Title: Proceedings of of the Kohimarama Conference, Comprising Nos. 13 to 18 of the “Maori Messenger.”

Publication details: Auckland

Part of: He reo ture nō te taha Kāwana / Language of the Crown

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Reply from Parawhau.
No. 2.

Salutations to you! These are my thoughts. Hearken! The root of the evil is the setting up of a king for the Maories. Another [root of evil] is war; another is land—like that which caused Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake's war. Another evil is, the joining of other tribes in Wiremu Kingi Te Rangitake's war; and another is, other tribes joining the Maori King. Here are two roots [or causes]. These cause perplexity, and are unauthorised. It is stealing the love of God and the love of the Queen from the people of New Zealand. This is a robbery committed in the time of peace, and under the protection which the Queen has extended to the people of New Zealand. It is trampling upon the kindness of the Queen to the Pakehas who have prospered in New Zealand, and to the Maories who have grown up under the merciful care of God; and also upon the kind protection which the Queen has extended to both Pakehas and Maories in New Zealand.

Father, the Governor, salutations to you! If a man persists in kicking at the law, or in trampling upon the law, the law says, Let him die. This letter is finished.