An Epitome of Official Documents Relative to Native Affairs and Land Purchases in the North Island of New Zealand
Auckland, 4th December, 1857
O Friend, O Governor,—
Greeting This is our word to you, that the Pakehas who are settling upon our reserve, at Pukekohe, at the Awanui o Taikehu, be removed, and placed upon the Queen's portion, because this is a permanent abode for us and for our children, and our burying-place is also there. This place will not be given up to these Pakehas, but rather it is for us and for our children.
Neither you nor Mr. Ligar are to blame for this, but Mr. Fairburn. This petition does not come out of Maori customs, but out of the law of the Queen and of the Government of New Zealand, because you are constituted as a friend to all men, that both English and Native may settle justly now and hereafter.
Moses,
For all the Akitai
I have, &c.,
G. A. N. Zealand.
His Excellency Colonel Gore Browne, &c., &c., &c.