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Tongariro and Ruapehu National Park (correspondence relative to a gift of portion of)

The Under-Secretary, Native Department, to Te Heuheu Tukino

The Under-Secretary, Native Department, to Te Heuheu Tukino.

Tari Maori, Poneke, Oketopa 14, 1887.

E hoa e Te Heuheu,—

Tena koe. I whakatakotoria e ahau te pukapuka i tuhia mai e koe i te 23 o nga ra o Hepetema kua pahure atu nei ki te aroaro o Te Paranihi, me Te Miterehana hoki, te Minita riwhi i a Te Paranihi mo nga mea Maori. Ka nui te koa o Te Miterehana i tana korerotanga i nga kupu o to pukapuka, a kua kiia mai ahau e ia kia mea atu kei te whakapai atu ia ki a koe mo te pai o to mahi whakarite i to kupu tuku i nga tihi o Tongariro me Ruapehu, hei whenua Rahui me te iwi katoa, a tera ka whakatakotoria to pukapuka me te whakapakehatanga hoki ki te aroaro o te Paremete. Mo runga i o tono ara, tuatahi, kia whakanekehia to papa a Te Heuheu, e takoto mai nei i runga i Tongariro ki tetahi wahi ke atu; kua kiia mai ahau kia mea atu ka whakaaetia e te Kawanatanga taua tono au, a ma te Kawanatanga hoki e utu te whakanekehanga, me tetahi urupa Kohatu hei tohu whakamaharatanga ki tena Rangatira ingoa nui.

Ko to kupu tuarua e tono ana kia whakamana to tama, a Tureiti te Heuheu Tukino kia tu hei kaitiaki mo taua whenua ka rahuitia nei, ara hei riwhi mou i muri i to matenga; kua whakaaetia ano hoki tenei kupu au e Te Miterehana, a tera ka whakaurua te kupu pera a te wa e tukua atu ai he Pire ki te aroaro o te Whare, ara, o te Paramete, mo taua wahi kua wehea nei hei rahui mo te iwi katoa. Heoi ano.

Na to hoa aroha,

Na Te Ruihi (T. W. Lewis.)

Ki a Te Heuheu Tukino,
Tapuaeharuru, Taupo.