Ngā manatu o raurangi - Hepetema - 7/9/1868 – Letter by Ihaia Kaikoura and other rangatira on their claims along the east coast.

On 7 September 1868, Rangitāne rangatira living in Wairau sent a letter to the head of the Native Land Court to explain the lay of the land, and the rangatira over certain sections of the Rangitāne rohe. The letter starts at the Pōhatu awa with Enoka Takahaere and continues along the east coast, out to Te Karaka, along Tapuae o Uenuku, inland to Rangitahi, through to the lakes, back along Paepae Tangata, through to Tokomaru, to Tara-o-te-marama, through to Rahotia and finishing at Pareraho. The rangatira who signed and were mentioned included Hoani Enoka, Hekeira, Watene Te Ihupaea, Wirihana Maui, Wikiriwha, Hopa Te Rangihiroa, Paora Rangitakaia, Mehaka Watene, Ihaia Kaikoura and Hamuera Taiora.