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THE PAKAKOHI TRIBE
SUBMISSION TO THE WAITANGI TRIBUNAL
B,RIAN HERLIHY ,
Maori Land Consultant
WANGANUI
17 February 1992
SECTION
ONE
The history of the
and they appear
Pakakohi people goes back many centuries
to have been resident
in Ne,.;; Zealand for a
very long time.
I
would refer
to
"The Maori
under the heading "The Ancient
Yesterday and Today"
~eople
page 37
of New Zealand".
"More than a thousand years ago, centuries before the sailing
canoes of the Eastern Pacific made landfall on these shores,
there were people here - a race closely resembling the Maori,
in fact,
Polynesians of an earlier and more primitive stage
of culture than the Hawaikian Maori, with a strong element of
Melanesian blood.
probably
from
migrations
Some of these tribes came from the north,
the
New
Hebrides,
with
and
which
mingled
these
ago
member of the Arawa
Fiji.
The
peoples
were
later
purely
Polynesian.
Many
years
a
tribe,
a
learned old
chief of Mokoia Island, gave me these names of the aboriginal
tribes who were found in possession of the Lakes Country, the
plains, and the Bay of Plenty Coast; when the historic canoes
arrived from the Pacif{c isiands :-
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PAKAKOHI
KOKOMUKA-TUTARA-WHARE
TURURU MAUKU
RAUPO NGAOHEOHE
HAERE MARIRE
TE NGARU TAUiiHAREWHARENGA
TE PIRITA
KAHU PUNGAPUNG_),
TE ARUHE TORO rtARARO
There is a
of
the
furthe~
reference to these people in the "Journal
Polynesian
Society"
pages
213
and
214
under
the
heading "The Pakakohi, Maruiwi and Other Tribes".
"This tribe,
the Pakakohi, was a division of the Maruiwi and
Pananehu peoples;
at Anaura,
way
of
one branch of the tribe moved to Waipare
while another division went to the west coast by
Motu,
Pouakani,
coming
,,,here
they
short at that place,
they
settled;
descended
pitau
food
took
there
to
twenty.
Waikare
Moana,
space.
Food
a
and
so
on
supplies
to
being
they came on by way of Taumarunui, where
after
that
some
time
with
the migrants
on
them
migrants
of
the
people
cause of
taken liberties
were
Pureora,
and
them,
a
driven
who
invited
the
away,
begat
them
Turi
to
with
but
and
Pa tea,
Pakakohi
numbered
Hineata had married Taukarihi at that time.
She was
dwell;
those
had
They
begat
,~-ho
compass ion
Maru-wharanui,
quarrelled
supplies.
Rongotea-taukarihi,
Kewa,
at
dwelt
from· Hoturoa,
dissesion being
the
out
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a daughter of Hoka-o-te-rangi,
Pakakohi;
At
this
she was married bv Taukarihi at Taumarunui.
period Ngati-Awa made
Ikawhenua,
cause
the chief of these people, the
of
a
an attack of 1-1aruiwi,
leader of the Pakakohi people,
the
quarrel
was
the
collecting
and Te
\'.'as slain;
of
the
the
dried-up
fragments from the oven in which Te Ika had been cooked;
body
had
been
consumed
by
the
fire,
leaving
some
the
dried
fragments adhering to the oven stones.
Now Te Hoka-o-te-rangi and his
people came away and, settled
at Patea on account of the marriage of Hin'ea ta and Taukarihi.
It was Te Moana-nui who was
with
Hotunui,
he
who
responsible for the commingling
had
Hineawepara,
who
married
Maruwharanui and had Waita, who had Taramoana.
Whanui married Pi torua.
line
of
Pakakohi
descent
is
from
This
Ira.
woman ,'las of Nga ti- Ira;
Her
descendants
were
her
the
.of Waipare, of Anaura, and other places.
Maungaroa came hither on the vessel Kurahaupo,
where he had
charge of the ropes controlling the stern sail.
Mokau,
after
whom
the
river
Mokau
was
named,
was
the
principal man of the big village there".
This journal again refers to the Pakakohi tribe at folio 224
(
"According
to
our
eighth
aborigines
of
the
Bay of Plenty area,
parties
party
seeking
,\~ere
reached
district
the
where
befriended
by
new homes,
western
the
one
recital
clan
the
as
coast
name
Pakakoni
were
and divided into two
did
and
yet
people
the
Koaupari.
settled
in
said
to
Patea
They
survives.
Rongotea-taukarihi,
the
have
One
were
been
a
grandparent of Turi of Aotea.
This Rongotea is shown to have
been adescendant of Toi at p.
201 of Vol.
9 of this Journal.
Apparently some of Toils descendants at Hawaiki
land on the Aotea canoe.
cam~
to this
In the face of evidence obtained in
later years
the remarks on Toi at p.
revision.
Another version of this recital will be found at
pp.
215 of Vol.
9 call for
257-258 of the Kauwao raro.
In 1893 the
following brief note was received from the late
Colonel W. E.
ancestors
Waipare,
of
near
Gudgeon:
the
"I was
Pakakohi
Waipiro
Bay.
told at
people
This
with Pakanui at the Mara-hutihuti".
of
Port Awanui that the
Patea
occurred
mirgrated
a.fter
the
from
fight
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= Tupai
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.Te Ketewahi; after whom C2..1Tle Tuturangi, Te Euatahi,
\\'hakatikipoua, Te Pori, Te Ruaki, Weka, Te Mihi, Te
.Ararakau, and Te Eiihu,
Te lwipaoa. who married Pitorua, belonged to Ngai-Taitawaro,
!~:!."J,ffc.&~~J.iiE~~Q;t!b l·L-UtUIWI, Al'."D OTHER TRIBES,
~3) ~'This tribe, the Pakakohi, \,'as a division of the Maruiwi
and Pananehu peoples; one branch of the tribe moved to
Waipare at Anaura, while another division went to the west
coast by way of Motu, coming out at \'ilaikare 1Ioana, and
so on to Pouakani, \,'here they dwelt a space, Food supplies
being short at that place, they came on by way of Taumarunui, where they settled; aft.er some time Maru-wharanui,
a people descended "from Hoturoa, quarrelled with them, the
cause of dissension being that the migrants had taken
liberties with the pitau food supplies, They were driven
away, but Rongotea-taukarihi, who begat Pureora, who
begat Turi an4 ;Ke.wa, took compassion on them and invited
them toPatea',··there to d\';-ell; those migrants of the Pakakohi numbered h ..-enty, Hineata had married Taukarihi at
that time, . She was a daughter of Hoka-o-te-rangi, the chief
, of those people, the~~~hl,~jshe was married by Taukarihi
at Taumarunui.
-4) 54 At this period Ngati-Awa made an attack on Maruiwi,
and Te Ika\"';henua, a leader of the ~~glfOliii;fpeople, was
slain; the cause of the quarrel v,'as the collecting of the
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JOURS.·tL OF THE POLYNESI.rtA' SOClL'7T
dl'jed-up fragments from the o\'en ill which Te Ik' I
l. d
tl1e b o,\'
d I1a
d b cell consume d b ,\' the tin'
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some dried ft-agl11ents adhering" to the o\'en stOI1~~. \,1\ 1,,;,
No\\' Te Hoka-o-te-rangi and his people came •'1\',
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settled at Patea on account of the marriage of lIill" t'. . ,',
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:2.ukanhl: It, was !e Moana-l~Ul \\'ho was res!)ollsil)J" [,.,
Lhe comm~nglll1g With Hot~llUI, he who ,had Hinca\\'l'p;ll';:'
who marned :JIaruwharanUl and had \Valta, \\'ho had "1';\1';,:
moana,
\Vhanui married Pitorua. This woman was of ;\s.:;\ll,
Ira; her line .~.~ descent is "from Ira. Her descelldant~ \\'t./",
tft~i1)!t~a.kohr;of Waipare, of Anaura, and other places,
.-, l\1aungaroa came hither on the vessel Kuranaupo. \I·lter"
he had charge of the ropes controlling the stern sail.
?Iokau, after whom the riYer Mokau was named, 1\";1.,
the principal man of the big village there,
Pohokura and Okoki were the villages of those chll~
of ?-Iarui";'j and Ruatamore, that "\vas. the place where th .. \,
lived, and on as far as Tauranga, Hauraki, Tamaki, all;!
including Muriwhenua in the land of Ngapuhi. These \\'('/'\'
the ne"'comers who arrived after Kupe and. Ngake had
returned to Rangiatea, a people \\'ho had recently ani\'c'd,
and \\'ho had been swept hitherward by the "'ind, a sout 11.
west 'wind. A tall, big-boned people, having fiat faces. (1\'C·I'.
hanging eyebrows, and outstanding hair, \vhile the \\'0111\'1:
were fairly well formed.
The tribal names of those folk, as adopt.ed by' the Toi
immigrants and later comers, were :r.1arui"i, Ruatamol"e.
TaitaY:.-aro, and Te Pananehu. Other names applied to tlWIll
were Kiri-whakapapa and Kiri-parauriuri, the....o:o.e two names
denoting a people ignorant of house-building, having merel,\'
rude sheds, who slept naked, and whose garments consisted
o"f capes; they slept huddled together. An indolent people'.
whose food consisted merely of birds and fish..
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(5.3)
(56)
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(57)
(58)
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The foregoing recitals contain some hitherto unpuhlished information concerning the earliest settlers in the
North Island. The first one gives us interesting particubr!'
cment the arri .... al of the earliest Polynesian immigrants,
who found an earlier-coming folk in possession, namely.
the people usually referred to by Maori narrators as ?Ianliwi. \Ve are told that the incoming Polynesians did not
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JO[jJ~NriL.OF THc' POLLVESlriX SOC/£'TL
in the sixth recital have already been recorded. albeit t1i(,
second name is usually given as I r i ne-i-EapiHerangi.
According to our eighth recital the Pakakohi peop!.,
were aborigines of lhe Bay of Plenty area, and di\'id.~!j
into two parties ere seeking new homes, as did the Eo au _
pari. One party reached the 'western coast and settled ill
the Patea district, \\'here the clan name yet survives. The\'
\\'er'Er"'15e'fneilaed by one Rongotea-taukarihi, said to ha,,'\!
been a grand-parent of Turi of Aotea. This Rongotea is
shown to have been a descendant of Toi at p. 201 of Vol.
9 of this Jou7'no1. Apparently some of Toi's descendant~
at Hawaiki came to this land on the Aotea canoe. In the
face .of evidence obtained in later years the remarks On
Toi at p. 215 of Vol. 9 call for revision. Another versioll
of this recital \\-ill be found at pp. 257-258 of the Ka.U1CCC(
raro.
In 1893 the following brief note was received from the
-late-Colonel W. E. Gudgeon:-.".1 was.told at Port Awanui-.----_
that the ancestors of the Pakakohi people of ...Patea
migr:ated
...
..,.·' ......""" ....
from \Vaipare, near Waipiro Bay. This occurred after the
fight with Pakanui at the Mara-hutihuti."
/' '"
In ot.her versions the original Maruiwi castaways are
said to have been driven from their home island by a
westerly wind, but this version makes it a sou'-wester; if
this 'was so there must have been a very marked subsequent
southward drift.
In this last description of the Maruhvi folk I cannot
say what kind oJ hair the expression m.akawe tom denot€S;
possibly it means outstanding or bushy.
I would be inc1ined to say that the names Kiri-whakapapa and Kiri-parauri were applied to the Marui'wi folk
on account of their scanty clothing and dark skin-colour
rather than their poor huts and mode of sleeping.
A few odd notes concerning the Maruiwi folk may be
condensed as follows :-" The Maruiwi people had 71lata
ngarara or restless, side-glancing eyes; their eyebrows
were prominent, and' their noses were ihu paruhiJ having
distended nostrils. They spoke a strange tongue, differing
much from the reo Ma01'i, and our ancestors had much
trouble on that account. 1fohi Ruatapu said that they used
the expre.:sion kohi mai where we ~a~T ~.a.ere mai,. :r.Iost of
'rc, the )Iao:?;,l "v'ho came from HawalkI m olden bmes took
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SECTION
TWO
Interestingly, compliInentary evidence is found in notes for a
Field Day held on the 27th January 1973 and organised by the
Patea Historical Society.
The notes
under the heading NGAWAKA TAURUA state :-
"In a letter to his brother in England dated at Patea,
3rd
May
Mr.
1844,
William
Hough,
Resident
Teacher
under the Reverend John Skivington says :
"Our principal Chief has come out of the bush and has
been standing at
is
most
my
certainly
elbow interrupting me ..•.....• He
referring
to
the
Pakakohi
Chief,
NGAWATA TAURUA . . . . . . . "
And
further
Reverend T.G.
down
the
page
Hammond,
is
a
biographical
sketch by the
kindly made available by J.S.
Strong
Esquire, Opunake, ,qhich commences :-
"NGAWAKA TAURUA was the leading chief of the Pakakohi
Tribe
and had
his
home at Hukatere,
remnant of his people . . . . . . "
Patea,
with the
PA'lZA HISTORh
(
FIELD D.4.Y SATURDAY ',-
On Saturd9.Y 27th January ~ur Society is to" De-~ost to the Members end Associate
Members of the Taranaici Regional Co=i ttee of -the New Zealand liistoric Places Trust
We plan to meet our vis:!. tors at the ACTE..&. CAnOE MONUMENT, PJ.T....A ATl 0.30 A.M.
The itinerarv includes visits to Otauto, Wai-o-Turi, Tihoi; Kor,i Rock Carvings,
Y,airoa Redoubt, Moturoa, Okotuku, Mournaha..lci Lake, \'{ereroa and Taurangaika.
Members of kindred organisations and friends are cordially ~ted.
Please bring your own lu.!"lc.~ and refreshments.
NGAVI.A1\A T1illRUA.
In a letter to his brother in England, dated at Patea, May 3rd 1844, Mr.
'f/Itt:J:3--:tarn=Hough, Resident Teacher under the~gto~> says; "Our principal
Chief has come out of the bush and has been standing at my elbow interrupting me. He
seems as though he could not be happy u.."lless in our company. -i7hen forced to go to his
. - pla.'1tation he weeps because ne are not wit.~ him." (~lN:~~) He is
. '::'-~-...almost ·certainly referring to the Pakakoh~ Chief, Ngawaka Tau...-rua: This great Jna.TJ.
c~· through the Hau-hau uprising wi th his Christian faith un'; ""paired. It is said
that he joined Titokowaru u..'1der duress, but even if he had done so with alacrity
there would be nothing incompatible in it, for millions of Christians have trucen up
arms under similar provocation without doing violence to their beliefs. In this
respect he is a greater ma.'1 t.~an Titoko himself, who, in his youth lived near
Heretoa and received P.is early instruction from the Rev. Skev~'1gton.
Wh~~a~1l.eV'."""'T':"G'::''"Hamn:iond "as aPDointed to resussi tate the Wes t Coast
.!daori Mission in 1887, the natives were bitterly hos tile, and e7ery door was closed
to him except ~,ose of ~aurua and his brother. (Scholefield Dictionary of N.Z.
Biography)
Taurua was L'1strumental in having tITo churches built, one is the pret~f
little church still si:a.'1UL'1g at the top of the hill at Nukumaru, near Titokowaru's
pa,;raurangaika, the ot.~er ~as at his home pa, Hukatere on the south side of the
'~~ea River at ~nenuakura. This was later moved across the river to Pariroa when
that pa VIas founded at the beginning of the present century.
···en 7th May< 888, t.'!:ts-cmtry-"as made -:l..n the Kakaramea 30..'1001 Log: "~chool- -closed in the afternoon oWing to the pa--r-ents desiring the chil<Lren to attend the
funeral of the late Maori Chief, 'raurua." A monument marks his resting place at t.~e
site of his old pa, Hu..~tere.
The· f'011m7ing is a biographical sketch ~~.1'n~ofiammon·d; kindly made
available by "J':;S ;::>·Strcnge" Es q ~"'"Optma..lal:'"-=
Ngav.aka Taurua was the leading chief of the Pakakoh" Tribe and had his home
at Hulcatere, Patea, with the remnant of his people. He could trace his descent
directly from Tun, the cOl!l5ander of the ll.otea Canoe. Taurua was a man of medium
height and a fairly \'ell built body. He had a fine face, a scme ....ha t sad expressicn,
b"t ~;'l::!. "t~o.::~ !::i..::-.. ~:.!'". ?h.:.--c:-.. .:,!,oe=..·:..c.:.lly ~l.:i.:..; ~lec:..':' ~.:(l.J
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nl~:i
he
accordingly possesed a clear <'judicial mil!d. A mental org"'nis8.r.i.'""!1 ~ai?abl~, all
thi!,~~ 1:Gi.r.G ;::~uc.l., vi: e..;.i;j u.ema:lClS that could possibly be made u,?on it. I often
discussed various subjects of importance .. i th l:im and never failed to gain some
·-,-liGht from his putting of tP..ings. He very much delighted to talk: over the sermon
after the mornL'1g service and he could rememb3r every "ord that had been said, a..~d
Y;ould, from his standpoL'1t al';";ays suggest some ne\7 thought, usually in kee·ping pi t.~
the spirit of the subject. No European I ~ave ever met had simpler or clearer vie... s
of divine truth tha.'1 my old friend. In his young days he TIas associated hith Thomas
Skinner, the first. agent of the i7esleyan Church appointed to Patea and subsequently
TIas under the Rev. n. Hou&~ uho ';";as for four years resident missionary at Patea.~
'.raurua's na'lle appears on the f"""st preachers place made in the Colony. 1.11'. Hou&l-:t
insti tuted a system uhereby those ,.ho had been prepared to act as local preachers
~hould journey ~~o and tHo from Waingongoro to Rangitikei, preaching at each settlenent
'..:;:;th going and coming, and Taur'.la, the leading young Chief of his people, Was in
those days one of' the most zealous workers. Yinen Mr. Hough ..as forced by ill health
to resign from the ministry, he took an earnest farewell of the people and spoke tothem 'lords of TIa..-rn.ing in relati::m to the future. \tords that sa..'1k: deeply into Taurua' s
heart, and were pondered "..fter !:!any days. Such ,.ere the uttera.'"lces of' Mr. Hough that
he subsequently lived in the memories of Taurua and his people as a Prophet of Goa,
f'or they say he told them those things tb~t come constantly to pass. Taurua was
among tN.e number ef those "ho fully s;Y-l!!pat.lU.sed in his opposition to the sale of the
Waitara and found himself committed to armed assistance, as, in his opinion i t ..as
the only 'flay to prevent men ~tce Te Teira selling the Patea lands in spite of their
protest. I think it hardly likely that Taurua actively took part ~ hostilities, but _____
his people \did ..i th his approval. He did not shr~ 'f'rom his responsibility in the
.. Ur. H
ammon
d\
ras
- - - - - - - - - - - - ' •.A-.......
mista..!cenly put these mo n<oes irJ,.-' reverse order.
