Letter from the Ngatiraukawa Chief who was the principal seller of the Awahou Block.

"Friend, salutations. I wish to tell you. When that block of land at Awahou, at Foxton, was leased, Hakeke, father of Kawana Hunia, came and asked Taikapurua and Ihakara Tukumaru for money, but they did not give him say. Ihakara said to Hakeke, 'had you given me this land I would have given you some money, but as it is, I will not give you any, it was not you that fetched me and brought me to this place.'

Secondly, when Awahou at Foxton was sold, it was Ngatiraukawa alone who sold it. Kawana Hunia and Kepa (Kemp) Rangihiwinui then came, and asked that some money should be given to them from the sale, under the mana of Ngatiraukawa. Ngatiraukawa then consented and gave them £50. Had they demanded it under their own mana, no money would have been given to them.