Tau Tohutoro | Reference NoHM00041Rā | Date1873/06/28Mai I Te Wāhi | PlaceTe WairoaMai I Te Tangata | FromHamana Te Hapimana KahukatoaKi Te Tangata | ToHenare Matua & KomitiKaupapa | SubjectWhakatau Take; GrievanceReta; Correspondence
Tu-hinga | TranscriptTranscript: Hune 28 1873.
Kia Henare Matua me ona komiti e hoa he kupu ta matou kia koe e hiahia ana matau kia whai mahi tatau i tenei ra, ara i te putihana o Waikaremoana me nga tikanga hoki mo te waea mo nga rori ki te pai me whakatu mai ki te kore e pai heoi ano.
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Na Hamana Te Hapimana Kahukatoa.
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Hamana.Whakamāoritanga | TranslationJune 28, 1873:
To Henare Matua and his committee, friend, we have a message for you. We wish to work together on this day regarding the petition of Waikaremoana and also the arrangements for the telegraph and the roads - if it is good proceed with it, if not good then that is all.
Letter from Hamana Te Hapimana Kahukatoa to Henare Matua & his komiti. Ngāti Kere Archives, accessed 09/04/2026, https://ngatikere.recollectcms.com/nodes/view/708