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matter, but after
Pihama, sa~ the futility of conflict
and TIas prepared to .. '
,.I. -U.L~ _
•
~ueen. l.t .iould appear that the
'\
G-overnment of the day r"'-':<':>I!!,1'ised n._
mess and integrity and re\7arded him by
the promise of the return of all the. lCjno.s "'be tlleen the Pa tea and Whenuakura Rivers
;:;i th the exception of certain small :r-eserve~ s-eaTIard of the present main road and also
promised to return to him all the sa:cred places,· fishing grounds and burial places of
his people, some of those being highly classic grounds in connection TIith the history
of the tribe. This promise was 'embodied in a-letter to Taur-ua from the then Native
Minister, Mr. Richards. When unrest again came and there \1ere rumours of TitokoTIaru
rising and expected raid down the coast, Taurua'was alarmed and came into Patea lest
he should be forced to joL~ the rebel pa~J' He-paA given his TIord to the authorities
and TIas prepared to keep it. ¥fuile staying in Pateahe 'TIas subjected to the in3ults
of some insolent Europeans, ..ho affected to· regard all Maoris as rebels and treated
Taurua aocordingly. This hurt his mind very greatly, but these men "ere incapable of
understanding the lofty id.eas of integrity and honour that governed the life of such
a man as Taurua.
Those "ere the clays of drinking end the Government of the day had no
qualms of conscience regarding drink. 'rhe soldiers and officers drank most. While in
this be clouded condition, someone in authority put TauT".la under arrest and kept him
,_~
a prisoner for some days, and then ordered him to go out to his people and bring the:;] ~ , .:
into Patea. Taurua replied, "I cannot do that." "If I go out to my people after TIha.i:
has happened they TIill not allow me to return." He TIas) ho.,ever, practically driven
away from Patea, and when he and ~ relative named Nikorima reached the people,
TitokO\1aru had arrived and had demanded that the people should make common cause
with him in rebellion, which, perhaps many of- them TIere nothing loath to do. On
Taurua's arrival they made h±m a prisoner and TitokoTIaru debated as to nhsther he
should be killed as a sympa~hiser ~ith the Pakeha. He therefore submitted most
unwillingly to the inevitable and accompanied the rebels on the raid tOVlards
Wanganui and was TIith them in most of the engagements but took no active part in the
TIar. At the firs t opportuni. ty he dreTI aTIay his people from Ti tokoTIaru 's army and
returned up the Paten River, TIhere he remained till he and those TI~th him alloTIed a
party under Major Noake to approach them by canoes and open up proposals of reace.
There -r.as no ne'cessi ty ..hy they should submit to Major Noake. They .. ere not l"Ii t~u...t
ammunition, they had plenty of llaori food and had access to millions of acres of
~
forest land and could have lined the banks of the river and shot every man of the
l
expe~. But Taurua w:ished to return to Pate... and to make peaoe with the Pe.keho.~
-~,
They accordingly yeilded, ;:;ere brought dmm the river to Patea and afterTIards tried
, _:
for their lives as guilty of treason. Taurun could easily have cleared himself from
\
the charge, but';:;ith a nobility that only such men knOTI decided to share ~e fate of
'\'
his people, making no defence. He and his people, numbering in all (number missinG)
:
.. ere sent,to gaol in Dunedin for a var-.fing term of years, ..here many o:f them died,
1
and 'Ihere they submitted to prison labour and prison :fare. 'raurua used to say that i t
..as a time o:f joy to them ..hen the Rev. A. Reid, ..ho \1aS then stationed in Dunedin
;~
came to see them and he often said of Mr. Reid that he was 0. man ..ho sa\1 G-od before
his- eyes, and. when he prayed he seemed to' bring God do\'iu quite close to them. It n012
became a question with the \7Ove=ant -::;;1.- .~", d:::..;;- "h.,,+ +'0 do \1ith these prisoners;
especially as their relatives at YTanganui .. ere beginning to C'5;:itate f'01' their release,
but where .. ere they to be located? Hr. Fox had made one of his characte;r-istic
speeches to the settlers ..hen they occupied the land, that no Maori f'ire should again
be lighted on the confiscated territory so~th of the Waingongoro and. yet no other
place but their o ..n territory ,Iould satisfy all concerned. So, eventually those \.~c , /
had not died in prison .. ere bro~ght back to Patea and located upo~ reserveJ .sei·ap~
for them. The scene as described by an eye TIitness 'Iho understood the 1.1aori Language
..hen the brokeh remnant of the people retli-T"J1ed to the· land they had held from the
coming of their ances tral canoe till the ti.me "hen they had been driven a\7ay by fire
and s¥lord ..as one not soon to be forgotten. They Clet in the t.:)\;n c:f Patea r.r..i Tau:>::ua,
strong in the conviction that he had done no ..rbng to either Pakeha. or Maori
i
addressed them. He spoke of'· those clays when they lived in peace, _ho";7 happy they "l7ere
then. He sketched the ravages TIar had made in their numbe~s and dr.el t upon their folly
in engaging the second time in conflict "l7ith the Pakeha, spolce of 'lihat they had
endured in trial and imprisonment and also of the land they had 10.e1., the homes of'
their fathers, gone into other hands, and they returning in shame and humiliation,
just a fe .. left of the once strong tribe. Taurua never spoke loudly or passionat~ly>
but in a so:ft, 'kind manner as a father to his children, C'Jld on this occasion, as the
people listened they .. ept, no loud ..ail o:f simulated sorrow but men and women bo.. ed
themselves to the ground and sobbed as though their hearts TIould break. The
Government gave these people certain requiSites to begin ane.. the cultivation of the
soil and did \'Ihat TIas necessary to locate them on the reserves that had been set
aside :for them.
(To be concluded in our next)
~. Bettie HO\'lartb,
.34 donolk street,
18/1/1973.
PATEA.-Secreta'.!-y.
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I
THREE
SECTION
There
is
a
Whanganui
report
in
of
June
the
Compensation
headed
1866
"The
Court
sitting
Clcimants
to
in
the
Ngatiruanui Coast Block".
Paragraph 4 is particularly relevant to todav's hearing, part
of which is reproduced hereunder :-
"The evidence before the Court shows that the land comprised
within
the
boundaries
of
this
portion
of
the
Ngatiruanui
Coast Block belonged to the Ngaruhine, Tangahoe, Pakakohi and
Ngarauru
tribes,
and
connected with these".
to
other smaller
tribes,
more
or less
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n::..t:l
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O:iic:r='COt:-::<~1. 6h.:. .... s:·t!::. J=.!!. :~in t,.~~:;,!
m;.~c by :L.'
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~ p::t?:1S:
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be:i.r:; !l:l.jt.ct to the: 5::.::! ::'1ooc.:d. t..f tb:= Co\:r....
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SECTION FOUR
I refer now to a Government publication of 1873 dealing with
the Confiscated Lands of the West Coast.
First of all,
there
is
a copy of a
letter dated 1 February
1873 from Donald McLean to the Prime Minister.
In paragraph 3 he states
"It
will
large
be
branches
Pakakohi,
lands
seen
that
of
the
in
~ately
were
this
about
decision
former
Native
confinement
Patea
and
relates
in
to
owners
Dunedin,
Ngarauru,
a
two
the
whose
Waitotara
tribe . . . . . . "
Enclosed therewith was a
to
the
Pakakohi
Memorandum in which he again refers
tribe.
This
Memorandum
is
attached
and
although I have only part of the published copy I have a full
handwritten copy which is attached.
It
is
worthwhile
to
typed copy states :
"The
rest
Pakakohi
note
that
the
eighth paragraph
of
the
possessed by
the
-
of
lands
the
between
Rivers . . . . . . . . "
the
as
this
originally
Waitotara
gives
a
and
the
Tangahoe
clear indication of
the area which the Pakakohi tribe is entitled to lay claim
to.
A point which is also very important is that paragraph two of
Donald
McLean's
letter
refers
to
a
meeting
Courthouse on the 31st January 1873 .
.:,,',
...,
, ..
held
in
the
An
extract
from
the
l'langanui
Chronicle
Newspaper
dated
February 1873 records what happened at the meeting.
1st
Donald
McLean obviously agreed with the report as a handwritten copy
was forwarded to Wellington.
In the
first
column of page
1
the Honourable Mr.
McLean is
reported as saying :-
"It
is
most
cleared
away
desirable
,,7i th
that
respect
all
doubts
the
lands
to
waitotara and the Waingongoro,
soil
in
should
that
locality,
occupy
their
should
between
and that the
whether
Europeans
respective
be
the
o,~ers
of
or Maoris,
portions
without
the
fear of future misunderstandings.
The question of confiscated lands in this district has
been
carefully
conclusions
effecting
given
to.
have
their
into,
inquired
been
arrived
settlement.
Pakakohi
and
at
with
1,000
following
a
acres
view
are
of
to be
old
kainga,
otauto1 to the north of the railway reserve,
and the
the
tribe
the
at
their
boundaries are to be defined by Capt. Blake.
also
to
have
1,000
acres
of
forest
They are
The
land.
originally allotted reserves as under are to remain in
their
own
2,800
acres;
acres.
possession.
Taumaha
To
permission
these
to
At Mokoia,
127
acres;
lands
return.
6,000;
the
and
Tamahere,
Tangahoe,
Pakakohe
A reserve
of
10
250
have
now
acres
will
also be made for them at Turi's spring, and of 5 acres
about
the
site
of
Turi' s
house.
The
res t
of
the
lands originally possessed by the Pakakohe between the
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':':::'L'_ .c ,,' '. :~~ .. , ._~ _: .. ~.~J::'~:'
,
Waitotara
boundary
Tangahoe
and
of
rivers
confiscation will
up
to
at
the
be
the
inland
disposal
of
the Government".
In the second column Major Kemp is quoted as saying
"The Wanganui and Ngarauru are together;
party were the most severely punished,
Aperahama's
Aperahama will
not have any share of what you are now giving to the
Ngarauru.
-The Ngati-pourua will have
the
side
other
of
the
river.
As
for
to get land on
the
Pakakohe,
they are a separate tribe."
On the second page, column two, Taurua says :"Mr. McLean,
and
the
however,
date
I leave the matter of the reserves for us
of
our return
to say that when I
in your hands.
was
at
I
wish,
Patea the country
between the rivers Patea and Whenuakura, inland of the
Railway reserves, was promised to me and the Pakakohi
tribe.
I have been imprisoned for my faults and now I
return to find that land gone."
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1\d ... icd ano guiJauce.
IMf>OR1:AiST NATIVE )'{EE1:1NG.
Bul o .&" We gt'C'6 th~ reftults of a. nlOl'lt ill1~
portaut tne-c::tin!! whic~ (,.,!<Ik pl;t~ Yl-sturclhY
alld at which .Mr McLclln exp"""."d tho illt~lIti.)o of ule Gl1vurnlOellt wIL11 rt!gRrd tu
th" q"cs'ions c"n""cwd wit.lt the C.,lIfi.Ctltdl\ L::w:d:J., whicll ·hfl.'Vc b~tl in ahfiyl\lIcU.
fur n. lone: tlnlc. A 8ettl~uh:nt wn.s llhsoIlItuly ncO-ssnry. and ... e are glad t.u. fi.lld
thlLt Hi-<::! pt..... tnise tllatlt! iu the Huusu ha..s
h"~n fnllill",d, and that the ~:.ttve Mill;.t"r
h:cs rli~ his "nur~i",,· tu th.. ta.k of
dr~cting.&ll adjustrnont which will M:iurd
lhe ao:<:uri~:r uf tit .. district..:
The ru~ting WH.5 heln :It thf\ Court Hnuq,6
R.llrl:un()t'lg:..l\(.. sep~t!ntwt\notiCd,lthe 11 OilS.
1.i\1r"
hi~ dqty, Any ht-ud .ti~put.cg-i1i~,r Arid-e:-IIO·
will apply ~o· l\lr c.c"'lIlni~i"lIor P'4I.rnJ fur
;\tCL:::ul, \Vi P.a.r~t.t'" \Vi T.x.\c.u, a.nd i\-lr
I-ht! Gu"·un"Il'l:!'llt.rdy
!!l't"cm hy t 11" P .... knkuho
chi~'S UlAt t.hey will kccp-""l\
l-t'lKc~f\ll a.ud friollltty l..(:.('II\S wilh tih:. Ellrop",m.; an<1 Mnj-.r Kemp. who I....... Is •• ,
I'ludgc.J IlilU:5ttlf for UJe:ir good b~h.....\'iollr,
will vi_it Ih" dislrict peri ••dicully; ·...ud, ill
conjnnctih!l ,....ith M ..j .. r TUrllt:r, will dX..,r.
ci!St1 H. ~oucn1.1 !1t1IX'NlS.iHh ovut" LhdtIl_ If, ut
a. fllbr" l"'rioJ.. Lh" o"li"". sll,,"1<1 ... ish tit ..
laud:! tu he s'lh-di\"ldcd ottOluUC;- the .'n\.r,CH1::J
I",p"', th .. Gov"rllw" .. t WIll b" l'r"par"d ("
1"..-" tha ... rvt:y carried "ut. :l'I.... t is Jl.11 [
have to IUt)'". I w~h you to etn.l.., u,.'o\" what
yun tllfnk .. bout "hoat 1 .... id_ I do I.<lt
think. ytlU h:\'\'e 5utl..:rcJ much by heing:
kept ba.ck fr.. Hu rct"'rtllllg b, the district:
011
thu
nb:lUr.... Ilc..-cS
l1.lId Ng-a.raHrl1
It W~ r.athct' fur yutH' beuetit thau~ utht:lr~
, Con,ul~i1..:.er PH.rris, ltfajur Kerb"" Mete
wi!!e. r am ght61 th3.t yuu did HUt. x.ltl1ln,lJt
K.hj~i, Ka.:U'a.llri Paip""i, Apernhatntt, ~rU.tllRi~
to go back ill tbd~w~ UlaOItt;:r AS l::"c.hilll!i.IU\..
pi\.h::l~ T .... nrua, H.augita,eJui, Nt,raircJ. HOll''''',
I trust tha.t nu lli:sput.Q will H.ri!S~ bdtwetm
Pih:\w..... 1:opia., Tauro",. I\ud- olher illfiu .. n- you,Lt,d Ih" b:ur.,pe:u.s, but if '''''y sncn
ti .. 1 chief,,. . ...
.h"qlu o.:cur, th"y &I.uuld be ."tU",t il, "'1
Tt.", Hu" }.fr :'1c~"il ·:·..;ud~ Tt, is most. proper legal
"er ; tl"tl will be f><r b"Lt"r ;
dt::sk.t.blt:: that all outlbrs "~hot11cl ~ dea.rt!d ~ ~~~r yun t~lan if you _'Uf'e("d.~.li.du{lt t.1I~ 8H..U1.d.l
ri.Wi..t.y '\oI;"ith
rt!Sper...t tel" th~ !an&'fi" bet\V~et1 : e.Ullr~e yonpnnlllt::dI . . . rUledy. IbiS-ve uothUfi.J!
the \V:ailQ!.3rn, Stuti ths \Vai~cungnrn, tLnd : tihJrd to ·SKY, u.ud it ifS u.)w fur yvu tu apeH.k. !
tllat t..~~ OWUdt"5 of. . snil in
lll~t. IHcality,
'l'unrua.: \Vhen ;,<4 retl1rued fnltu Utag")!
wheth~ '7 £"u·ul'eaos:".. or . M;;c.ot1.s J shon!d
.1 Vt'iHllisOil to rdtUtUU with yuu dunng yuur ;
uee"t'S ~.th~ir r,·sVdctt ... e portiuns whltlltlt
vtc.:HiSJrd and 1 tiid so.
Yuu arc n.,", BdUd"'l
t.h~ fa.r pf futurd tu.i8nnd~rstanditlbrs_
'in!: tit{ hack tu our l-c.Ud, lLlId 1 wilt go bltck.
Tu" q.~""tion of ·Cotnfikc><k<i I..nu. ill this 1 "m not clear t.lta~. the qUAIIL'L)" <If IUlId
di.trici. I~s h""-n cnrdll!ly iuq .. i:tld. in!;.,.
st...t"d hy yu .. will b;, "uflic."nt for- us.
~u1l1 tLa f,,!luw-iuu cun·;itt5inn.... h:\.1!o· bt:en
!\-lr 1rlcLe:ut lLg-~itl exptuiut!d tu TH.urua.
;t.rri~eJ ~t. wtth ~ vie\V' uf cff~tin~ tllt~ir
th~ pl ... c.::d wllt!l"tf the d.ilfcrt:Uli; ~\"~::s a.rt! .
sdttlt:ment..
l,ooo l1.cr~'\ aN 'tI. h~ gh-en to
t.u Le tua.de~
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th<l. P.Jc.u.:ol". trib<! ... t their .. Id. k"iu"'" ~ 'l·... urua.: That lll"lt"r ,. now d.:... r; but.
Utant-.. , t..., t.ht:! nUf"l.h..of thd nUI~;'1.1 r~ser~d:
w~ut.t Rrd y(~n g?iu:{ ~ UO with K.-oloelle flud!
and Ih" b..,'l!lth..ries are to h<i·u.. lillt!d· by
I,,~ parly Wflu Il,· ..-J ... l \\'henu.u.:ura_
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0"pt BI"];:,,,-., ~.They are ,,1.0 tu ·.I"we .1·,000
.. ":iif7coln",i""inner pUis ~ Thm is ;'-g;n- '
aCl-e.. uf f",..".t hud. Tilt! originally Illlotted ~ eral reeer"e of 300 act""" .. l_Oik,,_
r ..s" ....."" "'" un.l"r n.r<l t<> ~:n.u:n in. thdlr i
K"ntene : TheN is not enough land there
"WI\ p'",,,=,,,i,m.
