I whakaaturia ki a mātou, i te Hātarei tētahi āhua o te kātene, he mea tango mai, i te ngāherehere, nō tētahi rākau Māori, i waenganui o Karamaene rāua ko Whangapoua, me tō mātou rongo, tēnā e taea te mahi kia nui, ki te mea ka kitea e nui ana te utu (TW 12/2/1875:2). / On Saturday we were shown a sample of cotton obtained from the forest, from a native plant, between Coromandal and Whangapoua, and which we are informed can be procured in considerable quantity if found to be of value.

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Tēnei anō hoki mātou ko aku Pākehā, te whawhai nei i te whawhai a te ture, mō ngā rōru o Ngā Puhi, o Te Rarawa, i turakina e Te Kātene, hunaonga a Te Wiremu i te tau 1876, ā whawhaitia e au i ngā rā o Mei, 1878... (TW 14/9/1878:11/463). / Then my Pākehā friends and I fought a legal battle over the rolls of Ngā Puhi and Te Rarawa which were being overthrown by Mr Cotton, Mr William’s son-in-law, in 1876, and I challenged them in May, 1878...

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Te ingoa, he ‘wūru kātene’, arā he ‘cotton wool’ ki te Pākehā (TP 5/1908:7). / The name is ‘wūru kātene’, or ‘cotton wool’ to the Pākehā.

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