Tau Tohutoro | Reference NoHM00024Rā | Date1873/06/21Mai I Te Wāhi | PlaceTe WairoaMai I Te Tangata | FromHotene Te ArikiHeremaia KihirauMere KarakaTe Waka TuriKi Te Tangata | ToHenare Matua & KomitiKaupapa | SubjectWhakatau Take; GrievanceReta; Correspondence
Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript: Wairoa
21 Hune 1878
Ko Mangaruhe tenei whenua, he whenua hoko. Ko ahau tenei ko Heremaia Kihirau. No roto ahau i te Karauna Karati, kaore ahau i pa ki te moni. Ko ahau tenei ko Hotene teariki, no roto i taua whenua. Kaore he moni ia au. Ko Mere Karaka, ko te Waka Turi no roto i te Karati kaore he moni i a maua. Koia matou i titiro ai kai te he te hokonga o taua whenua, kihai i pau mai te moni kotahi rau te moni. Kaore i pau mai, e ki ana matou kia hoki mai taua whenua Heoi e tukua atu ana kia koe e Henare Matua me ou komiti ki te Paremata me te ture hoki.
Heoi
Na Hotene Te Ariki
Na Heremaia Kihirau
Na Mere Karaka
Na te Waka Turi
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Ko Maungaaruhe
He whenua mokete
Hotene Ariki
Kua whakawakia Whakamāoritanga | TranslationWairoa
21 June 1878
This land is Mangaruhe, land that was sold. I am Heremaia Kihirau. My name is on the Crown Grant, yet I have received no money. I am Hotene Te Ariki, of that land. I have received no payment. Mere Karaka and Te Waka Turi are also named on the Grant - none of us have received any money. This is why we believe the sale of this land was wrongful: the full one hundred pounds was never paid to us. Since it remains unpaid, we demand that this land be returned to us. We therefore send this petition to you, Henare Matua, and your committee, to Parliament, and to the courts.
That is all.
From Hotene Te Ariki
From Heremaia Kihirau
From Mere Karaka
From Te Waka Turi
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Maungaaruhe
Mortgaged land
Hotene Ariki
The matter has been adjudicated
Letter from Hotene Te Ariki, Heremaia Kihirau, Mere Karaka & others to Henare Matua & his komiti. Ngāti Kere Archives, accessed 09/04/2026, https://ngatikere.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/693
