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Letter from William Thompson to His Excellency the Governor relative to terms of peace

Hurae 9, 1861

[i roto i te reo Pākehā]

Hurae 9, 1861

E hoa, E Te Kawana,—

Kua whakaae a Wiremu Tamihana ki te kupu i whakapuakina e au ki a ia.

1. Ko te Tiriti ki Waitangi, ara ko te whakaae tanga a te Kuini i te mana maori ki a tohungia mana tangata, mana whenua.
2. Ko te whakapono a nga Minita, me nga Kura maori kua tupu nei nga Minita maori i roto
3. Ko te Tiriti o Kohimarama, ara kua apitia ano te Tiriti o Waitangi hei whaka pum[gap — reason: damage]u i a tatau rohe, me te mana o a tatau mea katoa, a turi ana kouton ki taua huihuinga i Kohimarama
4. Ko te Nupepa o Hune 1, 5, 15, 1861, [Nos. 6 & 7,] i tukua mai hei tirohanga ma te Rumanga o Waikato i Ngaruawahia, heoi.
5. Ko ta koutou urunga ki te kino ki Waitara.

He kupu taku kia a koe, e Wi Tamihana, ko te mea mui o euei mea ko te whakakake, muri ihe [gap — reason: damage] page 21te kina. Tena huri huri hia e koe, ko te hea te mea pai o enei mea, ko te Kingitanga maori, hui tahi ki te whakakake me to mate?

E kore au e korero mo te kara mo te Kingitanga, kei a koutou te tikanga, erangi ko nga tikanga ma[gap — reason: damage] i roto i te whakatu Kingi, me te whakatu a Kuini i te mana maori, me nga tikanga.

Tuku tikanga ia, kia whiriwhiria e koe tetahi Runanga Rangatira mau, erangi me tono ki a Kawana, kia uru ki te Runanga e haere ake nei, ko te whawhai pai o enei takiwa he komiti, katahi ka [gap — reason: damage] a Tamihana, ka tino whakaae ia ki te haere mai, me tana Reta, ko te take o tana Re[gap — reason: damage]a, he whakahau mai i te Komiti o tenei tau kia turia i tenei marama e haere mai nei.

Otira kei au te kupu, meake au tae atu apopo ki a koe

Kati au i konei, Na tou hoa aroha

Na Wiremu Maihi Te Rangikaheke.

Kia te Kawanatanga, mo Kawana Paraone.