Letter from Wi Kanae and others to Major Richmond, attached to the Plan of the Land in the Wairau District ceded by the Ngatitoa Tribe in March, 1867, signifying their approval of the boundaries laid off by Mr. Brunner.
E hoa E Te Retimona,—
Wairau, 14th o Maehe, 1851. Tena koe. Kua tao mai tou kairuri ki a matou ko Parana, nana i ruri i te rohe i korerotia e tatou. Kua kite matou i tera ruri, tika tonu te rohe ki o matou whakaaro, ina kua tuhia iho ki roto i te pukapuka ruri, kua tuhia hoki o matou ingoa i roto. Ko te wahi whero to matou wahi i whakatapua mo matou. Ko te wahi ma te nga Pakeha kei waenganui ano te rohe. Heoi ano o matou kupu ki a koe. Na matou,
Wi Kanae.
Haka.
Hakaraia Kaikoura.
Witness to the signatures—
Thos. Brunner, Waitangi.