[Transalation.]

Father, salutations to you and your Runanga. My word which I put forth in your office (that is) concerning the work of Parakaia is correct. When I arrived he had commenced his work acreing the land given over to you. It is all surveyed by Parakaia and Nepia.

Father, it is Parakaia who is strengthening the Hau Haus to be strong in dragging the chain over the land. On the ninth I saw Nepia and his white man dragging their chain alongside my place of residence. I seized the chain; then they returned on that day. The hands of the Ngatiapa then laid hold of the poles of that surveying party of Hau Haus. That work will not cease. It is a permanent work of Parakaia's and Nepia's, with their European, also to survey the land of the three tribes of Ngatiraukawa, Ngatiapa, and Rangitane. Parakaia says he is the (Mana) power of the land. That is all.