At z"r.!Ikot...,. 6.000· «cr",,; hesid~.s 're . \Vfdluw~. and. M"re Awnte ..
TKluahe,-." 2,800 acr",,; ·r"l1It~a.ha, 127 a.cre.;. are disputing ",iLh otber naUv"" about
nu.! Thl1g~lt,oC, 230 1I.cr..., To
I:J.uds th" Uika.
P"k..holl .. h ...." 1I0w pcrmiS.5ion tu ·.x:lIturll_
'rall';'I" : Komene is.right. I do no~ admit
A r~e af 10 acres will also be
for thl\t Mere Aw;<t.ea uaS ,,,"y right tu tile rethem at Turi·s :\IHil1!.', I\nd of 5 acres ahont sen·e at Oik.~ ~
the site of Tun's house_ The -• ..at: .of· ·th';
.Ur P"rris : She his sold her other land.
liLnds .. rigln ...lly p"s<...ssed bv Ihe P"kak ..h..
'l'"retin _ Y .. u lu.v" proviiled for T .. urull.S
bet ......ell th" ~V ...itot.tr>L and T...n~..... hod riv"nI pa.rty h.,w m>luy a.cr"" "m I to g"tl
ifI;' t., th" ifll'l.n~ b"und ...ry. uf ...·"nfi.cation.
M:r'McLe.u1 : The e", .. ct a.c~" of the
wlll ha ..I: tll .. dL3po..al of rh.. Guvenll11du
Ilimd for ·you has nut yet b~ell d"oued.
I .. c< ... sin",,,,,~..n nf T .. nrlla.·s g'x>d b"luwi .. 1r
T"rdtin. P"rhap"· you wiII.tu.te (be ap-,
...lId of the f.uthflfl oh'''1 v"nee of the pleu;:..s pro"ifll~td ucrea;;e_
IO:<C" Ily him ... ",1 his p,,"pl"yn th.. ir NI""."
MKj..r K"lu,*Th~ W ...nt.'tLnni IUld Ngl\- .£::::1Lt. D':12tcJi~ .. a.SUUl or u~ •• ut'y ~i1:1 be gr.tUlted
rllurU ttt:d ~J~etb~; A.pernluuus,'"a p...... rty we:rd
for th".pnt"eh...se·.,f agnc,!ltur>111~llp.lutnents, the must ."v"r,,)y puniRh"d, Apr" ...... I..,fII ....
tu ..o;..b1.. lnm and IU9 tnbe .tu CtllL1VaW the ! wll[ not h"v" any _"har... of wh ..t you a~.. ·
Ttl" Ngatl-l
lI\ud a11,~~ted tu .th,,'n,:: r I'a:rp<~ .how"v"r, I.now gi\"iu,;:: l<>. lh" N~uru.
; ?ddiag the Eur<.?p""-ll~ . In ll;t.. dUltrlct b"r":e i poerul!. will ha.v .. tu get hmd on th .. oth .. r:
i' r...,:"", =d l,,!!. p"'.pl:o go back. Oil t~"1r laid" ,.f tlte river_ .A:s for the P..kuoh" th"y ,·11.~u<l;;"- _\Vit.h the t:xco:ptlon;s of Ruch .purtIOns a.r" n. Eep ..""te triLe. ~
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, ot th-etr "-........J,, . whIch tney !us.ve Idr.. "dy
~1r McL..n.n : The awards made by the
tU.p"tS<:d e,f ur agn.-ed to sell or lense,
COflll,eu5atiou Cou["(; will he ... dh"r.od w_ .
Ng..........urn ar" to I"we u.~1 hUl~S gr...~tu.l t..
_'1ajur K"lIIp : Thus" .."'ar.l" "',,;e ma.de ;
th..:r:::l by tl'e COlUPdllSi\llua (}..,urr.., .lnclnd... for tiJuse N;\t.iv~ who Wd\"d not In nrtns!
iu~ t.k1.r. part iulu.n.t of t.h~ \\"ait~ta.T'a p~.rM agKiu!5t th~ GO\·t!rlJtU~nt..
'rhuse wllu Wtre
, ch","" on ~." .... ,Hh"m hank ofth.. nVur wfllch til(hLing du not "h...rtlln th"ru_
It was the
.' was ,.h:=d.,uetl b_v th" Crow .. A~.mt III 1867. wurk uf the Cuurt tu lump ..:11 lh .. Nga-I
J u c..se t.hn.t this tribe should beootlle.sh,!rt l"1<urll t<>:?;"tl..,r .. Ithough th"y maJ"cl .. ims fur I
.. of k"d, "'.1>1<><:1;: <If tw.u th.. ..",.n.1 ,,,,r<'9 ;vlll ,.:eUIllI>en=tiVtl f,,,.l...nds ill the \Vl:t"n:Hdwra I
~ b~ a!lotted to l!,,,m ,ul"II<I. on tlte N. W. i<ud Pat..,. districrs... 1'11" N~atlttll"'-I" were
: bau:': <lE :he \V4Itu&ar,,_. A ~."" .. of "bo~t(. b" ..tdu ..nd Lh"y lust all tl,e.r land. the rd- :
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, h .. ..!.o 012.<1" fur lh"lII .. .,.... Ihul'llkfl. 'rhe r .. serve.
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chi.&. of the triti.,s thu. settled will be "JI.1I1r Mcr.e,.n : I lUll n"t doing anylhing
: lte~:«J tnaiutJ.t.in l'dH.C't1 au.t urder I\U1(1I1g Rhout tile N~titnp:Ud. at prC::8eut.. 1 lllU'a I
thr:r (nbes, lS.ud ta nR6,ev~ry eudc:u.vonr tu UClt tldt.ttod thd Que:stlun as far a.51t rCgK.td41
fLv",id J~C't:C:Uh"lt.s W~d! Eur-:,ptnJ.u settler:!. i them yt:t, I h~v; tllutt 6 ht it l.k!ttc-: tc, (~cui?u
A[[ ~t;S uC dlspnte at'1s1~lg fro!" un)' cn.us..e.s : wlth rc:ga.rds .tu t.tau. pcJrtion (If t.be 'hut~lct:
.It_ld be ""f"rr..<i to tit., ~l.d""t 1\f,.:;I;- first.
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tJ<, on-th" "POl to. ""l'laiu m,.Lt.ors .hutweu..·
Wirihall<l.: I:....:t th.",,, lrib= b<! localed!
~:~t':p-us "':!"U N ...th:es. 60":" tu .r,:tnOv.. ,:I'y wh,,~e y ••u h"'·e deciu.:J. tha.t. they"hou[o1 Ud·j
f.t.t~l.wpres.:n.'lIs(J~IUl:UI"de:rs~ndlllgswhlch [Jut . . . \Vit.h rC""4~a.nl-to the -Oika. .f'~t!r~e, 1:
IHa.; ~~ C~pt.aln Blake "'WIll a!::SH h:l\'e (0 watlt tJiti:title of that invC:dligat..;L
la.y ....t! tb<: boundt-rtes of tl.e ".. ...non3 rt!S~r...
'l'H.nrui.· 1 alll c.dcecable t..... do t.b.at.
v-s ;_ano_.f,_ifl ~i~"_".JI."cutiou_of. thi_l'"nuf.
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in (IC,.vClur vf tit., t
ItJor ]CeOlp : I~"erythi"g is clc.:1.r, CX~I Irlb<, (unllorlj uWllin(.f it &nd yuu clt1uh~ tu
C:IJt ',-'IRt [·..,laLc:,.s (0 Uld Ngar-.tLlIrtl auu
i. know wit., they n.ro~ 1 0 .
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Te T.lI.hna.: I.I\m nCJt goin(f'~to ~ . ,. IKIIIIlCI.lU (Pukoruk·.ro ha-pu)·. I nrn l."
LII\-d K"ith Taut (S""!'t pUf,ple; I shall 1Hupo"'X.t
~.~~ Y ftuH.ttrtJr by thc.su a..rraugemCI1t:... ,Even
IJf~yull gl\'u Illu IUuUey 1 o . ltll!id-r tl"l I
lUY 0"'1\ lt1nd \V~itA.Jt.:Lr:t..
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r~Ulalllt;u Ht Uf..g~UJ ~l1~d 1 ca.Uuut. exjst.
13,.,,«, It wor.) t.tt 3~.v with r~.'rd to JI. rtlWILllVllt lalld
mark whic" f ..-ll from l\fr-l\'{c[".mll.
I did
J 'l'upin .1'ctn"H\ : YOll h:t't'e nJJ\dd. a res4'!:~"
! IH,t g"
b.u;k tu \Vx.it«Jt.ara t.,., live, on lit"
t III k
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CfllltnLry. I tl'jed, to prcv..:nt tho N~rnllru
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'ft'unl ;:!'OUI~_ 1 unly ,'Icut to $c:6 lht5 survoy pt Ll 'lL u 1I ; IL IS fIr yuu to 4ay wheth~r tho
:of \V...itArrK..Ia..
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Mr ~l"L~'Ul : The Ng"ranril. ha ... " hnd:' r 1\1r lIicLcrut : h i~ fur you, the chief., to
J,the. :s.Kuto:: RJ\'anlA.gt'!3 of a~ard..s by Cump-en- i ':( 18CUH.~ ttlCd~ matters :ulIon,bSt YOllrsd\'t~..:s
...,ltou M the P .... b,,:: .. h i ·
, i"nd .".lh \V. Par-"t..... ami l"t tu" know tit"
p t:'j I HUanlt.
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th"t l>:cause the whul .. ot Ngar!lllru werej ::;.:::~,1 .. urua: ?lfr M"v..au. I IM'-" the m:tt!:<Jr :
. Ilot fa~rJy r~J1rt:Sen(ed in COU~; the nward::s :.~~,.thu 1:d:Ct'V~8 fur tI:J IU,J t~.d .J14t.u uf BUr :
wer:e. uta-old tu tho!H3 whu we~ ll.Ut. in Utn:l 1:Qt:.lltlJ.ltt -l",f!.IIr:.,-',U'.!!~..:1. _ ~ 1 K"i:1h, !tOwc\"cr, :
0 Bny thllt:~'~e,;.I.,;""",, ... t--P":l.{""'r!ieconiiTrjl:l.!{allls.t the GO ....,"!lItet~t. : It '".teu" that
IlLcr" u tu be no DWN tightUl:,(, hilt ndth"r
?"tlfCCn. the·nv.!...,. Pate.. "nd WbCOllrlknra
Ape ..... hnn ..', Hr:r" TiV e:," uor I Iu.ve >Lily /: IrI!and of the .. R .. ilw ...y reserT"", w"", p ... ,:{
lauu upu" wl~,ch t<, Itv" . ." Thurd nr~ ", tnttS"'1 to m." 'Ilt!rt th" P"k"k"hi tribe, r:
!g-uoJ. .,tltany ot U'1 Rnti wo _,wll..nt to know hn.ve heen Imprl:oned for my f ..... ults, ".and:
I Wh!'*(",d. w~ nrd to g o . :
HOw I t'c:tn~n tu .find thA.t lA-nO. gnllfj.;;:k,
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1I1"lor K""tp: The r~serVc flt 1h·"pllkn.
H,on. \VI P>Lrnl.a (add"""ing the n"ti;·..~)·:,
! for ,tu" .N >::l.rlLnrn.- can only be tak"n pus, .1 tlnnk yun ought I.r1 \)., ... dl ""tisned. with i
i ses'."on of by lL porti>!n uf, the t:ribe, the r~ ~vl;at Mr lIfcLu.ul h"" """d. Thb i. IL xuh.!
n.'''-Illder wltn •.h ......c DO (nb .. 1 n!{lt15 "n tht3
J~ct.~I"'t I h"vu fr.:qll""tly bruu;:ht befor :
,,,.'d,, ,of lh .. river .... ill cons.,queDtly h .. v" 10 . :Pal'l:nment, I'pd this is lho rcs;Ilt ; .<>m~
11"", In the bush..
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, ,KU,,""1I6 : 1 consider th;\t'I~m 'worSe "ff
In n returD of th" P"k:..r,,<rhi ... l..,in" 200 in.
stilL ~ \~lhtH1u:..Lkur:- ~\.n..'l_ w~ pla.ce .origiunUlI1h;r, but yuu llid not 8~r2..n\t() thee hapl1.l\
1Ja.lly and now \Vtr1h.a.na.· 1.:5 trylug to
as I "!llltad you tu del, "ud SO I etnnot inturu md off tit" chre.. huudr"d aCr" r""erve
terfere. -?- Europe .. n, c...ptaio . Blalce, h""
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l'"",uu: I IUn like .. ·-de.. d-; man, . The }hmlt.tlllytlting,tlf his title of C.'pt-o.in J.i3
cnuti.cat."dl"ud _ou this sid" of the, river. :.work undur.that titl" was duna i ... tbtl' for-.
whi"h h"" beeu g;: .."u_back ",,"o'oot bd t...keu :{I~"r_day., i Sh(,nld.arry- disp .. tes arise he-.
ud,· ..."tage of bi Cl" beCrluse it i!!.OWil"d·!'y
tween y.ot1;·l\nd Ih ... Eurnf'<'>Uls,' go to th~
particular.hap".... h" uuw obwu tu"irright..
I.",IV; ~h,ch:..knol." ,no distincti,.u, "f rllCe .-_
'lir""tlYi·.fl·on~ . their e.oc""tors, a.ud.i!! uot .th.ll:,t·kls,j.better thau fighting. '=,B..th .id~
th~.;;roperty uf the ...1",1" trio....,..; .
. _ .:trJaa~h"t .. nd gained nothing by i,. YOll
';~~lllj"r'.K"!n.f' : If you gi\'e the::Wlible tribe 'ht!v~!~ll.ptain Slake.... man like myself litlre
lL "rig lit it \i·m LJe welI-; thu.t is, if you ruake • to asSI.t Yull, flnd I will look ...rh'r-~ o,;r init." r""tlt"Ve.
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Mr .\1cL.,an-I'stated(;th:...t .~2,OOO '"acres ~ of things exists liow t., tllat which " .. i8Ied.
"o"ld bt:gi nm """,:;J" iu l.l\~cUn~l. e<l bl<><:k fnrmorly, and" lIlor.. knieut p .!icy'i!! being;
for thOi>e wh" have uo trlbal right· on Lhl.. :, pursued terwllrd. YOII.
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'. \/11"(", Km;{l ( ..ddre'!~tng ~he members of i&.~m glrld that wc hav.. had thl' meetlnl! here
. tlie v... iol.loI,.~rib= i'reseUI) ~d': .• Yu·u hOo .."
.~'c1 ..y to h!;ll.r:thi.arrang"ment. r thiok thilt.,
h"ard l.£r .Mcr...~u s proposltl.on a.uJ no!iou". .OU. ~re 8a.tlsfied".ow.·_ D<T'not thiuk cf the'
has.aid ":nytitiug to th". I,>Oiut in questiou : . ds.tlll" your,I~lld8 were formerly in • .10.1
'"y""pt Pd.. ;.itaua. _ I did suppos.. -thlct; you: h&\'e not got th" land uo ...., lite I.."d PIUlS.,Q.
w<)"lu:ask f"r th';' P<ovple to \)., 10Cll.t.,Q ou ! frerm yuu through fighting. -. I do not wish:
i the lu.ndbJ"tw,,·'!u tU", W('"nl.zUtui.S:and P .. tea. ! yuu !:<J·ll.ct ... yuu did fonoerly. BAdyon sim-:
. riv"r3.. ':·'1.'h"WUVdUnleIlL. b ..v .... loc..L<Y.I ~IY left yllltr_ .l:lnd and had .it "-D ta.keni
· thelU amollg:'lt·the. Pa.k.. hll.S. - "-T!Ji!! wil1.i~ possession of by oth", persons 00 a.ccount:.
· ~ 'i. ,troub!" iu.this -......y •. 'fhe 1tI...oris do uot of y,~ur ahs"nc~ Y"I~ wonld hu...e i>t!eu justi-·
.' "UlIde'rstnnd how; t.n mu.ke pro?6r feuces; fi?d III denJandmg It all, but your ca3e is
;. liorses,- .'1-..:, . wll(-o:trny 011 w_tbe-I .. uq. ·of. ;fferent. 'I'he.I":'lds i!! in .. dilfd"ent pcsi-:
. Enrul',!au$ . and ih.m> will _be -tNuble 00
Ion .lOW t. wh3t It·W .... io.-merly; you holY",
I "ccuuut of.tre-.sp8.$lL., Ttko Kuw=.ru lkog-.. u. 0: \;t.nd now, the only land yon ,h ... v" is'
his 1VrU",.-aho.tt h=..e.s.. "l'ue .Ng...... uru ...... ~1Il1: good co!1,lnct and your retorn in
'"Ido in <tb" Slun~ pusitioD. All M.twris Itav"
nIl holO"".
Y"'t &re no- !;oing back to
)8. stro llg tlesir".w .--id" on tlle lan.1 ..f their
ol!r Innd and you h""e C.-pt..iu BI"-k.. t<.
'itllc.rstUrS.. P"hitn...u.a. w .... ri .. lI, w\ten he a'slst ynll. You ahonld cons"lt him in Colse
,. -."id tl: ..t tIt.. .t\ganr.w:u w..'" ~lOt f.urJy re- .of any grieva~c.. aod t..k" it Lofon! the law.
t Ure..,,"ted ill Court..
Nun" of th" IJ.wartlo
do unt act IUl IU· a 1..... less mAnner.
Andt
!. i""t"C made to th""., w!.to had lJ.:..u iu r"Ucl· no ... TlI.urll" the we,y is clear for yoo and I
..;.. ;'jiun;' Li,,,t is to say, th... dd ua<i.'e=s who had soor people to retllnt on.tu yonr laod.
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., .D·I 1U1CC5U"l11 right on tbi •• id" of <h" rive". . . . Major K"mp: W" askt:d. Mr ~{cIP-"n to
':. lI-Ir l\i"L",m Ulade ... res"",,. bt:tw",," t"ffle. c~)Jn" her" tn settle your ~n""'''ll=- I con- .
