Tau Tohutoro | Reference NoHM00109Rā | Date1870/10/07Mai I Te Wāhi | PlaceAkaranaMai I Te Tangata | FromTe Kooti Whenua. Chief Judge Francis Dart FentonKi Te Tangata | ToTe Otene MatuaKaupapa | SubjectReta; CorrespondenceWhakaora Wairua; Encouragement
Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript: Tari o te Kooti Whakawa Whenua Maori, Akarana Oketopa 7th 1870
E hoa e Te Otene,
Tena koe. He tuarua tenei naku mo taku pukapuka o te 18 o nga ra o Pepuere i whakaatu i tetahi huarahi hei whakatika i ta koutou raruraru mo to koutou whenua mo Te Oringi. He patai tenei naku kia koe, kua oti tika ranei taua mea ki ta to whakaaro i kite ai- tena tuhituhi ia mai kia mohio ai a hau.
Na to hoa.
Tumuaki Kaiwhakawa
Kia Te Otene Matua
Porangahau.Whakamāoritanga | TranslationOffice of the Maori Land Court
Auckland, October 7 1870
Dear Te Otene, greetings.
This is my second letter following my letter of February 18th, which outlined a way to resolve your problem regarding your land at Te Oringi. This is my question to you: Has this matter been properly resolved according to what you have seen and thought? Please write back to let me know.
From your friend.
Chief Judge
Letter from Chief Judge Fenton (Maori Land Court) to Te Otene Matua. Ngāti Kere Archives, accessed 05/04/2026, https://ngatikere.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/487
