Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript: Matatera Akuhata 31 1874
Kia Henare Matua, raua ko Tikawenga Te Tau me nga komiti o Tamatea, e hoa ma tena korua me nga komiti kia ora korua i runga i te manawanui me te ngakau tohe, ka pai koe. E Henare kau e kaha ki runga ki au mahi tena ra koe kua tae mai ou rongo ki nga komiti kua uru koe ki te Paremete, e hoa he kupu tenei ka tukua atu ki a koe ehara koa, he kupu wakatauki, mo Maui Tikitiki a Taranga koia te potiki wakamutunga o tera wanau, na ko au hoki te potiki o nga komiti o tenei taina ka tukua atu ki a koe a matou kupu i mohio ai ki te kitea e koe nga mea he, wakaaturia mai te he, ka kitea te mea tika wakaturia mai te utu o te mea tika, koia tenei nga mahi a tenei komiti kua oti te mahi kua wakapumautia kia taia ki te nupepa kua oti te wakatu te tumuaki ko Hunia Teiki, a kua kohiria kia tokowaru tangata hei hoa mo te tumuaki, hei tino komiti a kua kowiria marietia ano ko nga tangata matou ko ratou hei wakahaere tikanga, ko taua hunga he hunga ngawari ki te aroaro o te ture o te iwi hoki, na ka wakaaturia atu ki a koe nga mahi e mahia ana e te komiti nei na he inoi atu aua ki a koe mau tonu e pauna nga utu e rite ana ki aua mea, ara o te tahae tona utu, o te puremu o te wakapae teka tona utu o te kanga pokanoa, tona utu o te kai waipiro tona utu
Whakamāoritanga | TranslationMatatera, August 31, 1874
To Henare Matua and Tikawenga Te Tau, together with the committees of Tamatea. Greetings, friends, to you and your committees. May you be well with perseverance and steadfast hearts - that is good. Henare, you who are committed to your work - we have received word that you have joined Parliament. Friend, these are words being sent to you – a proverb concerning Maui Tikitiki a Taranga, who was the youngest child of that family - I too am the youngest of this junior committee. Our words are sent to you so that you may know and recognise what is wrong - point out the wrong; recognise what is right - establish the appropriate fine amount. These are the works of this committee that have been completed and confirmed for publication in the newspaper. The establishment is complete: Hunia Teiki has been appointed as chairman, and eight men have been selected as his associates to serve as the executive committee. We have been duly chosen and appointed as the people to administer justice - this group being people who are humble before both the law and the people. Therefore, the works being undertaken by this committee are presented to you. We request of you that you firmly establish in pounds the fines that are appropriate for these matters, namely the fine for theft, the fine for adultery, the fine for false accusation, the fine for unprovoked fighting, and the fine for alcohol consumption.