\ . '£ur"kin" nl111 Wa.ugaehu ri.-"n for <h .. : s~dcr that T:<.tr,,~ alld his party are flll'
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~ ·ucn"ti.t <If th" whure ot the N",ati"p" triue . r~!<ltt. 13u ><"111 dnnk the w ...t....,. of hb Ilwn~r
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!~whe"",-" .. d"C1Sioo' uf the N .. liv" LaudS
nvur but lh .. utbur tribes .willlloL All the • '
'!.eu,,·rt h..s giveu th"z block iu {","our of tltat ;. f""r h'lndr"d acr" nw"rd~ h" .." been s"ld. .
tportion of the ~gati1:l.~ wLJicll ba..J. ...ucdtrai : I I!il.v~ alw,;ys thought
this district w,,"~ :
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/' .'"helng nnfalrly treated.. Ne, 8un·eys have:
~ . .lI!r-.M:cLe"n·! I ·h-..a solOe ide...-of Dl"ldng i ~been made on :th " North 8;.1.. of the Wain.
~rt!st:rv~s b~t.w~en Pa..tlt!-a. aut{ \Vlt~ .. ua.kura : gon~oro bue 'all the l04od- On this aide \
. ~ut. 1 f.,onu 011 luukiu:;LQ\· .. r the wap ..... od : 1".. b"ell.urv~y"d, and I thereF.. re imagineu
oti.er tlocuw"uls tt. ... t ... gre«t portiou of it l th"t the I:l.lld nurth. of 'hilt river was to b.. ,
k,d \)"e" disposed of f"r r ...ti ....y" and
returned tu the nlLtll'e=s.
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Uuivur.ity r".erv"s aud for otltu,. pu"l'0~'
. 1\1r M:cLe.a~ : 1 .do DOt kno .... Rllythin!!
'Un lhis acCOunt I lW1 uuabl" tu ""...... to ....hout lh~ gtVll1~ back of the land lIorth of
~tett::'s~ sum,t;:5tiod buwever ~t;;Llrlc it. \~~ihg'cnlgu["u. r \"ish yVQ nuw to consiJ~r
· might ba..., Ob"" .. bd-or" th" I... od ..."" d.,..lt
I hlLve .aid ••and """ me .....
aain.
with or lSat.jccwtl to coufiscation..
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ran~~,ut!ut.s you h ... v-e tuadd K.S to tbd ~tt1~
UItHlt of Ut...... tril>= ar.. goud, a.nJ 1:'"hiUHtll;" ::tnd thu rd:p~utlltiv.:s (If thd otlJ<:l"
triu_" ,..iH Jo w"il tu ~i .." th"ir coue"ut t.o
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l"'esent.ed to both J!01tseJJ oJ the Gene'ral .A s~e1lt/;ly by co1lt1ll((7l(l
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The Hon_ tho
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I bnve the honOl' to tmnslllit for Lhe infol"lnatioll of J\f.inistcl·!j a J\'lelllornndulII, :;Jwwiu!! tho
; Rters I IH\\-o Lnbm ill connection with 1,110 cunfiscuted la lids lHJlwecn ilHl.\Vaitotnra and Wllingollgol'o
. ,l{ivel"S.
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On the 31st ultimo, IL meeting wns holel in the COlll·t HOllse nt Llli:l phce, of wiJich I fllrwanl all
: nccoullt in :L 10cIII newspnpCl', allll at this T ILullOllllceeI to the asscmbled NatiY'J:l the deciRioll to whieh I
hnd arl·ived,
It will he seen that thi~ dccision relates to two large Immches of the ronner Native oWlIel"S-LlIO
Pnlmkohe, lately in cOHlinen:ollt at Dllncdin, whose IlInds were lIhout l':dea j :tHel Lhe Ngamul'II, a·
vVILitotnl"L tribo j nnd thnt LIIIl additions ru:L(le to fonner ILwlInls ill LJlCir fa YOIII' nlnOllnt only to JHlLween
threo nnd fOIlI' tholl>;llnd nCI·C'_'l.
I IIIHO inforlllod thclII LllIlt tlrC'y wero at lil><ll;ty to occupy LIlO land!:! !.IIIIS sot ap:l\·t fOl' thelll, Imt I.lmt
I would my!:!clf seo Ule Europenus in ,tho district, Leforu thch' rcinnl [.0 LhclII,
i , ~rho I'lllmkohe, Tnul"Ou's tribo, expl"CS$clI their slltil<fllCLioll with tlte alT:lllgcmclIts lIlade, nnd I lmvo
, sinco fOllllll tllltt sOllle of Lhoso who mised ohjections, hllYC HOW UCt1llic:;cClI ill lily proposal!:!, and nccel'tCll
. ,) tho present statu uf t h i n g s . ,
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I nm of opinion thnt the Government cnll rely Oil tllo promises madc hy tho chiofs of UIO two irihes,
nnd that they will observe a goatl beh:tviour,
·.I'hcI·o is still one section of Nntiyes on tho settlement of which no Ilecisioll lms yet been Ilrrivc(l nt,
but this will prcscllt no ..1illicnlty, ntHl will lIot rOlfllire 1I1Iy IIlI'gll IIdditioll to Lllu I'Osorvc!:I ulreudy in
existunco j WlllltCyar this lIlIly he, it will be mnclo inland of tllu lIIililary HeLLlclllonLs,'
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Thoro is now in the di8trict, rendy for nctullI SIde, in roulld 1111111 Lel">!, lui nlllount of twonty-fol\l'
! thousalld ncre!!, including tllU H.:lihvl~y Hesel've IInd thu \Vhonllllk\ll1~ I llock, j Ilnt! tIll! upl'l'uxinlllto acrenge
I contained in the l'olllninillg PIll't of tht! confi:lcnwd territOl"y betWCCII 'YVnitntllm ali(I \V'Lillgtlllgoro, IlIllI
: which if! nt the disposal of tho GovenllllcnL, is ("'!;LiIllIlLCII Ilt /lltout UIIO III1I\dn:t1 nntl fifLy thomi:lIld acn::>.
Of this a pnrt is rough forest, intersperse,l in places with purtions of level cOllntry well nunpte,l for
: settlemont,
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DONALD 'McLEAN,
'l'hc HOll, the Premiel', '\Vellington,
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It is most desimble thnt nn doubts shuuld bo clom ...,,1 I\wny with \"('Spcct to 1I1O hllllls hetwecn lhe
I \Vaitotnrn nnd the Vtaingongoro, and
that the ownel'8 of soil in that locality, whetlwr Europealls 01"
l\fllol'is, should occupy their respective portions withol1t the fear of futUre misullllersLnndiugs.
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, '1'he qnest.ion of the confiscateu lands in thill district IUls Leen clll"efully onquired into, nnd ilIe fol-"
lowing COllclnsiol1s havo boon arrived at wilh It view of Illlcct.ing tllcir sot.tIt:mellt :-,
,1st, One thousand n.crcs aro tQ be given to the" Pldmk6he;:,tl'iuo' Il.t··their, old 'kni~gn, Otnulo, to"ti~e
north of the Railway Reservo, and the boulldnI"ies are to be defined hy C'tptnin lllakc.
Thoy firo nlso'to Ilnvo ono thousamlncres of forest In.mE
,]~hel"o will Ii!cow'iso remain in their pOSlcssioll tho following o~iginlllly nlloLle" l"CSCl'VCS :--':Mo1coi:~
, six thollflnlltl nCI'~ ; Trunahere;"two thons.md eight. hnndl'ed nel'es ;';!:l'mll1l1lh8t~01lU !tundl'cIl IlIllI twellty! soven acres; nntl Tangnhoe, two Illlntln.·d and fifty HC!·C!!.
To these lun~~,the r~k:t~ohel\l1.ve now permission Lo ret~~lll, "
.A reset've of ten a.cres will also ba m:ule fOI' thom nt'Turl a. ',sprmg ; also of five aCl'es:"nhout the 'site
of Turi's llouse, '
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~1~J.o rust of the hmds originally posscssc<l hy tho P:t1mkolle hetween tho Wllitotam nml Tanglllwu
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In cOllsillel"tltion of 'l'uUl'O/l'S good l.eh::wiolll', !tIllI nf tlto f"itltflll .. 1"U:\"\'IIIH:C IIf UIO 1'1t.,<lgcs 11111110 lay
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'agrioultural implements, to ellllhl., him nlld his Lriho tu clIltivllw thc lalllb nllllLLll,1 1.0 Llmm,
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SECTION FIVE
CENSUS 1878
Attached
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Census
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of
Native
The
part
relevant to this submission is at the foot of the page where
it shows Pakakohi Tribe,
Patea 354.
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the six localities shown further up the page.
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SECTION
SIX
WEST COAST COMMISSION PROCEEDINGS AND E\'IDENCE
G2
to
The evidence of ,Taurua is
recorded at
paragraphs
524
539 but I can only quote a small part here.
"Mr.
Richmond said to me,
'I will return
between Patea and Whenuakura,
Pakakohe.'
from
these
I replied,
Wai totara
two
up
tribes
for the
'No; you
to
must
assemble
and Te
~garauru
return the land
~hould
Waingongoro.
you the land
He
1
and
said,
return
1
to
No;
live
between Patea and Whenuakura,
from the sea back to the
mountains.
the
should be
replied,
your
said,
I
1
allowed
1
'No;
to
live
Are you not of
and
people?
1
said,
Yes;
I
do
people
still
at
r,'iaitotara.
their tribe?
you
not
belong
1
He
Are they not
to
them?'
I
am one with them, and they one with me;
I belong to them, and they belong to me;
goes
from Wai totara
that
the
Patea
of Wai totara
Pakakohe
to
Pa tea.
tribe
and Whenuakura..
I
Mr.
1
should
go
said,
'No;
and our land
Richmond said·
and
live
between
they must
live
between Tangahoe and Patea".
In the Second Report, G2 page iii, it is stated :"This outbreak ended in the defeat of Titokowaru, who
fled with most of his followers through the fastnesses
of the great forest into the Ngatimaru country behind
Waitara:
while
Waitotara,
the Pakakohe were taken prisoners,
Ngarauru were
amongst
removed
the
for
a
resident
time
into
Natives
the
nearer
and the
whanganui
disLrict.
Waingongoro
being
reoccupied
Pakakohi
placed
the
by
again
our
and
open
for
settlers;
Ngarauru
on reserves,
Government,
between
countrv
The
people
i'Jaitotara
and
settlement,
was
afterwards
the
and
were
brought
back
defined and surveyed for
where
they
and
them by
have continued to live to
the present day".
And
at
the
foot
of
page
vii
... " This
was
Pakakohi and should have been the same for
the
policy
for
Ngatiruanui".
In the final paragraph on page xii the report states
"Going
meeting of
on
the
to
New
Plymouth,
he
Ngatiawa,
Ngatiruanui,
held
another
large
and Taranaki tribes,
when he advised them to cUltivate the arts of peace.
the
lands,'
The
other
he
said,
(Patea)
'are
side
in
of
the
hands
'All
of the Government.
Waingongoro
has
already
been
settled, and we must now arrange about this side'."
It
would appear
Commissioners
clear
from
these
last
2
extracts
regarded Pakakohi and Ngatiruanui as
that
the
separate
entities.
At page 16 of GS under the heading "Reserves
for Taurua and
the Pakakohi Tribe" the report states :"The
adjustment
Ngatihine
Tribe
consideration
those
in
of
the
the
has
and
reserves
for
involved
a
labour,
neighbourhood
the
great
particularly
of
Pakakohi or
Patea
deal
as
of
regards
allotted· to
Taurua,
the
Komene,
subject
was
Commissioners
upon
it
and their hapus.
of
(G2.
very
fully
1880,
who
enquired
took
Evidence
1880
The latter part of
into
by
extensive
the
evidence
Q.524-536)
and
made
special mention of it in their Third Report (p.1) as a
case meriting special consideration".
While in the second paragraph it states :"The Pakakohi Tribe before the war of 1865 resided on
and
owned
a
Tangahoe
to
interior
up
very
the
the
Mount Egmont.
I
would
like
at
large
territory extending
Whenuakura
River
winding course
of
from
the
into
the
and
far
the
Patea
towards
1t
this
stage
to
refer
briefly
to
the
third
paragraph on page 17 which states
"Numerous
probably
Patea
eel weirs
for
River,
have been erected and maintained
centuries,
rendering
by
it
the
natives,
unnavigable
across
except
the
by
the
very smallest canoes ..... "
I
raise
the
opportunity,
matter
at
because
some
later
the
Pakakohi
date,
to
wish
claim
to
for
have
an
adequate
compensation for the destruction of these weirs.
Finally,
in the first quotation of this section reference is
made
their
to
Third
Report.
I
suggest .. the
correct
page
reference is at the foot of page 11 and the top of page 12.
3G
G.-2.
514. The C-:;-,;zmissim!crs: The Commissioners wish to S:J."i" a word about the statements which h:1.,e
just been m:l.de. Before the :year lSGs, "bfr. Richmond, Si~ Donald lIfcLean, i'>lr. Parr is, aud other
officers, h:1.d CO:::1e here :1.nd made ,arious :1.rr:1.ngements with the Nati,es, hearing their claims ;:llld
recei,ing ap[1lic:uion:;. Tbe Compensation Court sat ""ben 1111'. Richmond ""a;; r-linister; and Sir Dunald
lIfcLeau after<;l::-,rcs beard wbat was claimed, and an endea,our was made by the GOI'ernmeut to put
the claims of :1,\; upon a fair footing. Up to that time the Go,erument and the!\ alil'es n'ere willing
to" go to lIawaiki ,. :llld arrange matters :J.ccording to tribal customs. Then cnme ne\Y disturbances.
We do not W:1.!!'C to speak about these, because we do not want to paiu those who ,',cre taken prisoners
I\.nd aftern'ards :-~1j()'\";'ed to eome back. But:J.t that time tqo Go,ernmeut said they n'ould t:J.ke everything into t~e::- bands, and settle the affairs of this coas"t e:ractly as might 1'oel11 just. It IYSS ,vhen
those reseryes ',';'ere :d'terward.s made and settled, that Tauru.a and his people were allo\Yed to come
back. The ~r~ci,es must· understand tbat a11 that bas been done since has been done entirely out or
kindness on the D::trt of the GO'lerurnent. This is why wc refuse to listen to :1n,\, of these old claims of
"bfr. Richmonc's't1me, or the claims Pehi Turoa. brings fonmrd. The PI'Olllises'which ha.'e been made
since then !l:!-,e been partly fuifilled by the Government, :lnd \\'e n.re here llO\\' 10 say that tbe remainder ",·ill be :uifilled; but \\'e will nor go into any new cl:ll!:!]s to-clay. Therefore we ha,e nothing
more to say "ith respect to Pe11i Turoa's claim. :Enough has now beeu said upon this side of Lhe
Patea RiHr; ::tDd unless there is something new, \\'e should like to hen.r T:1.1ll'u:1.'s cbim on the other
side of the rlYer-.
515. Tutcr: s::t:d: There were 1,200 :le res at Otoia taken out or ::--Iokoi::t Rescl'\'c, :1!l<1 Tubnge has
let it to lIfajl)r Turner. I now wish tbat this laud should be t::tken by the orif!iun.l bound:1ries to the bnd
where my :1ucestors li'ed. I wish that this hnd should be diyiiicti accorcii!lg" to the origin::tI boundn.rics,
and that lily b:.;c. s!lould-reUJ:1.in ",'ith me, :md that Tutangi's s11o\1]([ be :"cp,,-r:ltc.
51G. The CJr.:missioners.l Do YOU me:1U th::tt the 1.200 ::tcres at Oroi:1. ,;lIould be di,idcd betwecu
you ::tncl 1.\!~angi ?-Tes.
.
517. These reserves wcre all made for tl1C tribes generaIl.:;-, n.nd \\'hel.le'c-r the Jay comes for subdi'lision tben th!:re will ha,e to be ::t sitting of a Court, when c.-cry man will ha\"e an opportunit;t of
stating his o"-n dai!!l :\Dd obtaining his piece; but ",'e cannot do it o~r:"ch'e!', :1nd wc haye explaincd
this to all the 2\atio;-es wc hal'e beld meetings n·ith. ,\~e find that the rif!l1t;; of sOllle !\n.tiycs ha,e
been sacrificed by a portion of:1. tribe le..'lsing the hnd without the consent· of all ,110,;e interested in it ;
but. it is l!ot ::-igbt now to come to tbe Commission and expect them to rCllle{ly such transa:tion~.
Thero ll1:J.Y pe::haps be a Court :lppoiutcd, before which the ~atil'Cs \\,:10 11:\I'c been \lTougcd by such
dedings U1:ly get .edress. But the leases which haye been :llready gi,en thl'ou!:;h thcir o\\"u fooli:"hues~, caUllot be disturbed by us.
Ha,e you e,er applied to the GOl'erllment to 11al'e you!' titles
indil'iduali7..ea, and the land cut up ?-'\Ye :tpplied to r-rr. Sheehan, but no~ ]ll'c,·iously.
518. ,Vha: a11""er did be g1\'e you ?-He said that the mn.tter did nN ren \I'itl! him, but that he
would look into it.
;;Ul. Ho ..,' long is that since ?-Last year, "heur-fr. Sheeb::tn I\'a;<; at '\\' cllington; but lYe also asked
him whcn he "as here.
;;20. The Commissioners: Our II'0rd to the GOI-ernor will be. that thi:l'c should be a Court
established fo:- the purpose of indiyidualizing titles, so t1Jat people cntitlcd to all:- bnd m:1y get it: but
that questiou :::mH be left for the preseut. It has often ha.ppened that )linisler" :1.lJU ot\:cr olliccl';;
h::tl'e hean1 "r::l.1; h::ts bcen represented to them by the N atin~s, but the wot'l.l~ \\'01'0 !o,;,;ottcn, bceall~e
thcy were not recorded. \\That takeS' place here 1S now being ali \lTitten do\\'n,:;o that nothing lllay
be forgotten.
521. ,;.'lIcjor Brown: With regard to tbe 5 aercs spoken or and describeu b.Y Tuteri, I told him
he might rcmain upon it. I did not sce any difficulty. There is enough hnt! there to let thn.t
be grantce. to him, besides the 1,200 acres at Otoin, Rcsenc.
