Hei rautaki ki te whakatuwhera i te whenua Māori o Te Rohe Pōtae mō te hoko, ka whakaingoatia e te Pirimia Richard Seddon ko Kīngi Mahuta ki te Kaunihera Whakature o Te Pāremata i te tau 1903. Kei tēnei whakaahua ko Mahuta, kei te taha katau e tū ana, ā, (mai i te mauī) ko Hēnare Kaihau (Minita o Te Tai Hauāuru), ko Seddon, me te Minita o Ngā Take Māori, ko Timi Kara. Nā te kore e mōhio ki te reo Pākehā tūturu i uaua ai te whaiwāhi a Mahuta ki te whakature, nāwai rā ka hōhā ki te kupu tito a te Pākehā kia whakapaitia ake ngā take Māori. I roto i āna tau whakamutunga e toru ki te Pāremata, kāore āna whaikōrero.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Anne Donne Collection (PAColl-3329)
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