Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript: Opakaroa
Akuhata 21 1879
Kia Henare Matua
E hoa kua rongo ahau i tenei taima kua karangatia he ra e kite ai maua ko Aperahama a kua rongo hoki au kua kumea taua ra me taua kite o maua ko Aperahama e Hori ki Tamaki na he kupu atu na aku ki a koe ki te mea he pono taua ra mo maua e kite ai kaua e tukua ki Tamaki erangi ki Heretaunga nei no te mea ko taku hiahia nui tonu tena kia kite maua ko Perahama ia maua.
Heoi aku kupu
Na Apeata Hungahunga
kia Henare MatuaWhakamāoritanga | TranslationOpakaroa
August 21, 1879
To Henare Matua
Friend, I have heard at this time that a day has been called for us, Aperahama and I, to meet, and I have also heard that this day and our meeting, mine and Aperahama's, has been moved by Hori to Tamaki. So I say to you, if that day is truly for us to meet, do not let it go to Tamaki but rather here to Heretaunga, because that is my strong desire - that we, Perahama and I, should meet each other.
That is all I have to say.
From Apeata Hungahunga
to Henare Matua.