522. Mcr~ Tau run said: I want a Cro\\'n grant to be iss\lcd for 30 :lCJ't'S of my land at Ihngitautahi, which ~:ts reser'led for me.
523. Tlcc C01Jl1l!issioIICl'S: Tbat land is n.ll right at the prescnt time, n.nd those \I'ho ha,e had Crown
6'rants pro:!1!sed to them will gct thcm. Part of our work is to see th:lt CrowlJ grants are issued.
52·1-. TauTua. said: In the year lSGG peace W:1.S declared, and !lfr. l)arris \\'as the person who
brought the tidings to us at '!IIokoia. In the same ycar Sir George Grcy broll!.:ht his army up hcre. In
that year Ho::i te _uaua. requested that tbe la.nd betl\"een the two ri"ers- \Yhcnuakura :md Pateashould be res;::"ed. That is all I will say about tbat at present. I will now go back to =-Iokoia. !1ft-.
P:irris came there to proclaim peace, and said he wished to get the N alil'es to return and 1i.e quietlv, so
that the hnes should be set apart for the Europeans and for. the N atil'es. I said to }'fr. Parris, "Let.
your work fin~sh at proclaiming peace. Leaye the bnd to roe from Okurukuru to \\T aitotarn., the land this
side of the Omata Block." 1111'. Parris said, "No; I hl\.\·e come to settle this land: to apportion some to
the 1\ atives,- and SODle to the Europeans." I sl\.id, " No; let your work clJd at. proclaiming peace, and
let Ule settle the land." Owing to \\'bat was said to Sir George Grey, he came ·back from 're :Maru.
He said to
father, "The land between Paten. ::l.Dd ,Vhenuakul'n. will be rescn'ed to ,0U· do not be
,e:l:ed about Europeall redoubts on this place. They ",·ill all be brought back. 'rhe whole ~f tho land
between tn~ ri .. ers, from tbe sea. back to the mountains, ,nil be f'esen'ed to you_" In the ycar 1867
I went to Wellington with Aperahama, ~gairo, Te Heuheu, and Te Poku. I IYent to '!<Ir_ Richinolld, and
said, "I ha,-e come to you tbat you may return the whole of tbe land from ,V rutotarn. to ,Vain gongoro.'~+- }'Ir. Richmond said to me, "I will return you the land between Pate a a.nd '\Vhenuakura, for the
Ngarauru a:cd Te Pakakohe." I replied, "No; you should return the land from 'Vaitotarl\. up to
Waingongoro." He said, "Ko;' these two tribes must assemble and return to live bern-een Patea and
'Vhenuaku=, from the sea back to the mounta.ins." I 5:1.id," No; the people of Waitotam sho1.!ld
be allowed to Ji,e still at 'Yaitotara." He replied, "Are you not of their tribe? Are they nllt your
people? and do you not belollg to them?" I said, "Yes; I am 011e with them, and they one with me;
"7
: :.
I bclong to them, and they belong to me; and our land goes from \Vaitolara to Pn.tea." !tir. Richmond
said that the Pa.kakohe tribe :;;hould go and live between Patea. :md ,Ybelluakura. I said, "Ko; they
rn,
I
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I
..
:.i.
~
37
G.-2.
must li,"e between Tangahoe and Patea..".fHo said, " How is it, tben, tbat you say you belong to them,
and that they are your people?" I replied, " Yes, they are my people, and I belong to them; but tbey
sbould be left to li,"e on the land between Tangahoe :ll1d Patca." I said that I :110::e should be left ou
the land between Pate:J. and Whenuakura.; onc part of the people between Tangahoe and Patea, and the
other betweeu Wbenuakura. and Waitotara. He said, "If you agree that they should 11a,"e the land
between Patea aud Wbenuakura for the whole tribe, then I \,ill reserye it from the sea back
to the mountain." Be also said, "I will rescne a piece of land for Gm·.ernmeut purposes,
extending one and a h::Jf miles back from the coast, the distance from oue n.er to the other beiug
nbout three miles." He said that shortly tbis laud would be sold, and that GO\'cr:::::::::Jent should ha\'e a
portion of the proceeds, the other portion to be returned to the N ati'es. He also s::J.id that, in C:1.8e of
:ll1J disturbance after :hat time, the Nati,e portion of the proceeds sbould be forfeited and held
back until peace was prochimed. That finishes this part; of .. hat I ba"e to 5:;'Y respecting \Yhat
.i\fr. Richmond said to t::s. He then spoke to us about the railway line, and pointce out a portion that
he would keep as a rail "ay re.."-eITe. I said, "Yery well; if the railway is to go ~brough there, let it
be my line." But he s~d, "?\o; it must be in the hands of the Go'ernment.'· Our talk stopped at
what he said, namel" tuat he should ha."l"e the control of fhese things. It did not re.;;t \\'ith what I had
claimed, that it should be i:l my hands. This ends what was said in the ye.'l.r IS67. From 1867 I
li,ed quietly amongst the Europeans. In 1868 the second war began, and we "\\e:-e all implicated in
that trouble. On the 13th June, 1869, I was,.ta.ken Erisoner and remo,"ed to Wellington, where I
remained three mouths before being t~ ·JVhen..!llY ,t'n,a.lcam~...£.I!. I walfe<Ft5"see wB~~gcr~~'f
~~.::~ ll.~~ut; _~h~!t~ L then ~,e .. the reas<lns fo~ all th~". troubles from 0e tirn~ T~owaru .first
~~ga§.:.,!P:::~Q.JI:ie,.enu. _Uter I had spoken I relllamed w:l.lttng to hear \,hat ,,-{)ul.~ be saId abont the
End; wbat would be cone mtu the land. I was told, "Taurua, yon and your people hai"e done wrong
in rebelling ngainst the Queen."- I ailswered, "I ha\"6 IIOt done wrong; I ha ...~ uot carried arms
against the Queen, bu::' :l.gainst you, and you now say it is dOlle ngainst the Queen." I waited,
expccting to be told' tll:;.t the land would be all takeu for my wrong-doings; but uu, :dl the blame "'as
put on to mc and not on the land. That finishes this part for the present. We were taken then
t.9~.O~aM' Mr.JUst:i~Dston presided at I!lY,..triab. 'We were brought t;:.ck from Otago to
Wellington iU'l"S72, and lU IS73mr D. McLean sent us all bacl;;Jlere: those \Yho belonged to Pate;!,
:,-nd those who belonged, t~ w ait9!::.r:;~ ju _s peaking o£ w.I~~ tOok place jIl186~mitted, tc!- sbi.t!3' tha.t'
m"that year tbe folloWlllg blocks on~lde of the \Vhe_lluakura were made :reserTcs: T:l.IporohenUl,
3Iokoia, lIfallutahi, Taumaha., and Hukatere. And on the other side "of the ·Whe::!!1.akura these hyo
blocks were resen'ed, Oi5:a and Pntahi. The land betwecu Patea and 'iVhenuakura '\':1S not resen'ed
at that time.
In IS7:, \\e arrired at Wanganui, after Sir Donald 3fcLe:1.ll had rolea~cd us.
It
was then that Sir Dou:Jd 31cLe:lll confirmed his promi!'es of the reseryes: narneiy. 10,000 acres :It
Taiporohenui, G,OOO acres at Mokoia., 2,800 at ~Ianutahi, 173 at Taumaha, anu 300 at Hukatere.
Sir Donald l\lcLeall told me I \i":lS to ba\'e 2,000 ncres at Otauto, 10 acres at ,\\~~.jott1rc, and 5 acres
at 1IIatangirci. I said to Sir D()n::~<;l ~IcLcan, ".1 \y.ilLllaLgoJ);1.ck to this land Y0ll. haye gi\'cn me at
Patea, but I will go back to tne la:i:td 'berneen""WhenuakuTa--:tnd WaitOtara." I "....id, " ReUlo"e your
hand which presses upon me like a yoke, and let me go back to the land bet"ecn P:;.zca, ,\Yhenuakur:l,
and '\Vaitotara." _-\'f[o1" this I c::!me back and li\'ed at HuI-atere, \,"hich belonged to) the GoYernll1ent.
Then I went to W" elliugton, where the Parliament was sittiug, to ask that the-Iant! should be gin!n to
me between Pntea and \YheuU:lkura; from lIIr. Richmond's line back to the illoun;::tl11s. "\.fter thi:; I
repeatedly weot to IVeliington, when I saw that European houses were being built all that laud, and
that their grass was growing there; and I continued to go to '\V' ellington until the death of Sir Dou:tld
~lcLean. 1 then heard that it wa."- :?tIr. Worgan "who had sold tbis land, and I fOil ud thi:; man out
and spoke to him. I :tSked him if he was a C01l1mi,;sioller, and he said, "Ye.,;." I a"kcd him if I:e
was the person \\"ho b-:mght land from Patea northward, and he said he was. I :1.1s0 heard that
he was selling a piece of land b-etween Patea and '\Yhenuakura. I said to him, "~"':'j.2..1! g!L::uo:Qg the
road and find ~ cow with a branAoH"it q9.Jlo~4~,~t1:h?-t <:~o! el~~ IOU may be sent t;:> prison.'! ,\--hat
I mcant by tIllS \\"as tIiirtlie I:u:'id ber~'kra.te1i"n.na'Vhen ua'flti.a"'h:ta:a1T been br-!l.Qcd for mo; and I
hai"e repeatedly put forward my claim to this land, from the time when I came back from Otago until
the present moment \\·hen I stand before this Commission.
525. The C07ll7llissicmcrs_J Did you make' any claim on this subject to )lr. Shechan wllell he was
Nati,e :!Ifinister?-Ycs, I spoke to 3Ir. Sheehan and l\Ia.jOl'- Browll when they were here. As fast as
one Commissioncr succeeded another I repeated the same thing tn him, and kept on with it, and will
keep on until there :rre no more Commissioners left. I spoke to 3fr. Sheehau :luout 70 acres at
Hukatere, Section 94, adjoining the Otauto Reser\c. I must refer to something which I oyerlooked.
In the year 1874 Sir Donald l\fcLe:m and 1Ifr. Parris caUle here. WOe went up ~he ri\'cr together ill
a canoe, and talked o,er.this laud ""hich I ha,e just mentioneJ. It was then that they spoke about
reserving ,Vaioture. Now that Sir Donald l\lcLeau is dead, you call :1.8k ~lr. Parris as to the truth of
what I state. I will now go back to the year 18G7, when I met Mr. 'V. S. Atkinson, who was with
Mr. Richmond. I patted Mr. Richmond on the baek, and said, "This is them:m who speaks deception."
He said, "What ha,e I done, that you should say that?" and I replied, "You told me that there
would be no people settled between Patca and 'Yhenuakura." :nIr. Richmond the!! .s.:tid, '''Come into
the house, and wc will till it o.er_" He then said to me, " Wen, Taurua, iIUYJ!it hale I deceived you ?'.'
I said, " You told me there would be no people settled on this port-iailOf ~he land:: :!\fr. Atkinsou then
said, "It is my doing. I phced Awitea and Erueti Te Pewn. on that laniL" I then said t() Mr. Atkin. so~, "What right had you to put those pe<lple on the land?" Mt: Atkinson said, "'It rests with me tQ
·~!;tle:this. as I am yoor~t..:\ But I said, "No; you must settle these people on the land taken
by Ur. Richmond; namely~ the portion extending one and a half miles from the coast..·' I speak about
" the laud from the end of !fr_ Richmond's boundary, which was one and!l. half miles from the coast right
back to the mountain. I now reqnest you to give me back that land..
526. The cOD"l"ersation with ~1r. .A.tkinson which you speak of was in 18G7, "as it not ?-Yes.
527. Tile Commis-ritmcn : We hare listened to what you ha,e had to say; but there is onc thing
to which IOU have omitted to refer; namely, the reserve of 1,000 acres which "as :l!!recd t.o be made
to Xomene,' and Komene thust now speak his word, before wo can bring the two. -fhinCTs together to.
consider them.
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528. Tallrllc.: Wl:i:::2 ::,e 2,000 acres were resen-ed :It Ot:J.uto, 1,000 ac:'e5 \,ere givcn to Komcno
and his people. :Lt 7.-as .:,n the other sic!e of ,Vhcnu:lkura; and Sir DoualJ }lcLc:m said that 500 acre,::
were to be in the, tH:S~. <'-::la. 500 acres out in the open. Komene then took th~s land between Patea and
Whenuakura, ndjc.ining :he 2,00{)-:l.cre reserve. 1 said to Romene, "You shocld ha.e taken the reserve
\,here it was pointed OL:~ to you by Sir Donald J\feLe:m, :l.Ud not here betwec:::. P:ltea :lud IVhenuakura,
where I shall disD!-!te it."
520. ]{omci:~ 5:tici: S;:: Do~alC. 1IcLean gave 1,000 acres to Pukorok;:,ro :it ,Vhenuakur:J.. Mr.
Parris was there at the :::::;0, :lCld agreed to it; and Hone Pih:tma ,,:lS there :tlso, :lnd :lgreed to it; he
too W:lS :t CO!1l!1';:;S:Oll-::::-.
It y,:,s chosen on the (,ther side
IYhenuikun. I said, "No; bring
it this side of \\-~e'l1.::,h::·a, :}(;x;: to the piece or 1:111<1 belonging to Tau::::.:::;."
Captain Bl:tke theu
took Taurua, i\g:-.c.i::i;"'. ;:,116 myself to sce the boundary lines, :lnd he pointec. out T:tUru:l.'s land, and
pointed out mine :;s ~e::';f: next to it:.
5:30. The Co;;,:;,:·ssi0ncrs.j H:t\·c you liyed there yourself? Are your lc:U:rcs on that bnd, on this
p.ide of the rinc!' ?-)I~- l\o\:ses ~,-r() on the land pointcd out to mc by Capt::t~::l Bbkc. The ca.rtlo:td or
potatoes that I b',_;:.;;;h~ i!: this !.::lorning \yere grown 011 the land.
531. Taur7u;: I \';:~l s?eak :lbollt all the land between the mountains and. )fr. RichmonQ's Doundary
line, which i$ L':J.e :1.:J.G. :-!. :,:;.H miles fro.m the se:l, and extending three miles f;:"o'::n one ri\'er to the olher.
It \\":'.s \\'hile I "',-:S :" ~)"re:l l~l:1t: ~his land was sold, :l£ter I had repe:ltedly ::.sked that it should not be
,le:l!t \"'itb, It ",':::'S :;o:ci. l:ere by Captain ,Yray. If I had bcen told, when I 7;:lS tried iu IVellington,
that Illy bnct v;-as to be :::..1;:(:n for r:::y offences against the Queen, then I shotE.~2 ha\"e unde:-stood it; but
J \\":1>: not told 50 :~:: t:l£:: ti~e. ::'1:: body was punished for my offcnces.
;;3~. The C-:;;;;=T;:",ic;.;:eJ"S: Tbere arc seyeral thi~lgs which the COU1missio:::.c,s ha\"e to say, in answer
i 0 what :'0:; k"c s:c!·L
The u!""s:; point is in reference to \"hat you h:\,e l'2.st, s:lid abolit Hot h::J.\"ing
heen tohl about :-"0:.;.r 1:.:,c:1.t tbe ti;ne \\'hell you wcre tried. The duty of the J ,,-age W:lS only to :ldmini'lter
the b\\·: he had. llcthi"'g- \·;h:lrcq:!!" to do with the bnt! or the cOllfisc:ltioll, ::led n:Hi no por;er to S:lY :lllY .
thing 011 the sut\jcc-,:. 'J.""n:1.t is \..-hy you \yere ueycr lolcl iu the Suprc;nc Court wh:\t "ould be 1110
result 0(" you:' i!l;;~lrr;::c,iol!. i\ e .... ertheless you 'and :l11 the people kncw it:!. lSGG, :lfter the first \\a:-,
that if you bro;:,.' out 2:1 insUlTcctioll agaiu the bncl "'ould cert:linly bl> ukcn by the Goycrnment.
_~?£.,_+au,,:,~: ~li the blocks !.have,m.q:p,tio.I1.ed were given to us before -the second outbreak, aud
they were not t:i1i:eri.-'£"~::::. us affer the disturbance as payment.
;'3·1. Tlu: C;J:.,!;"i:'"ivllcrs: The re:lS011 why Taiporohcllui was not taken
on account or Te N gohi
(IIOllC PilHrm:c)_ lIis ll::::::e prcsc:,yed that land, and it i~ recorded in the p:q:rers before the Parli:lmeut
rh:1t it \\"a$ O!l :'..;:;:::>:,,,: .:;f:he U1:1.::!ler in which !\!!ohi himself had beha;"ed cil-:!.t none of th:lt land was
takc:n. It \\"::5 r::··~·,<e::·c:2. :wu sa<"eel b\' !.lis <Tood conduct. "\rhe:: the :;ecol:o 1\":lr broke out there hall
heea no rcse:· .... ;:; ::~:t·::e :larch of tn:lt fiuc of' ?1ft-. liichmonJ's; but aften\-aros it became nccessary, in
conscqucnce of :::'= sc'~;::·ud. iusm-rection, that white people should be put '"pon the bud. You nlUst
Imcler5t:llld tl!:tt :-,~! ~:!':'';;c cllgngemC!lts of :1\:[r. Richl1JOud, and :lll arr:mgenle:r:.1:S made before the secont!
itl!'urrcctioll, ;':e,;: S\\'C?t aW:lY :tltogether by th:tt iusun-ection. If you had been present at the sitting
"f 1 hc C0ll11:1;,:"io!! at !-i:twer:1 . • ou would haye he:lrd references to other reseryes there \d1ich had :1150
~O,-le in the >':1.:':<.' w:<T. :!;{O\~·: at the time \\·hcn· the bnd. bet\\'een P:ltea =d \\'heuuakur:t \v:lS soltl,
: !lCl"e \',"(:re t-<t-o oilieJ:o-t~gs"'done': onc \\":l6 to grant :l piece of b.nd on tbe ri\"er side of the K:\h:u'oa
lr:lck for t!le U ni,ersi;:'..J; nnd the other was to Dl:tke:t reser,e, :lbo ou til:.>: ridge, of 1,000 ncres for
Komellc. 1'i:o,,;:: ~"O :hi!lgs "'c:-(: done, besides the selling of the bnd; :lnll :now there is 110 ground for
\!;: tt) intel'fere ·.,id! c-i~hel' of those things any more th:ln with the sales tbt ha\'e becn made to the
'Eul·opealls. You ~u.~~~~.~.£e,r that nfter the second insurrection, the Europeans' 'wanted the'
Go"ernmcut llot~to ana",- you-or any of your people to return to ttl£l.,1:1.Ud:tt ~~ But the GO\'ernment
hall ct>n!'icleratio,~ .fo:- .:rOll and. your people, bec:luse you (l'aurua) h:id recci"'ed much gre:lter punish!nellt than :Iu::" 01' the ,:·tlie:·s. \ve must refer to something th:lt took l)bce f:::>etween Sir DOllald l\leLe:m
:lnc1 Si. D. Bt:-:t y;::lte ago. A t ,he time when you ",yere brought b:lck ill IS,3 by Sir Donald !\IcLe:lll,
:)il' Dil10n Bell ,;;:,i,: t,:;:. Sir Douald, "Look how small:t piece of l:lud has been gi\'eu to Taurua comp:lred
\\'itlt other jlit>,:'c""3, Eke T:l.!porohenui, which were gi,en tp the othcr tribes who ..... ere cqually in rebellion."
