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To acknowledge Māori Language Week 2014 here is a letter in Māori by the Second Māori King Tāwhiao signed as “Matutaera Potatau” written on the 21st of August 1863 to Renata Tamakihikurangi [Tama – ki – Hikurangi], Karaitiana Takamoana and Wirihana Toatoa regarding the imprisonment of some Māori and the movements of Government soldiers throughout Waikato.

This letter was written the month after the Waikato Invasion began in July 1863. See the King’s writing competency in Te Reo Māori and visit Archives New Zealand to view two additional letters with this letter regarding this topic and for more insight into the New Zealand and Waikato wars. Although signed by the king, Mangatawhiri is spelt as “Mangatawiri” without the ‘h’.

R18874385; Agency: ACGO; Series: 8346; Record Group: 1A14; Record Type: Text; Former Archives Ref: IA14.

For Further enquiries please email Research.Archives@dia.govt.nz
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