He reta tēnei nō te tau 1868, mai i te kaiwhakahaere o te porowini o Pōneke a Issac Featherston ki a Te Mākarini, te kaimahi kāwanatanga o Ahuriri. Kei roto ka kīia ngā Māori he poronika, he kupu i whakamahi nuitia e te Pākehā mō te Māori, tae rawa ki ngā kūpapa. I tuhi a Featherston, 'Ka taea e au te whakamine i ngā kūpapa 500, 600 rānei, ā, ka karawhiua ki te ūpoko o Toto Kawarru [te toa mau rākau, a Tītokowaru], ēngari kāore ngā Hauhau me [Kānara George] Whitmore e whakapono ana ki ngā Kūpapa – ki ngā poronika rānei, te tauā anake i konei ka tautoko i a mātou.’
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
MS-Papers-0032-0266-11 Dec 1868-4
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