Hc ::tld!.'d, ., It:;; t:·:te ,u.:n the D:lIll~ of N gohi has p:-otected that bnd, but still the quantity for Taul:u;t
is \'cry ~in:llL"" ~o~ b.'e heard t?e word weJl3..Ve snid to you, that all these promises of nII'. Ridi'..
mond were swent a"ti:i, DV the sccond·"ii:isurrectioll.. But when Sir Donii.d ':DIcLe:ln :lnd Sit· D. Bell
!<poke abollt th:;."t .. the;;
-both
that'considel'ation oU<Tht
to be shown to ,ou,
princiI)allv
_
. . .agreed
.
::::t
_
"" ou account
of your having :;:~ffereG. the punishment which you (lid, and also becnuse, af1:e:r yonr return from Otago,
yon and the peoole ...:hom ,ou immediate!. controlled behn\'cd welL \Vith reference to the laud at
?'Iokoin "hid!" Y~'-l '·-cre just spe:lking about, there is l:lud thero for your people, and :tt :!Ifnnutahi.
And became, you h:::.;-e always beha\"'ed n'e]] since, and also becnuse we remember \"hat hnppellcd
you, our \Yord co the Governol' .... ill be to recommeud that some portion of the la,nd in tho Kallaroa,
between P:lte:t ::iud \Vhenuakura Rivers, shall be reset'Yed for you. lYe =I.mM say how much it n·j1J
be y'et, bec:lusc 7. . e oust first see what the Governor has to l'ay to it. But you must Dot suppose that
it will extend b::ck to the mount:t:n, because in e\'ery other case \\"here rese.....".cs ha\"'o been mude, there
has always be(::~ :t. ::e:tSonable back boundary fixed. Therefore you mu~ le:t\"e it until wc hn\'c bCi:.'ll
able to think ~:-€ft!n.f o,er the lund and the boundaries; but yd'u =y be sure we sh:lll recommend to the Go-ernor thnt there shall be some further resen·e made to ,OU, and it will be for the
Governor to sa--;- .....nether he consents or not. That is all we have to sa•• - You must remember that
wc are only ca.;!"":: ing out the promises of former days since the second insurrection, • It 1S not for
us to undo th:;.: ...·... htch was done by Sir Donald McLean or any other lIIin.tster, otherwise we should be
asked to undo a gre.t many other things besides. 1£ you hn.ye anytbing more to urge, we will give
you another opportunity of speaking.
535. Tall.rll.c: I ha.e s:lid all I have to say; I hav-e finished; I willle:l'c it with you now. I will
not forget it, b~lt ;ri!l bea.r it in mind. I leav-c the rest to you.
,
'53(;. TI:c C011lr..tiuioners: You must not tllink thnt allY of the words u-hich lJaYe passed to-day \vill
be forgot~en ?!:" passed. lightly o.er .. It will not be long before our word '1::11.1 go to the Governor, and
we hope It WIn oe ora:nfjf1 (COD solatIOn) for you.
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537. Tam'ua: I haye auotner matter to_· mention to the Commissiou. I "ill state ...-bat passed
between myself and 1\11". Sheeh:m and r,I.;,:ior Brown. 'When l\ir. Sheehan came bere with -:liajor Brown
aud N gohi, after returning from \Yait=, I asked him fot· the land which 1Yas confiscated by the Goyernment, but where no European house::; h:uibeell built. I asked for the 70 acres at Kabar~ Section 9i,
towards Otautu, and opposite Hukaterc.. ])Iajor Bro\\-n· and Mr. \Villiams can tell you whether I
asked him or uot. I :lsked him to !!i.e me an answer whether he would agree to my request.
538. The Oommissioners: We kno'l\- that you asked Mr_ Sheehan, and we think ?lfl-_ ~beehan was
williu/X, at that time, for the land to be returoed_ 'Ve will speak to ?-1r. Sbechan and :ind out what
he said about it. But you "ill remember that section has been leased, and nothing C:ln ~ done until
the lease is at au end.
539_ Taurua: Major Bro'lCn told me to tdl the tribe8 of Ahitahi, 1\ gatitane\\ai, and :Ngatitupae:J.·
that there would be 10,000 acres reser-ed for them at Tirotiromoana. If the block exceeded 10,000
aCI'es it was to be reduced to :h:lt :1~nount, and if it W:1>: lcss it was to he made up tq 10,000 acres. I
hear that siuce it has been St<t.-c,cd it turns out that there arc 1<5,000 acre" in this block_ I believe
this is owing to :!. mistake m;dc tilrough the sun-eyors going straight on with their sun-er lines,
instead of goillg round the block which ,,-as pointed out. The people did not object to this; they did
Ilot s;:y it wns wrong. If they had, I sbouid h:1\'e told ::\bjor Brown so.
5-!0. Wil'eJlm l?okilta OD/churl{ said: T:lUrua was taken prisoner frOUl bere to Ot2.go_ I ..as taken to
\Vellington, and the other people were left here. They were taken on account of their r~"l.nng been ill
r",bellion; but I was ollly a child "he!! I was taken. I will speak :1bout the bnd mentioned by Tauru:I,
bet"'cen Paten and \Vhcllu:lkur.l.. 1 saw in the Ga=elle the appointment of this COll1miss~on to inquire
illto r.i!e griey;tnces of the ~atin:~ i:1 this distrid, and to fulfil the pt'omises made by Go.ernlDent, ill
order that peace shoulJ lx~ estat·lished beb\"eell tbe two r:\ces. I bayo claims myself in this bud; it is
llot that I am speaking solely on account of myself; I :1.111 !'peaking for the whole of m'y tribe. It i:s
true, as st:1.ted b., 1'aurua, that thi~ b.a.cl "-:IS retul"!1et! by }[r. Richmond to him and his ;;ribe; t:.at is,
as fat· as I ha\'e he:1.rd, what w;-.s said by ::\[,_ Richmollc1. and I belic\-c it to be true. ::!-fr_ Richmon,l
s:lid that no Europeans would be settled 011 this block of bllll, and that the ;:\ati\'es "-ere to h:l\'e half
the proceeds of the s:lle of the see:ions included in the block extending for onc and a b.:Uf miles back
from the sea.
5-!1. The Commissiollers: That is quite true; we :Ire aware of that; but the second war swept all
those promises away. SUPpO$l!Jg that the l:lua had :lH been taken by the Go,ernmellt, and that 'fauru:!.
had not beeu allowed to returu here from Ota!!:u, where would tb,e"tribe haye been?
542. Fokilta: Only a port.ion of the trib'C ~\'ellt away_ ,.;Pile greater part remained here, and did
llOt go down to Otago with T:1.urua.
'f' f\ \<J\1,15)~(
5-!3. The C011l.missiollffS: It];; becm;;e some retnained lh:lt lye deem it ri~ht for some consiJer:ltion
to be sho1\'n to them. \Ve ",i~h to sho", kindness and consider:ttiou· to the tribe, but; it is ·impossible for us to undo that which has been dQlle_ \Ve cannot hell' the fact:: that t1J.e land;,,-:;.;; taken after
the second insurrectioll. 'Vc C:UlllOi: take it away from the Europeans who were phced upon it
by the GoYernment, :llld gi.e it back to the tribe. The second war swept :1\\"ay all the promises the
GOYerllll1~nt had made pre\"iously_
You mast s~art fr"m a fresh point; from the time they came back
:lgain, after the second w:lr; anJ you kno,,· ,,,hat! he Go.ernll1ent did then. Sir Donald ?IcLc:111 then
ga\-e lands to 'faurua; that W:LS the end of i;:; but he did not go b:lck to !\Ir.. Richmond's promises and
S:lY, "You sball ha.e all ·the bnJ .~-ithina mile of the so."\."
And, again, when Sir Don::tld 3IcLc:lll
ga.e those 2,000 acres to Tauru~ wh:1t did Tanrua say? If he had theu said, "I ,,,ill not ha\-e tbe
~,OOO acres," it \\"ould ha\-e been quit<l a dificrent thing.
But he accepted the 2,000 :!eres, and has
leased the land and obtained mone. from it. 1'h:1t was what Sir Donald McLe:m S:J.id at that time,
.• I will not ginl you more than ~OoO acres_" Taun:a said, .. I cannot consent to that;" but Sir Donald
McLean said, " I will not gi.e you ~n:r morc.." ·wc find in the Pa.pl!rs laid before Parliament,"that
one Government after another has s:1id, "There bas been enough gi'i"en back;" and it =s only when
tbat con,et'sation took place bch.cen Sir D. Bell and :Sir DOllal<1 l\IcLeao, and after the t:tlk with ?tIr.
Shcehau :l yo."\r or two :1/;0, and now ~heu this Commission arc sitting here, that "-e lQo()k forward. to .
gi\'ing further consideration to Taurna.
543A... Poki1la: I ha.e acted a.ccording to the Gazette. i'1r. R!chmond's promise to Taurua was not
made -verbally only; it was put in "\\I"iting.
54:4. Tile Collll/lhsiOlzers: 'Vc kno\\" that: but the war swept aw;;!,y an promise.s, -written aod
.erbal, to those who joined in it.
.
545. l:.raima said: 3Iy children and myself :1l"e li\·jng destitute witllout any land to reside upon
at· alL I belong to the :Xgaranru. I cannot cl:lim with the tribe, for I have been absP....nt. 'Vhen I
returned the land was aU gone. I "as absent with the Ngatirauk:J.\va at Otaki. I notT li.e at Kaipo,
'Vaitotara.
.
54:6_ Tile C01ll1llissioner:s: We will say to you what ,,'e have said to other people ill the same position.
We will try to find a piece of bnd on which you can li \'e with your chiidren, but wc c.1.=ot say exactly
where it will be .. ,Ve shall ha.e to consult with l\:[ajor Brown, whom we will see if he C""-n find a small
place for you.
--------------- .. A:I" CA1l.LTLE, SA..TURO..1.Y, 27TlI l\:[..1.RCU, 1880.
547~ .Ngairo said: Putahi. a reServe on the other side of the Whenuakura., belongs to
111(".
There
!Lre also these reser\"es: Oika.. Te Ha.pua, Te Oho, Ohiri, and Okahu. The Herenaua Reser~e, which
contains 100 acres, has.been taken by the Go.ernmeut. I wish that- the Crown g=ts for these
reser\'cs I have mentiolled shoUld be gi\·en to me.
'
.' 548_ KomclIc said: I wish to speak about the Putahi Resen-e_ There is some dispnte about it still.
I wish to ask :Major Brown about it. Te Hnpua. is another rese,,'e of ours. This also is unsettled, and
the Government ha.e taken a. portion of it. . Haututu is another reser.e of ours_ Oik:1. is the llame of
the kainga there. Some of the
of this block are nlissing.
acres
G_-2_
l..",en chiefly
soldiers and
.ia, and ::J.fter
·fu.l aid of a
,a Nene, the
country per·
Yallc~ near
chief -named
5 :tt the Bay
·,ith us under
. country and
:cl b~ the aid
ingent tmder
"as probably
ho "as aftertime "e are
tled districtS. ~ ir
3. ,e been, "e
race, was at
J:tll of oue of
.y shot a great
:; to be ,,-iped
Jg settler, and
coru ruaud of a
:'$, and hanged
~her cases, the
t, for us; the
kirmishing by
property, the
; ((Hte, which
,ale more than
:t of Imperial
u too glo"ing
!y Yery large
,ribe in every
:mp:tthy from
,ca r behind on
:llld the year
~hc spread of
tltc result- of
; h:t YC so often
pro~rcss of its
:- Ycry painful
:r r:tce and the
uz settlemeut,
.ch zoes on in
US\- :llld in-ita:c: - :lctiou, aud
period "-e are
tl m:1Uifest.ing
,nd to p;'ohibit
~ t :\I:ll1:-a \\"a pon
pledged t helll)Idd l,y C)lllcr~,
~
the S::lle of any more lnnd to tbc Europcaus_ 'fheir second step w:ts the cqually
import.:lnt one of the :1ttellJpt (:-also originating in the s:une district) t.o create
"hat h:td ne,et· before e:s:istetl, :l D:ltioual autonomy under thc headship of a
:3faori wng_ _M:my of the brgest :1ud most "arlike tribe3 joined these combinations, and the r..lde lll:tclJiuery of the institutions set up b:,' thcm in Waikato
"'-:1S soon in full opel-ation OYer e:s:tensi\-e tracts of country, to the ahsolute
e:s:clusiou of the Queen's :1utllority_ With such smouldering fu'cs it wanted
but a breath to =ke a confia.gratiou, and t.his "as supplied by the unfo;:-t.unate
e,ellts "hich occurred at l\~ait..1.ra in 1860. The apparent ground of dispute ,,:1S
tue right of a h-ib::.l chief to coutrol n sale of 600 acres of land bv a mall of lesser
rank, "\\"ho cL.--ill:ued o"uership b~- possessors right. But t.he L:;nd-Leaguers and
followers of the King sa \I' in it n \,icIer basis_ - ~o them it meant resistance to a
sale of land to the European, and the po"cr of t.he King to enforce t.hat resistance.
It enliskd the. s:,,_npathies of tbe"\\ aik1.to
..
tribes, and they lll...1.de the "ar theu'
own_ After a short local campaigu in 1860-61, in which they took a part as
allies of William Kiugi Te Rangitake, the battle-field "as changed in 1863 to
\\aikato itself, and the Kiug's st.:1ndard "as hoisted in aggressiYc atL:1ck upon our
colouists, as the r.lllying-poiut of defiancc to the Queen's authority, and of the
e:s:pulsion of the English peopJe from the Islands. In all the fighting which
follo\l-ed, these \\-cre the \\-atch\\"ords of the }'laori warriors; and "here,er they
rn'c,ailed, the attempt more or less successful to s'IT"eep the settlers a"ay, "as the
thing the: really aimed at.
The great \\aik..1.to \I-ar \Y:lS fought out. in 1863-64, ending in the complet.e
<.lcfe..1.t of the- King party in the W nikato district and Taur:ll1ga-, and the occupation of their country by our people; and t.he result "as, in those portiolls of the
Coulltr~, fiuaL
But the \\-ar \\-a5 uot -ret over in the Wai1:ato, when it broke
out fiet'cel:- ou the "est Coast, and the'uce spre..1.d across tbe Island to the East,
iu.-ol,ing tribes that had <;ithe1' uot at all or only partially been cngaged· in
pre.-ious hostilities. It was in this stage that the West Coast. 1\atives with
\,liose territory \\"<:, under YOtu' Es:cellency's Commission, ha,e had to deal, began ~
theu' conuection \\-ith the e\-euts wc :lre recording; :md it happened in this \Vay.'"
Tile Kati.es resident in the couutry bet"een Waitotara and Pat.ea, belonging to
the K gatiruanui and Whanganui t.ribes, had so!d a tract of land to the Government
i..tumerliately adjoin.ing Waitotm":J.. on tile north; it "as being occupied by settlers,
:lnd a rO:1d in conrse of construction there/when emi.ssaries from the :l\gatiruanui
tribe residing fal,ther uorth in the ueighbotu'hood of t.he \ \:limate Plaius, came
<.low11 t.hc Co..1St :lnd attacked our road-pal·t.ies. I Earlv in 1865 General Cameron
took the field, \\"iOI se\-el-al rC'g-imcnts of ImpJdal t~"Oops and largc milit.ia aud
::\"ati\-c couting-cuts; all(l:l <::lmpaign began which lasted sC"I.-cral months, ending
in the completc defeat of the insurgent tribes, uem'lyall "hose peopLe, o:.:cept Te
Whiti, ,Yilliam E:ingi ?fatakatea, aud a fe\\- other chiefs, had been cngaged in
hostilities against us. At the cnd of this war in September 1865, the \,ho1e Coast
from "\\hauganui to the ""hite Cliffs, -10 miles north of :L\ew Plymouth, was COllfiscatcd under the powers of the Ne,,' Zealand Settlements Acts. But the :L\atives
were n9t _<:!riyen iroIE:.~eir tetritory.. T!:~~~:P-U!'JJ14W.-libernl arr.infcmen.ts'
of the GO,ernmcnt, resto_l~~LtP._a_large:--p..1.rt=·of-t1i~u·-COUlltry, :md contlUued mseemingly friendly relations with us for nearly three yean;. Then again in 1868,
in sympathy perhaps with a rencwcU OUtbl'cak by Te Kooti on thc East Coast, a
portion of the 1\:-est Coast 1\ati\-es under Titoko\\aru raised the st.:1ndard of rebellion, aud s"ept ~l\,a.r nearly all the settlemcnts, oyer a 5'paee of forty miles,
which had in t)IC iuten-al been planted in the country bct~'een Waitotara and
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"\Yaingongoro_$This outbreak ended in the defeat of 'l'it.okowuru, who iled with
___ ~, . thc most part of his followers t-hrough the fast.ucsses of .the g-reat forest into tHe
~< ''!(\Jm''S'9.~\?\ gatimaru couutry behind 'Yait..1.I":J.: \\-hile amonn-st the resident Natives nearer
'Yaitotara, the P:lkakolli were taken prisoner::, and t.he Ngarauru were removed
for a time into the ,\Vhanganui district.. The count1'Y b<!tu-eell \'~:litot:ll-a. and
"\ \-aillgon~oro hein:; a!!:lin open for settlement., \\':lS rcoccupk"d hy om' settlers; and
:iften\':m!s tll~l'#.!§lfillIT;a!ld ?\~raraul"U peoplc wcre brought uack and placed on
resen-l"S, dc/inctl al1l1 ~llrn!\'c(l fur them hv the GO\'crnlllcnt, where thc\' ha,crnntiuHed to lin' It) lilt: pr:'scnl (bY,.Thc"subst~nti:l1 intcrests of lhese restored. -,
!
