Te Wherowhero, Potatau I, d. 1860 :Letter from Te Whero Whero, Chief of the Waikato tribes to Queen Victoria [1843?]

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Title

Te Wherowhero, Potatau I, d. 1860 :Letter from Te Whero Whero, Chief of the Waikato tribes to Queen Victoria [1843?]

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Letter in Maori with an English translation by Rev. Maunsell, written in copperplate script, concerning the character of Pakeha settlers in New Zealand. Te Wherowhero expresses a desire that settlers be good, kind people, who would treat peaceably with Maori. The letter begins E tai, e Wikitoria ... The identical text of this letter, undated but late in 1842, is included in a letter from Maunsell, written after the death of William Hobson, with Maunsell's translation, to the Secretaries of t...

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Format

Manuscript

Date created

1843 - 1844

Creator

Kiingi Pootatau, Kiingi o te Tika, ca1780-1860

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22897216

Related subjects

Maunsell, Robert, 1810-1894 / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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