Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript: Te Uhi Wairoa 28 Noema 1874
Kia Henare Matua E hoa kia ora koe i roto i nga mahi tohu a te Atua. Heoi te mihi.
Kua tae mai o pukapuka o te i wa o Noema kia matau kua kite matau.
E hoa tenei ano nga wahi e manawanui ai matau tenei ano nga wahi e kore ai e manawanui e tika ana te mate o Turanga me te mate o Te Kauru o te Te Wairoa ko te mate ke ritenga maori.
E hoa rapua mai he ritenga mo Tukemokihi mo Kahuitara mo Ngametepo me tahi atu kei te Manawanui nga tokoiwa.
E hoa tukua mai he tauira tiwhikete
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hei tuhinga mo nga tangata anake ranei i ora mo nga mea ranei i hinga i te nama i nuka nei e te Pakeha kua hoko.
E hoa kua tukua ta matau pukapuka tono tiwhikete kia Te Penetana i te 28 o Noema i te 1874.
E hoa kia marama to tuku taua tiwhikete me tuhi ano ra nei nga tangata i hoko me kore ra nei kei te marama te hapu me nga tangata kaore i hoko ko te rihi nei ano te mate. Heoi e hoa tena koe e hoa kia kaha koe ki te rapu
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ora mo te motu mo tatau.
Heoi na ou hoa aroha na Ahipene Tamaitimate, Te Orakore,
Wairoa
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Kia Henare Matua
Kei Otuariki
Porangahau
Nepia.Whakamāoritanga | TranslationTe Uhi Wairoa 28 November 1874
To Henare Matua. Friend, greetings to you in God's commemorative works. That concludes the greetings.
Your letter of the 9th of November has reached us and we have seen it. Friend, here are the places where we are steadfast, and here are the places where we are not steadfast. It is right that the land alienation at Turanga and the land alienation at Te Kauru at Te Wairoa - this alienation is contrary to Maori custom.
Friend, seek out procedures for Tukemokihi, for Kahuitara, for Ngametepo and others who are being steadfast - there are nine people. Friend, send us a certificate template
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as a document for the people only, whether they are alive or for those whose debts have been purchased by the Pakeha.
Friend, we have sent our letter requesting certificates to the Governor on the 28th of November 1874.
Friend, so that your issuing of those certificates may be clear, write down whether the people sold or whether they did not sell, so that the hapu and the people may understand. Those who did not sell - this lease is the problem. So friend, thank you, be strong in seeking
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salvation for the island, for us all.
From your beloved friends, Ahipene Tamaitimate, Te Orakore,
Wairoa
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To Henare Matua
At Otuariki
Porangahau
Napier.
Letter from Ahipene Te Tamaitimate & Te Tamaitimate to Henare Matua. Ngāti Kere Archives, accessed 08/04/2026, https://ngatikere.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/1245
