This is T.L. Buick’s account of the petition from 13 Ngapuhi chiefs that the King responded to in my earlier post.
For ease of reading, I’ll spread out the words below.
Then I’ll show you some blow-ups of relevant parts of the original English and Maori documents.
You will notice some words which have a bearing on what Maori are claiming today.
First, the words:
TO KING WILLIAM, THE GRACIOUS CHIEF OF ENGLAND
KING WILLIAM — We, the chiefs of New Zealand assembled at this place, called the Kerikeri, write to thee, for we hear that thou art the great chief of the other side of the water, since the many ships which come to our land are from thee.
We are a people without possessions.
We have nothing but timber, flax, pork and potatoes, we sell these things, however, to your people, and then we see property of the Europeans.
It is…
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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