"We, the hapu of Ngatiwehiwehi, had mana over the land at Rangitikei; we had mana because we cultivated there, and we always received a portion of the rents. We cannot enumerate all the grounds of our title, for we are a hapu who always had a strict right to the land up to the time when the Court sat to investigate the title to the land.

Secondly, the Ngatiapa, Muaupoko, and Rangitane, had no title to that land formerly up to the present time, as shown by their names not appearing in the sale to Mr. Wakefield, up to the time when Mr. Spain came to write the names of the chiefs of Ngatiraukawa. Also, when Ihakara sold land at Manawatu (Awahou) to Mr. McLean, their names did not appear in that sale. Afterwards, when Rangitikei was sold, we did not touch any of the money for our land. Now we are in great grief about the loss of our land and our money. We spent over the survey of the land at Rangitikei, and the Court expenses, £150 10s. 6d.