MANUSCRIPT
He reta ki a Tiemi Parete nā Te Rutu rāua ko Riria
- Date
- 7 Pepueri 1905 - 7 February 1905
- By
- Te Rutu, Riria, active 1893-1905; Perrott, James V, 1844?-1926
- Reference
- MS-Papers-12243-15
- Description
He reta ki a Tiemi Parete nā Te Rutu rāua ko Riria, i tuhia i Motueka, i te 7 o Pepueri 1905.
Letter to Tiemi Parete [James Perrott] from Te Rutu and Riria, written from Motueka, 7 February 1905.
The letter relates to tensions between Riria and Hema over Te Rei[’s] land. The land court had met in Motueka for just one day. It says that Rawiri and [T?]uata were also angry, and asks Tiemi to visit.
Transcription:
Motueka 1905
Pepueri 7
Kia Tiemi
Parete E Koro tena
koe, kua tae mai
tau reta aroha kia
maua, kua kite [?] e
maua i au kupu mihi
mai mo maua, kei te
pai maua kei te ora
me koe hoki i tae
mai nei tau reta ki
a, maua kei te ora
koe, [E?] oti tena [ie. heoti tēnā]
Hi tae mai Hahe
ma [ie. I tae mai a Ema/Hema], ki konei kite
koti i nga whenua
[Page 2]
o te Rei, o tereti
mana, o Riria
i Motueka nei, i
Riri a Riria kia
Hema, i ki a Riria
i wea koe i te ora
nga, te haere mai
ai kia kite kia mohi
o ai koe e whenua
totomatua [ie. he whenua tō tō matua?] kei konei
Noku nei hoki te
whenua i tukuna ki
au, E ki mai ana e
Kaia to Riria e ki
atu ana a Riria kei
au te whenua, kariri
hoki atu ana, me
Rawiri, me [T?]uata
i tae mai te koti ki
motueka nei, kotahi
te rangi hoki atu ana
[E?]oti tena
||
[E?] kupu atu
ta maua kia koe me
he mea kapai koe
kite haere mai kia
kite ia maua kahoki
atu ai,
Na Te Rutu
Na Riria
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- Part of
- Creator unknown: Ngā reta nō Te Tau Ihu a Tiemi Parete rātou ko te whānau Te Rei. Letters relating to James Perrott and the Te Rei whānau.
- Format
- Manuscripts
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