Copy of a Letter from Parakaia te Pouepa, Tokoroa to His Excellency the Governor.
Ki a. Kawana Kerei,—
Otaki, 14.Hepetema, 1866.E hoa tena koe. E hoa he tika ano to kupu kore mo te Petatone, he tika ano; otira kaore hoki e ata tika to noho puku, akuanei ka pehia to noho puku e te he a te Petatone. E hoa hamumu to reo. Ka raru Ngatiraukawa, kua akiaki a te Petatone kia tu a Ngatiapa ki te tutu mo Rangitikei, mau e ki te ki mona, Ka haere atu ahau ki a koe tohe ai i te 17 o Hepetema. Heoi ano.