~
G,-2,
"d to imminent
Prime MiJlist<!r
:T PlYmouth and
'or ~posing tbe
ttlers, "bo could
:\! i ,es "ould Ix
:dum safc; and
'cite Titokou'aru':;;
;;:ld to a renew:l1
alteration in tbe
t \,:1S beinz done
\' meaus iti" their
~ them of uei.u~
::~TS.
pcnse by contr3."
le defeated tribes
:l number of his
,ther parties crcpt
lCk. \\'it.b ,":If,ius::
:;1 pt'me of Titoko-:'
c: of takinz hilll;
Iu the fonowins::
lupukuuui, where
:lciom;iv obS('ITe<l,
[ou'ers -tending to
~\\'s of Tit-oko\\':lru
:ouutry, and eOlll"
('r, "heu tbe Chil
0e more and more
:0 say what course
:turn; and sho"ed
,em do so, t.hat an
led block, wherc..'1.s
'ns, frolll which it
erw!lrds,
::e meeling in lite
-oujcct
to Pt"c"
:ke him back; nor
lau llUilt for them"
ppoS('d his iea\"ill~
, whereupon he IT"
:1:- prolllise that he
,,'a:;
okol\"aru's YOUI1s::er
II;cl; :111<1 ilUstcii"ed
~S/l caused much
t:ln the ::\~atimanl
500, tendered their
Iea\"e their district.
arc to do "'itl! him:
1\"e cmbarrassllle:lt
.:\. ne\\" source ,)f
~ \\"3.S brought u[l~m
Icment at DU11l't\:n
\\"!tanZ:llllli 011 Ille
l ri\"(!i='
Gon:mvr
,·j~oIH'r;; ;md rt,'Store
to
them tc ;.heir lIOUlC;, Tuei r releasc \\'as prollliscd, b~: t il,c :\ :lIl, ." )Li 1\ iSle:- u'olLld
is; l.
not le;: t.bem out of Lis o\~n cQutro!. .. Thel'c l\l\l5~ be;' be toi,': ;he 1\:::ltin~$, "a. "
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,l
I t 0 t 1le 1ant1 qllcst;012,
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of ""t,,,,[,,
clear und erstanOlng
\'-H
I rC~<ln
uefore ti!C
pl"Isoucrs cau 1'0'-<>
nc;r~"'''n_.3o,i,
return to tIle district "'Licit was so lOll!!" tLe sccne of strifc" Your O\\'u (l"ood l'o'.mb<,J6'1.
P
"" necessity
. 0 fl laYlug
:t'"uese o~nS:1U
t
di u~ Cjllcsdons
"
"'ld
sense...,"11 te U you lUe
sett
c , ,P,IS,oF-3<
". ' ,
before they [tLe prisoners] ca.u be allowed tp lllove :tbout as they thiu1: proper,
and be in a positioll to Cl'e:tte fresh disturbauces. Therefore, theY:1re ilt"St to come
to Wellington"" _-\t the eud of IS71, therefore, the Go"ernment "ere in a double
difficulty: llonh of 'Ya.illgongoro the Natives ""ere s,,:1rmiug b:1ck to their old
homes, "bile in the Palm country ou tbe south aU the loyal tribes "ere eblllow"iug
[01" the prisoners' rcttlrn t? theirs.
\\e ourselves believe that it ""as this grave emu-'1.rassmeut, ~lUd the e:s:tremc
risk -rrhich ,,"ould nccess:trily have atteuded. auy steps to pret"cllt TitokoTl":tru's
return" -rrhicb led 'Sir Donald 1fcLean to conceive, :11: that crisis, the idC3. of not
enforcing the confi~tion beyond the IVaingongoro" It is cic...r from what \\"e
11a\c S-."1.id to Your Excellcncy, that the Govcrnment had long hcen undecided iu
their course, but b:ld tacitly allo\\"ed the disposS('ssed l'ati\"es to return. .-\.11(1
these h.ad returned "ith siugular astuteuess" Illstead of keepiug close together iu
oue pl:lce, they bad spre:td thelllSeh"es at once throu~hout their- old settlemeuts,
The ~:lti\eOffice did not kuo,," ,,"!tat to sa,. One of tite Under-Secretaries c-'1.11ed IT,J,,,.l[;octc"
the ::::tteutiotl of tile G':f,erument to the' f~ct, iuuoceD.lly :-tddi.ug th:-tt "he did not ~;~Dm"'""r
mo" if tbere was any ohject,ion to it.." The ouly answer be got "as, that this
"de~uded upou 'circU1ustal1ces."
-;:\evertbeless it "I"r.lS :-tlmost imlllediately:-tftel'"
,,"ards that the ]:\ ati\e }fiuister seems to ha\e made up his mind" ~Ir" ender"
Secretary C-oopcr, ill a minute 011 the result of the K g::ttiU1:lru meeting, had :::llrc..'1.dy
recorded tbe policy ,,"hic1l \\"as to he j1msued" "The West Coast tribes," he said, Lod<~"~t'r:
«:-tre comi.'1g in onc hy one; :lnd Titoko\\"arn must, if the present s~steUl of tre.'1.t- ~'7.~;;;;alc.
iug him ...nth ':t ,,"is\! and salut:try ncglect' be kept np, hecome so discoul":-tgcd I~
"
that he mU gi\C i u lx-forc long;." Sir Donald }fcLe:m approved this \ie\"\'" liut ~i~ D. lleLm.
iu ,:1 !:tter miuute on t!le papel"5 :1hout 'l'itokcn"am's return, the rc..'1.1 issue ""as i~,:;,~:';~ ~~~~,
t::s:prC5s~l in strikiil~ tcrlll;;: """ilh rcgmd to the ::\g-arll..'1.hinc (Tit-oko\\"afu';;
"
lWjJll)," the ?\ati,e ("Iitler-Secretary said, "I think it would he politically -C"der.5..--c:<t,.,<
undf'5irablc, aud I reo.r practically impossible, to attempt to p,eveut- their oeeu" ~;'r;~{~;:::;.
pying the couutry llorth of "-:-til1~ongoro, the confiscation of that eouut!:\' havin!!" 1571.,," '1!17~!.
been .ab.andoned bv tile Go\"ernment. so loug as the, beha\e theruseb"e!; aud keep
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"' T'>
" t e ,,~approve d "uy S·1r Sir
D )1cLc:n .
t h e compac t a b out not crossmg
\ l alUgongoro:
ulS IDlllU
~1;nc;<.16'l~
Donald. 2.IcLcall" -;:\or must it ue supposed that the st:1teUlcnt so approyed ,,:-tS :-tu D..",,::::b<~ IS;1.
aecidcut" or a mere slip of the peu. The words, "coufisc.atiou of the couutry
h.ayillg: been abandoned hv the Go\"enlluent," w(,re interline<l in the Secret;:!r,':;
minute, and could not h:~\"e escaped the 3Ii.uister's attcntion" Takeu togethCl'
with ;:-ill tbe e:rents ""C ltayc endeavoured to describe to Your E:s:cellency, "e
belie"t"e the "oros indicate with cleamcss "bat "as passing in the mind of Sir
Do~d McLc..1.n
the closc of the ye~r 187L Rc :,o~ld not .ab.andou the cou"
'Ii-' y',..'/J
fiscatlon: but nelt itcr would he eu [orce It. He "ouid inst.ltute a lle\\" s,stem, under"- c..W--twhich the "Kg.atiru31lui tribes should he illduced to relinquish t.heir cl;ims on both
sides the river, receh"i\1~ ample compens.'1.tioll out of the "ote which l'arliamcnt
h:-td pb.ccd :d. his dispo5.."11 for the acqllisilioll of ?\ati\c title in thc North Island,
,Yithiu a \\-cck lIe hat! l~"[t "\\-cIlinf;ton, :-tud was husy l'l"epariu:;, :-tt\\"h:lll;:-tUlli,
thc Instructions of 1872"
.at
Ik-fQ,e \\"C :l:"k Y'..,lll" Excdh:Ill'\" to look :1t the Cn"fft of the ne\\" ,,\"stelll which
so laJ:!::eh" inlittcllccll iitC course or'arr:lir:; throu!..:houl the CO:-tst, it "cems (lc~irahlc
to tr:tcc in :t fe\\" \\",ml;; the po:;;iti'm in which tl~e }[ini5lry or Ihat day found i(;.dr
at the <)iX'lling of tl:e l1CW Far (1872)" \\"c S:IY at ouc\: that, thc ri~ht policy
would 11:1'"(.' lx:-('n t,) Ir,-:.t TitnkO\\'arll and TaUrll:1. ho,h alikl.'" Thc\" \\"ere hoth
reprcscnt:lti\"es of tlte insurgents of lSGS, :tnd shoulcl laayc been allowed to rct urn
to their- respccli\"-;! di~l\"ic:" on )1n'ei~c1y the salUC conditions, the 1rincil':tl of which
:;hould 11:1\"1' 11<'en tll:1f the," ""err. to settle on
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G01."ernnwnL
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'\"1" :tre \\",' hen' I·") 1'.-1"11;:", :re: Inr.llll"·I'" .. r 11,,:
(\:1:", '.1t1!'l)"'1I ,,!t:<I'C tof t!tt' lJblllc 1")1' h:t\"in:; ;\11,,,,",:t\;1 difftclllty to
IS7::!,
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G.-2.
rii
aud took \Vi ParaL1. iuto the Go\·c.rumel1t. \ That 7IIr. lYatcrliollSC had understood
t.he iut.cl1tion of Silo E. Srafforc.l G!lh- in one "'ay, is c,idcnt from the q lIest ion h·::
;:o:::~, Q~<"i~~~' had just put in t.ltc Lc~isbti'''~ Co:.,;;cii, ,,·het.her, aft.c:· Sir·E. Sllfford's sl.:ttemcllt
1.tOc"";c~.IS;~, as to thc inteutiolls of UtC GO\'cnJmeut about the eonfiseatcc.l buds, they s<.ili
lIc",4r., XIII.,
. 1 t IlC sa 1C 0,r 1,~:.lG."1
IW'len
"llfr, Se\\'cil
'
<10.
mean t to go on ''·It.1
t lCll a d 'Cl' t'lse d at P
:ltC:l;
said that, the bnd \I'ould ,1O~ 1;c put up for sale. \ It seemed that at eyery poin,',
110 sooner ,ras somc Slep <.letc....mi!lcd to be taken than it had tD be retrac.cd. The
one thing that \\'as goiu; stc:<dil;' OD, \\-as the l'eoceup:ttiou hy the l\at·in?s of tllc
I,"aim:lre Plains.
lSi2.
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V.-TEE ARRA):'GDIEXTS OF 1873.
'We submit to Your E~c.-:::llcllCy that iCwoUld' be hard fot, any impartial obser,cr to deny, that the wholc course of c,euts during thc year 1872, t.he debates in
Parllam~nt, and the declamtious of the le..1.ders of both parties, 11nited to justify the
Natives "ho had returncd to the country north of Waingonl;oro in believing that
they "ould not a;ain be dispossessed. Yet in t.he face of the protests "hic!!
t.he tribes souLh of the ri \'cr kld illade, it is not less clear t.hat while Silo Douald
l{cLcan 1\as still mindcd not to eufoL\.~ the confiscation, he did uot choose to gi,e
it up. ! Hardly had the l\\I'liamcnt l'isell, before he took steps to make the :L\ath-es
lhrotlghotlt the Coast rca!i~c meir true posit.ion. Le..1.,ing ,Vclling-tou ou the 8th
January 18,3, hc held succe:;.:;:in.:ly ~rC:1t mcetings at Whaugauui, Haw'era, and
:L\ ew l'lYllloutlt. M:.1jor KC11\[I once more rel1e,',ed his pl'otcstagainst restol'ing the
lal1(l npop the Plains. ")Iy people," he said, "ha'-e heard th~t the l:tu(l bctWee.ll
IVaingoIigoro and Tamnaki has Lccu gi,el1 back; at "hieh they are illdiguant,
Ucc..1.use the Tmnnaki tril.h.--s !t..,xe hecll-treated so "cll "'hile they lUl,e themseh-es
'Sot<ei or ~r~ting been so heayily punished. I k,,-e he:1.rd. filat the laud uorth of\Vai'ngoDgoro has Ucen
!Lt \Thong.:u!ui.
returned, :"md I :1sk you fa rd1e"C my people from tllsir distress, as you han.: dOlle
73/311.: PubliJbed i:t 1'ra.{oa ill the case of tho;;c nOl'ih of tl,:1.t l·iycr_"
The Hon, In l'aratajeplicd that nothing
Neor; of 5tu
Lad 1;eel1 dOlle in t he ~\ss(,H1h!y about rctul"l1il1g lands to oue particular section of
.Fe-brooM" 1573
(COr.'"cckd bl" Si: :L\ D.tiycs, and treatiug olltn':; ,!!H·crcntly.
"The whole of the lal1;d," 'he said, cc "as
D. McLennj.
taken under the la,,', and at the same time: Do not think wc haye eut off land for
:my particular tribe': ,,'e cOIls.idet' th:\t wc [the Go,ernmentJ still haye the "hole
of it.." Sir DODal,l )kk:m s:lid: "In refcrenee tD the land north of IraingoIl!;oro, I alll uot. a\\":11"(:' of if" h:1Yillg hccn gi,-e11 up :1S you [the X:ltiYes I say: 110,
nOlle of it 11:15:." He ad(lccl: "Tlte (lue:;:tiou relatiug to land 1 "'ill inquirc into car-efully at anotliCI' {imc. :111<1 wiil ldl yon \yb:.1t is to be done ahout it." ;'\fajor Kcmp
rejoined that he Iwlie\-c,l the story about the restotntion of the land 110rth of
"-aingougoro: :)[dc JCin~i <lcd:m~tl th:1.t he lwd gonc "'ith Tattrlla to Sir Edw:lrd
Stafrord, "'110 told him that. bllds 50lcl to ElU'OPC:lIlS could not be' interfere-d
\\'ith, hut tbat Ihe Jalltlnot occupicd would be rcstored.
Sir D. McL.,~".
At :1lluthc.r IIlC,'till~ 011 :a"L J atluan-, Sir Donald announccd his decisiou for
1u<lructio"d" 31,t tlle 10c..1.tioll ()f T:lllrua,- :lIl(t the re:;:en-~ 'in the l'atca district.
lie then e0111J :1DUArr on
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Gth Fcbruor.< .
»1<-tce\ his \\'ork h.'· i,:s1\ill~, f "-0 !'('l':lrnte order:; for the gUIdance of his officer::;
~~'~"':-\.A'.r<'''u"
north and souill of \\·:til1;':"ll~r-:)rf).
Tht~ Ibwcra settl,'rs he conciliated 11.'" at· once
",,0'.... of Mc<:lin~ dcY<)till~ :J. lai":;c ;;tl:n (0 lx:<>i:lIIill~ tb~ )[olllltain Hoat!; and he a1Jrog-atc(1 )'1r.
~~~e'i!~~:;~'h, Fox'" pri)mise ~lhlll~ "U,) 2'::lilYC fi:-..: lx:ill~ lighted," 011 the pIca that :tlthou~h
1S;3, ,3/1 ',;\. th:n 'p!,'d~e h:1d IJc ...'n j~t'pf S~) i'll1;; ::::;: }[r, Fox. rCIl1:1i!1ctl at t he ltc:.1ll.~f.lI,le )Iiui:;- -f:=::---i~'---;-­
i>~'{[";L:~,:)..... tr,\', It hall \)CCII Illalk 11l:t t!me or dall:rcr wlllch had J1a~s('d :1W:I.'·~G()JIIg- 011 to
1'\('''' l'lymolltlt, he ill'I(\ :mo!:.!t-cr br-.;c mcctil1~ of the ~g-atinl:llllli, 1\gati~~~:~, and
T:ll'all:tki tribc,:, ,,"It''1I It,· :Hh-i:<c:c1 tht:~ll to cultiYate the art" or pcacc, "All tue'
lal1el!:'," h ...~ "ai,r, ":\1": ill the b...-UHis of lite Gon~rIlIl1CIlt. Thc otil<'r (l'alt::t] side uf
f'O!>,-;-,',)N. "-aing-ongoro 11:1': :.In':1<I.'· h,.,<:n sl'llkti, and wc ll1u;;l 11<1\\' arr:lI1gc about. thi,; silk, *..L--I~-­
Th,' Gon'rl1l1l(:1l1 (k;;irc I.. fn-:tl \"till "'cll in the l1lal(Pr.·· He 11)(:11 \\'ellt on: "YOll
ha(l hetter I <1nl 10 tlte "ult i\-:ll ion or food. HClllcmhcr your OInl p1'o\"(:d), • Th.!
f:l11lC nr (\w \\:,alTi'Jl' is !'\.ort-li'·c(l, hilt the.' fame of :l I1wn strolll; to clllih'atc is
(!\'C'I'la,:t i II~.' Let w; <Jllidl.\- make arr:mgcm'cn tg ahout the land. The Go,-enlliWllt \\'islt 10';(:,: YOll ,,:-ll!,'tl in:l l"ati;:f'lctOl',\' \\':1.1' UjlOll it: thell only C:lllwe
('l)Il..;itlCI· :1 PCI'llI:UWl!t 1"-:1<",' ('st:IJ.li"hcll. )1:.'" :1(l\-ic": (.) YOIl is (1) l,c ):Irl)n~ ilL.
