Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript:Hurae 25th 1873 Kia Henare Matua ara ki te komiti katoa E hoa ma tena koutou katoa haere mai i runga i te aroha o te Atua e ki nei a Paora Kaia e aroha ana ki te tangata Ka kite i a ia te ture heoi tena He tukunga atu tenei na matou i to matou whenua ki te komiti kia unuhia mai i roto i te koti Komihana ka tu nei a te rima o nga ra o Akuhata ki a kore e tau te mana ona ture ki hinga i taua whenua i te mea ra kua kitea nei e matou te he o ana whakaritenga ture mo matou whenua ko te ingoa o taua whenua ko Rakaiketeroa Heoi na te iwi nui tonu o Mahaki
Page 2 Ko nga tangata enei kai waho o taua piihi Wipere me tahi atu Paora Karau me tahi atu Atareta Ruru me tahi atu Katirina Taiao me tahi atu Rawinia Te Ahuroa me tahi atu Peeti Morete Ko nga tangata enei kaore e pai kia tu te kooti mo Rakaiketeroa Page 3 Rakaiketeroa Ko nga tangata enei Pita Te Kuhu Tiopira Tawhiao Paora Haupa
Hone Kewa Wiriko Waroutu Hemi Popata Pateriki Pahira
Hemaimai rere Hori Kapekape Erina Hinearangi Mokena Hiakai Mere Kaimako Nepia Tokitahi Ko nga tangata kai te rihia te kooti enei kaore e pai kia kootitia Cover Page
Mahaki Rakaiketeroa Kaua e tukua ki te koti Mahaki
Turanga Whakamāoritanga | TranslationJuly 25th, 1873
To Henare Matua and the entire committee.
Dear friends, greetings to you all in the love of God, as the Apostle Paul says - for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. That settles the matter.
This is our formal withdrawal of our land from the committee so that it may be removed from the Court Commission proceedings scheduled for the 5th day of August, lest the authority of its law fail to be established and that land be lost, because we have now witnessed the inadequacy of its legal provisions for our land. The name of that land is Rakaiketeroa.
From the entire tribe of Mahaki
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These are the people who stand outside of that block:
Wipere and others
Paora Karau and others
Atareta Ruru and others
Katirina Taiao and others
Rawinia Te Ahuroa and others
Peeti Morete
These are the people who do not consent to the court proceedings for Rakaiketeroa.
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Rakaiketeroa
These are the people:
Pita Te Kuhu
Tiopira Tawhiao
Paora Haupa
Hone Kewa
Wiriko Waroutu
Hemi Popata
Pateriki Pahira
Hemaimai rere
Hori Kapekape
Erina Hinearangi
Mokena Hiakai
Mere Kaimako
Nepia Tokitahi
These are the people who wish to lease the land; they do not consent to it being taken to court.
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Mahaki
Rakaiketeroa
Do not submit to court
Mahaki
Turanga
