Copy of a Letter from Nepia and others to Rawiri and Rota.

E hoa ma. Tena koutou, kia rongo mai koutou, tenei te kupu kua tae mai ki a matou, ko te take o taua kupu Na Te Pura, ko taua kupu he whakahau Na Te Pura ki a Ngatiapa kia tikina nga pou kia unuhia a tatou pou, ko te take o te kupu Na Te Petatone. E ki ana, unuhia nga pou ki te rere mai nga tangata ata whakahokia atu, ki te kaha mai ehara ia koutou tena he, kaore ona ritenga rongo tonu Ngatiapa, katahi ka whiti mai ki tenei taha, katahi ka unuhia nga pou i Omanuka, tae-mai ki Kakanui, Hokianga, Makohai, ka hoki mai Ngatiapa, ka tae mai ki Maramaihoea, katahi ka ki Ngatiapa, mo te Rahoroi ka tikina nga pou i Pakingahau ka unuhia, ko nga tangata kei muri ia Ngatiapa. Ko te Wiremu raua ko Ihakara, ko nga tangata tenei nana nga kakai, Tenei ta matou kupu, ko to matou pouri, nui atu mo enei hamumu, kei a koutou te whakaaro mo enei kupu katoa ki te kite iho koutou kia tere mai ta koutou reta kia matou, tukua atu hoki ta koutou reta ki Poneke, kei mea koutou he mea rongo na matou ki te tangata, kaore na matou ano i rongo ki te waha o te Pura e hamumu ana. Ka huri.

[Translation.]

Friends, salutations to you. That you may hear, here is the word that has reached us; the foundation of that word is from Mr. Buller. That word is the telling the Ngatiapa by Mr. Buller to go and draw up our posts. The cause of the word is from Featherston, who says: "Draw up the posts, and if the people interfere, put them quietly away, if they persist, the fault will not be yours, there is no consequence." The Ngatiapa immediately obeyed. They then crossed on this side, then drew up the posts at Omanuka, on to Kakanui, Hokianga, Makohai. The Ngatiapa then returned, and on arriving at Maramaihoea the Ngatiapa said that on Saturday they would go to the posts at Pukengahau and draw them up. The persons who are behind the Ngatiapa are Te Wiremu and Ihakara. They are the instigators.

This is our word. Our darkness is very great about these utterances. With the whole of you is the matter concerning all these words. If you see (a remedy) hasten your letter to us; also send your letter to Wellington. Do not suppose this is hearsay from other people. No, we heard it from the mouth of Mr. Buller uttering it. The end.