henry Russell, and the lawyer. That concludes that matter. Here is another matter regarding the mail route - it's up to you to examine the miles to Wangaehu and to Porangahau so that we can establish our mail route quickly this year.
To Henare Matua and his Committees at Porangahau.
That is all from Aperahama Tipae and all the Committee of Ngati Apa.
Letter from Aperahama Tupae and the komiti to Henare Matua. Ngāti Kere Archives, accessed 08/04/2026, https://ngatikere.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/1126
