Rangatea Block, (Roman Catholic Mission), Hokianga District.
I te ra ko te rua tekau ma rua no te Marama Okotopa i te tau e tahi mano ma waru
1839. 22 October.Hokianga District.rau ma torn tekau ma iwa i ahau Papahia nui te wakariro tonu atu ki a Hoane
Papita Werauhiko Pompallier ko te Epikopo o tenei moana me ki ona wakaoratia pono
mo te Rangatea.Hahi Katorika Romana ake ake te kainga i huaina Rongotea. Naku i wakamutua
na te R. C. Mission. [8 acres.]onepu ki te puke iti o te waimaori, no reira tika tonu ki runga patata ki
te puke nui, no reira tika tonu ki te onepu. Naku i ho atu noa taua kainga i te
atawai tonu, naku e meinga kei tutu kei wawai ai ki taua kainga nga tangata pakeha
katoa, nga tangata maori katoa. Naku e meinga ki te aroaro o nga tangata o
Kai-tutai, o Tairutu o Waihou kia noho marire ake ake taua kainga ki a te Epikopo
Pompallier me ki ona wakaoratia pono amua mo te Hahi Katorika Romana. No nga
kai-rongo me kai-titiro i tuhituhi ki raro o ratou ingoa kia wakaponotia atu tenei
hoatutanga. Na Papahia te tuhituhi ki raro hoki, na te Epikopo Pompallier te
tuhituhi hoki i te wakawetaitanga, kei Rongotea i te ra i te marama i te tau i
korerotia i runga.
† Jean Baptiste fran[gap — reason: illegible]ois Pompallier,
Evèque
Vic. Apost. de Ocèanie Occid.
Baty, Mis. Apost.
x te tohu a Papahia, Servant, Mis. Apost.
True Copy.
H. Tacy Kemp.