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No. 7.
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.
[Translation.]
Friend Major Richmond,—
Wairau, 14th of March, 1851.Salutations to you. Your surveyor, Mr. Brunner, has arrived, and has surveyed the boundary about which we conversed with you. We have seen his survey, and the boundary is quite correct, according to our idea, as it has been laid down on the plan; and we have signed our names to it. The part coloured red is that which has been reserved for us; the white is that for the Pakehas; and the boundary is between.
This is all we have to say to you. By us,
Wi Kanae.
Haka.
Hakaraia Kaikoura.
Witness to the signature—
Thos. Brunner, Waitangi.
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