Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript; Tari o te Kooti Whenua Maori Akarana
Pepuere 19 1876
E hoa e Henare Tena koe. Kua tae mai to pukapuka tono kia tukua atu ki akoe nga mapi o Mangaorapa o Manawaangiangi hoki. Otira e hoa e kore e taea te tuku atu i aua mapi ki a koe engari mehemea ka tukua mai e koe nga pauna e rua, ka tuhituhia etahi tauira o aua mapi ka tuku atu ai ki akoe.
Na to hoa
na Tiki mo te Tumuaki Kaiwhakawa
Kia Henare Matua
Porangahau
Nepia.Whakamāoritanga | TranslationOffice of the Maori Land Court Auckland
February 19, 1876
Friend Henare, greetings to you. Your letter requesting that the maps of Mangaorapa and Manawaangiangi be sent to you has arrived. However, friend, those maps cannot be sent to you, but if you send two pounds, copies of those maps will be drawn and then sent to you.