He reta ki a Tiemi nā Riria Te Rutu

He reta ki a Tiemi nā Riria Te Rutu, i tuhia i Motueka, i te 11 o Noema, 1893.

Letter by Riria Te Rutu to Tiemi [James], written from Motueka, 11 November 1893.

Riria mentions Hema, who is unwell [“kua porangitia”] in Wellington. She also mentions that Hori Takimana, Henare and Akaraia were spending the week with “us both”; that Hori had asked about the kuia’s “taonga” that Tiemi had sold to the Pakeha; Te Rei land at Richmond and that it is being dealt with in the court in Nelson; and a letter or book relating to Te Make [Mackay?] that Tiemi had sent to them.

Transcription:

[Initials/signature?]

Motueka 11

Noema 1893

Kia Tiemi

E koro tena koe te

nohoanga mai itou

kainga, me towehe

nga atu ia maua

Eoti tena

kia Rongo mai koe

ko Hema kua pore

[warewa? noarewa?]tia

kei te whare i Pone

ke, e noho ana kua

porangitia, ka mutu

tena ko Hori

Takimana kua tae

mai, ko Henare, ko

Akaraia i tae katoa

mai enei ki konei

katahi te wiki ki

konei kia maua

[Page 2]

Engari i ui ka

Hori

[T? I?] i te ra i tae maiai

ka rongo kinga korero

mo nga taonga ote

kuia i hokona e koe,

ki te Pakeha, e tahi

i riro ia koe etahi

Na te Pakeha i korero

kia Hori, kotahi te

kaata i utaina ai

ki tonu, No te taenga

mai kia Riria, kaui

a Hori kia Riria iki

te koe, ite hokonga

inga taonga, ka kiatu

a Riria kaore au ikite

kaki, a Hori e aha

te tiki mai ai ia Riria

kia kite i nga mea

i hokona, i nga mea

i riro ia koe, kaki

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atu a Riria kia Hori

kaore a Tiemi i tiki

mai i au, kaki atu a

Hori kia Riria eoti te

tamahine a oriwia

ko Riria kote mea i

konei, me aha au te

kore e kite, ia koe e

Riria te mea i konei

eaha te tiki mai ai

ia koe, kia kite inga

taonga ototaua whaene

kaki atu au i tukuna iho

ano etotaua waene, kia

Tiemi me te whare hoki

no te haerenga ka homai

te ki ote ware ki au

kahore hoki a Hori i

u tu mai i aku korero

pewearaneipewearanei [ie. pēwhea rānei, pēwhea rānei]

E oti tena

Na Ri [signature partially erased]

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kia rongo mai koe

tana haere mai ekite

nga i te kaiti mo tewhe-

nua, o te Rei, mo te pa

mo te wenua oteretima

na, kotona haere mai

tenei, mehemea [n?h?]a Riri

a, e kore ia e tae mai

kei wakatu ia kei

te koti iaua wenua

mo Riria kua riro iaia

te mahi kite koti e nga

ri mo nga wenua katoa

E oti

Na Riria

Te Rutu

[new paragraph]

kua kite maua itoreta

kua kite hoki a Hori i

pukapuka ate make itu

kuna mai ekoe kia maua

eoti ano [Initials/signature?]