[Translation.]
Wi Tamihana to Iraia Te Au.

Greeting. I have received your letter, asking that you be allowed to reside at Te Kohiroa. It is right, Iraia; but I am afraid of your enemies (ie., the soldiers). tf they agree to your request to reside there, you may stay; if they disapprove, do not go, lest you may get into trouble. The reason why I was so long thinking over your letter is lest you should get into trouble.

But do you decide quietly. If they (the soldiers) agree, do you stay there; if they object, don't stay. It is ended.