Letter from Arapera Taiaroa & Honeri Kuhukuhu to Henare Matua

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Wāhi | PlaceTe WairoaTurangaTe WaikaumuTe Ahi PakuraTukeokamauWaiariTe Ahi WanakeTaworuaWhakaumurauTe Kai ParoTe AwapuniOtukiTe HuanuiNgawaieruaWhareweraPoututerangiTe HonongaPipiwhakaoKakangatawaKohikohinga | CollectionTuhinga ā-ringaHapūNgai Te Ika Whaingata

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Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript: No Te Wairoa Hurai 1873
Tenei taku ki kia Henare Matua ara ki te komiti katoa o te porohini o Nui Tireni. E hoa ma he tukunga atu tenei naku i oku wenua i Turanga kia koe ara kia mahia ko te mate tenei he mokete he tuku wenua he reti he raupatu kaore he moni i toku ringa kaore he pene i toku ringa, ko tenei ka timata i nga rohe.

I Te Waikaumu mau atu ki Te Ahi Pakura, mau atu ki Tukeokamau, mau atu ki Waiari, mau atu ki Te Ahi Wanake, mau atu

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ki Taworua mau atu
ki Whakaumurau mau atu
ki Te Kai Paro mau atu
ki Te Awapuni mau atu
ki Otuki mau atu
ka hoki mai i Te Huanui mau atu
ki Ngawaierua mau atu
ki Wharewera mau atu
ki Poututerangi mau atu
ki Te Hononga mau atu
ki Te Ahi Pakura ki tera tarawahi o te awa mauatu
ki Pipiwhakao mau atu
ki Kakangatawa tutaki ki te Whakaumu

Tona ingoa hapu nona tenei whenua ko Ngai Te Ika Whaingata. E hoa e Henare Matua ara e te komiti katoa ki te tae ki Turanga mau e panui kia rongo toku tungaane a Petera ara te iwi katoa.

Heoi ano ka mutu.
Na Arapera Taiaroa
Wairoa
Na Honeri Kuhukuhu
nana tena pitihana
2 1873.Whakamāoritanga | TranslationFrom Te Wairoa, July 1873
This is my letter to Henare Matua and to the entire committee of New Zealand Province. My friends, this is my entrustment of my lands in Turanga to you, to be worked on. The problem is mortgage, land transfer, lease, and confiscation. There is no money in my hand, not a penny in my hand. Here begins the boundaries:

From Te Waikaumu continuing to Te Ahi Pakura, continuing to Tukeokamau, continuing to Waiari, continuing to Te Ahi Wanake, continuing to

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Taworua continuing to
Whakaumurau continuing to
Te Kai Paro continuing to
Te Awapuni continuing to
Otuki continuing to
returning from Te Huanui continuing to
Ngawaierua continuing to
Wharewera continuing to
Poututerangi continuing to
Te Hononga continuing to
Te Ahi Pakura on that side of the river continuing to
Pipiwhakao continuing to
Kakangatawa meeting with te Whakaumu

The hapu name for this land is Ngai Te Ika Whaingata. Friend Henare Matua and the entire committee, if you reach Turanga, please read this aloud so my brother Petera and the entire tribe may be informed.
That is all.
From Arapera Taiaroa
Wairoa
From Honeri Kuhukuhu
who submitted this petition
2 1873.

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