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Maori Deeds of Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand: Volume Two

[Letter written by Matire Piripi]

Kia mohio nga tangata katoa ki enei ki ko ahau tenei ko Matire Wi Paki (Piripi) o te takiwa o Wairarapa ka whakatumautia iho nei e ahau ka whakatuturutia e ahau e tuku rawa atu i runga i te utu kore a Te Manihera Rangitakaiwaho raua ko Wiremu Kingi Tutepakihirangi i te tau i tata atu ranei ki te tau kotahi mano e waru rau e rima tekau ma toru (1853) ki a Tanara Makarini Komihana mo te Kuini o Ingarani me nga Kingi Kuini ranei o muri i a ia ake ake tonu atu. O taua whenua katoa o Moroa kei waenganui i te rohe o te hoko a Rawiri whakatetonga whakaterawhiti ki a te Kuini me te rohe whakatemauru whakararo ko te Poroko o Tauherenikau rere mai i Motuhinahina tae noa Te Hararu Whakiki e tata ana ki Kereitaone. E mau ake nei te parani (ahua) kua taia ki te kara whero me nga mea katoa o runga.

Matire Piripi. Tihema 13th, 1873.
Kereitaone, 16 Decr., 1873.

I tuhia e Matire Piripi i te aroaro o—

E. S. Maunsell, Te Manihera, Wairarapa.
John Tully, Settler, Wairarapa.