1S73.
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(·u!li'·;~~i!l::. :111(1 i"
~··:11.,\\, :l:..:r-(~pht .. ,,:~! Pll1-:-.uil:-:.
1.,.;
,"(,111" fltlll:·" fi:..~1tli!l!: hi" \\-ith
IG
Cl'LiJll:lLc<l by the Chief Stll,'CY01' of T;lr.1l1n\;i :1.S £liD2, ana U10 GO'l"crullleut has ncluall\- rC!.:ci'ed
I\ircnlly fur LlIe snle of 11 !;lIInli portioll (If the town scctions. included ill tho origiulll reSefye. £1842 7s.
rid., wl1ile the ,"alne of thc euLire substit.uted reser.e, which is hen.,y bush Innd, remo\·et.l from t.he
Llln.ill rO:1.d of the cOllulry. WIlS cert:1.iuly not lllore t11:1.1l £2 n.n ncro, or £1400.
,!'he Il:l.t.iyes had
llowever. l'l"e\"ioul!ly lo tlte suhjed being- brought. before the _,Vest Const COlllmissiouers, lcaset.l th~
sl1uGLiLl1teu uluck [Of :1. icnlt of twcnt.y-one ye:u"S, nud received, as commuted l'enL in nu ....:1.lIcc for the
first sevell yenrs, the Sl1lU of £[;00, which somewhn.t complicn.te<l the transnction. But for the
dillicnlLy nril;iug- out of i his circlUnst.1.11CC the presellt ,Yest Const Commissionar would have collsidercd
it ouly just that the tille of· the nntivcs ro tlte portion of Lho 'site of SL111.t.fo1'd iucludeu iu tho origilln.l
reserve, not yet soJa, should hnve been mn.itltninell; aud thnt iliey should. hnve received the proceeds
of the pnrchn.so lllotley paid for the sectiolls sola by the Goverlllllent--the Government t.1.kiog o,er the
snbstilutetl reserve with the rcspousibilil.ies of the lc.'l.Se. Under:1.ll tho circumst.'1.Uces it was t.hought
best to cOlllpromise the lllatLer; nnlla 10llg Ilegocin.tion, n.uly condueted by llIn.jor Pnrris, eucled in ilie
mitiyes ngreeiug to retain tho substituted section ancl to hn,o 300 ncres lllore. The natives coucerned
appenr perfectly satisfiC!.1 with the conclusion :tm,ell at, which, it must bo ackuowledgell, is one
extremely ftn'oraLle to the Government.
WLLLlUI Fox,
"\Yest Coast Comiuissioll Office,
"\Vest Coast Commission er_
New Plymouth, 25th March, 1882.
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No. 3.
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RESERVES FOR TADnUA AND THE PAKAKOHI TRIBE.
~ :ll~l.j (r,~>.J
liOll. Sir "\V_ Fox to Hon. NATIVE MunSTER.
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,Yest; CO:1.st COmmJSSlOn Offico, '.
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l:!l'ew' Plymouth, 25th Febl:nn.ry, 1'&32.
Sm,-I Itaye the hOllor to enclose :l. report upon the reserves IJroposed for 'rn.unm ~.nd the
Pnlcn.lcoLi Tribe, null to l"C1111C!"1, that you will lay ilie same before !ps Excellency ilio Go,cruor for
his information.
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'\YLLLIAlI Fox,
Tho Hon. J. Dryce, IILII.r.., Nn.tiy€ Minister.
West Coast COlllmissioner.
ENCLOSURE.
Rr.}J01·t of the Commissioner a}'}J(JiJltcri mld.-, "The rVat Coast StUTemellt ("North Isl<l1Icl) Act, 18S0,"
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on. tIt<: 1:cscrr:cs filr T<llCnca aml tlte Fakakolti l'rib~.
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1 'rho n.t1jllsimcnt o[ thc t'c-"crvcs for thc rnlmkolti or Ngn.Lihille Tribo has involved a gre:1.t dc.1.1 of
cousider:1.~iou nlltl bbor, ll:1.dicnl:1.dy l1.S re~:1.l"lls thoso in the neighbourhoou of Pn.ten. :1.lloUcd to
Taurun.; Romcne, ntH1 thcir Imp us. . 'rhe hLrer 11:1.11 of Lhe
uired iuto by lhe
COIUmissioncrs (If 1880, who rook c)\.t.ell$i.'e eyiclcnclJ npou
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0.11(1 mn<1o oSl'ccin.llllell~ioll of it ill their
meritiug specml cottsiderntion:;t:.n hn(l :1.1so, l1.S stntecl nt that time
the subject of discussion lJc.,'\recll
hiUlself an<1 the laLc Sir J)(llIalt1 McLcul. N:tLi.o MinisLer, whell they bolh cOllcun-cd ill Ule opinion
tlmt more lilH!ml Lrc:~l1U<'lIt sholllll bo ~\..ellll(!<1 to T:l.l1rttn.. It appc..'1.l"5 n.llio t1mt 1IIt·. SIIl..'C!t:lll, wh<,t:
No.tivo 111 illi.'lull", h:Hl expr~d nil ill~l1t.ion tlmt :ulllitionnlln11d cc shouIa be giYell specially to T:l.ufU.1.
in cousi<1cmLion (l[ scrriccs rCl1l1erecl hy him.... 'rho Conllui-"Siouers of 18:;0 clisLillcLiy laM T:tUrun
thnL " They wouill rccollllUeu<l t.hn.t SOllle :l.lhliLiollru portion of the Inud beLweeu Palc.1. aUtI Whelllt.:\kurn. sho\ll~l be giycn ro him ...• It Ims b€i::Ome ilie duty of the present COllllllissioner to rccowmellll
to His Excelleucy, the maulIer ill which the intentiou nbo,o reconled shoulll be c..'1.t:ried out, :lUll abo
how the reservcs, (In which the tribe h:lll 1)ee11 somewlmL promiscuom:ly put iu 1873, but lhe
bottlHl:1.ries (If whil·h h:lll lIe,cr -been t1cfillitely fixcd or sUt"veyC!.l, should be al11'0rtiollctl :Ul1UIl~ Lho
so.emI chiefs p.1Il1 h:Il'us iuterestell. ~hllY llays at ':1.rio\1s periol1s during the past yeaf, h::.;-e h.:cu
speut by the Commi-"Sioller in persoll::1.1 discllsl'ions with the ''I''hole of the llatives cOllCernCtl, in their
Ilns ou Ynri(llU'; pn.rLs o[ Lite gl"Ol1l1J. n.Ull nt lIawem :llId .Pn.wn., :tllll he trusts that Lhe courso which ho
now rccolllmeuds "'iU he funllll consistent. with jusLice nod liberality without profusion.
A few words mny be -"aia of {./te autccCtleuts of ,!'aurua n.nd his people in refereJlce la ihe 'l'l"nll!
which letl to the confiscation of thcir Iaml. ;4tl1i(d?a.kakohi",tribe.' before"thc:::war"ofnSO!j~·resi'h'r(lii
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comluct Imtlll()t bccn (,[ :l. "-cry irrcconcilro\..lc clin.rllcter, seems e .... ident from the [nct lImt :lot the <'nd
of L1mt W:II' Lite), wcre J"{'iIlSl:d.l·tl (Ill their W1Tiult"y,'OIl term!' lilLle less fayomhle Umu thCll't) cst"llllt-J
to l.11e trilJe~ Oil tlte SUllley Hiver al1l1 Ul"lllnliC "locks. whir-It hn.ll 1I0t bC~1l ill rcbellioll_ A1JI!·!tl
reRen'es were :tllott.ca at thnt tillle to th= betwcen the Pnten ni,el' nltlllho l'nug:1.hoe; w!tilt! bcl~'Ci!Q
tho P:1.ten am1 the ,Yhelluakllm only the insiglli!icant qunntity of onc and 1\ Itn.lf llliles frulu UlO sea
iuwn.nls of the hlock, nlJ(l llluch of t.h:1.t pure ~:lIl(lhj]), WI\S tnl,ell by lho Govemment, :tIllI Ill! Lho rC!"
prnctic:1.11y relnrtlcll to t.he Lt-ibc. ,Yhen Tit.ol,owllnl renewed Ule fighting in 18G8, 'fflunl:1. .lid UU
befit tn rcslmiu hiR ll{!Ql'le [rom joillin;: lhe. Wfir pnrty, but was llot entirely succcssful in .itJiu::: 50. ,
lie rClDaiucd hilll~clf with his fnulil1' :tt. ilul:atcre (,,·here ho still re:-iae$). n.nd frcquclltl.r ,·j,.ilCsI :Ur. :'~~II~!!.;
Booth, the 10cnll\,tullli!'!<iulI<'r. lit l'atc:1., ~lti{,hcr hel1l1111C' nrr:lIlgcmcllls to relUovc tillll •.: li:::i.lillg ~l
might he (1\'<'1"_ ;\Ir_ 1;""lh at llti~ titHe le,,,k him to ,\'ellitlgtoll, where he oITcl"C!.1 t..o "b}'. if the
GoverullleuL wi:::hcll it, but the (lOyenimCllL WitS cOllyinceli of his filielity, amI he rcluruetl ",ith 1Ir.,
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Hero he wonltl hnve t.n.ken up his nuol1e, I\IllI e:l.mo inLo tho
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for UIO 1'I\,"POtlO,
~ wntl deterred by finding tlmt Mr. Booth was teUlpomrily nbscllt, I\lIll by 1\ tltory which ho hlUl
ken told UII\~ he wns going to be w.kon prisouer, n,ml thn.t if :my ruunIer:! were cOUllDiltetl by l~is
pcol'le he won Id be s11ot. Before he could I\gl\ill COlDUllll1icn.to l'ersonn.lly with 1Ir. Dooth, 01\1' a.ll!'
asters nt Nglllll-o·tc·1!nlltl all(1 TllrnturulDokni occluTed. 'l'itokow:l.ru swept t.he const of our tlefellSIVe
forccs, tlest.royed U~e homesteads on fifty miles of counlt'y, I\na swept 1\11 before him :umost inLo ~Ie
to 1\11 of \VIlIIgn.ll\U. On his wny down, he renchetl T'\Ul"\I:1.'S 11n (llukntore) by _llIght., Loole lu~n
prisoner. rl.lld forcibly cnrried him off with the war Imrty. with wllich he lmd llO choice but w reDll\.1U
-though it is st.'l.ted on good authorily t11nt he llever Look nlly plld wll:\tover iu I.he host.ilit.ies whic~1
follo\\"e.1. ·\Vhell Titokownrll. nfter severn1 weeks occup:1.tiou at T,ulrn.ugn·ilco., ne:n.r \Vllngn.nUl,
rclrcnlc(l, 1\1111 fell bltck 011 tho Ngntimo.rn coulItry 011 the Upper \VI\ilm:1\ Hiver, T!\ur.m o.lHI ~ho
fuk?-kohi roomiuetl in their OWll district, I\lId were pursue(l up tho 1'1\um !lIver by, M!~Jor ~Ol~!'? wILh
l\ DlI:CC<1 force of Europonn and no.live 'Volunteers, I\ccompo.oied by Mr. Dooth.
DeelUg lum, fuuru(1,
Gcut for him with n. fing of truce, nnd the S!UDe dny induced the wholo of his tribe nnd 0. llumber of
Ngarnl1ru who were with him to surrender !\Ut! give up their nnns. They wcre, to the number of
\Il'wnr<ls of 200. inchl(liug Tnurun, tnkeu to ,Vellingtoll, triell by the Supreme Coud, nll<l s01~tellced
to two yel\rs' ilUprisolllDcllt with, l!o.rd. lnbonr, which they ulltIerwellt n.t Duuetliu. ,Vhon HlIs term
hnil e:cpirc(l. they were brought bnck to their owu country by tho Govel-umcut. nud the.11 plncotl Oll
rcserves, the boundaries, subdivisiolls, a.nd ownership of which ho.ve, however. never tll1 no\'\' been
correctly ascertained. The conduct of the t.ribe has, since their restomtioo, been good. nnd Tn.orl\(1,
has persollo.lly rendered lDnuy ser,ices to lUld eiliibited the most frientI1y feelings to the Governmeut
l\u.11Suropel\l\s genemlly.
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The Commissiouer found. the hnlms West of tho Pnten. River sufiicienUy l'I'ovltIed for. though tho
10untlnries nll.l subdivisiolls of their reserves were not properly deliuc<l; nUll their ren.tljustment gn .... e
!1. good tleul of work for the suryeyors of the ~l\umissillll.
l:iLill less 111ltl Ul..'C1\ aOlle 1.0 tlclille nud n.llot
lhe reserves between the P:1.teo. lllJd Whenunl-urn., o.n.1 there remnine<l the questiou o.lrouily r3[erro.1 to
of extension iu favor of Tnurnn.
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These fnets will sufficiently explnin the grounds on which the Commissioner hn.s recommended 1\n
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ndditiol\al grn.nt of 1,062 ncres to be mnde in fuvor of Tnurun n.ud his heirs personnlly. It has not",
ho~vover, bcen .lono with?,ut r<;()Ci.)::ing-)1. conccssion of considern.~)l~ vnluoiu r~tl~l"1l:~_!':l:~l~~o.~lS);i:lcl.;;­
w?I~~:~:,l.ll:\:y,~~::::~p~~e:~li~\l~l ~amtninlXl"l'robn.bly.for. cellLnl"1C:!, :b)' the ..ltnt.lV;s,.I\?r~sll.t.llo:I ntcil "L
nl\;~r,;'.lJm(l~g .:~t.:.:l:J,!ln~vlgn.1>leexC!ept ,by, ~eJerysmnllesl;'CD.noes. ;n.ud (n.s IS.. Ijllld _to (have been-;r-..
estimnted. by Sir John 'C.ode) diminishing the scour of. the current to an exteut which mny n.ffoct tho
-'\inter on the btu- by 11. depth of one or two feet n.ud otherwise iujtu-ing- the chnnnel of the river.
To.ul'Ua and others of the tribo nssertod most positively that n.t the time of their beiug restored to
Uleir COlllltt-y Sir D. McLeo.n expressly promised thnt they shoul<l retn.in the use of their e<;lwein;-o.
statement which the C01UlUissio!1er has 110 rcnson to doubt. ~'ho Commissioner, while n.djllsting- these
cnses, ruceive<11\. requisition on Ule subject from I\. In.rgo·llUmber of settlers residing at Pawn. 1.1.11<1 UIC
neighbonrhood, some of whom own lnnd up the river. which is seriously lI.iIecte<l uy Ule obsl1:uct.ion of
the weil'S. III his negotio.tions with Tanntn. he therefore mn.de it (1, conililion of the proposed ex.tension thnt the whole of theso weirs should be removC{l. The gJ:P..fIt vnlue. which nat.ives invnrinbly
nttnch to thcu: cel1isherics nud tho imporlnnt chnrncter of thoso in qucstion rendered it 11. difficult
task to J:lenmn.de Taurun to come to terms, a.nd it WM not till nfter severnl mouths deln.y a.nd the
exercise of much tact by Mnjor Pn.rris, thnt he wn.s nt lnst induced to do so, yie1dillg-, however. fioally
wiUl a good grtlCG. There is no doubt tlul.t from 11. pecuniary n.spect-to sny nothing of the feelings of
.att:l.chment which nn.tives alWII.YS displny towards this species of property-the sncrifice, on his part,
was 0. very collsidern.ble one, ns the removal of. ilie weirs WM 0. considemble advantage to the
Government.
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The Commissioner found thnt the Rukntere Po., which hns for 0. pel-i(){110ng before Ule war and
. continuously since been occupied by To.llIUa. pel-sonrilly, nnd is the llrillcipnl home of him !\1ld his
people, hn.d (it is presumed by some oversight.) not been included in tho reserve of 2,000 acres allot.ted
to him by Sir D. McLenn; but, on the contrn.ry. hnd been surveyed ns (1, sepll.rI\.to section of eighteen
ncres, inclutling the pll. nnd n.djncent DlI.tive cultivations, lI.11d is understood to h1\ve been regnrded, or
o.t lenst iotendlXl, by the Survey DeplI.dment to be 11. l!'erry lteserve. 'fho Commissioner can find no
trn.ce, however, of its ever hnving been lcgn.lly set npnd for o.11Y :mch pllrpose; it hitS never been so
n.pproprin.tad in fnet nnd is never likely to be required. A 1'0:1.11 to the river of (1, chain wide lins been
reservetI across it by tho Commissioner; I\nd II.S there is a corrcsJ:lollding GovOl-umellt reservo on tho
other side of Ule r.iver there is every convenience for the est.:l.blishUlent of (1, ferry, shoultl onc over uo
required. The po. is 0. very good one, containillg seveml unuson.Uy good buildiugs; o.lld it wouhl bo (1,
great wrong to tnke it from Tnurul\. The Commissioner begs. the1-efore, respectfully. to recommend that it be granted to him n.ud his people, nnJ hn.s forwanletl a. sep=to grnnt for the
-purpose.
There is ruso nnother piece of bnd which, ill the Commissioller's opinion, ought to be included
in Tanrttn.'s reservo. It is n section of 70 ncres, IlttlDhered !J-l 011 the pl:1.n of the \li:;trict. It is onc
of a class commonly known ns " Ma.jor Reo.phy's Reserves," because set npnrt by tlmt. officer, wheu
Commissioner of Nntive Reserves, with sit others, aUlounting altogether to 500 acres, by instructions
fro:n Sir Donnld 1\fcLen.u, Nnti.e Minister, o;ppnl'enUy for no definite purpose. [G.-2., 1880:
EVIdence. Q_ 1171; Appendix B., pag-e 30.] 'rheso reserves, immedin.tely nftor they were made.
were lensed to EurOpettll8 by direction of the snme Miuister' nnd lUllong them the one under not.ice
has passed into the ,hll.nds of Messrs. ArnndeU n.nd Iloss (wilD nre (1,1so tenants of UIO Ol:.n.utu Reserve,
by 0. leMe from Tnuruo.). Thoy have by 0. deed dated 14th February, 1881, assigned the lease of
section !J4 to To.uruo... From its position, in cont.n.ct with the Omutu Reserv;e on the one side, and
Hnkalere Pa. on the other side, it is of COllrse of grel\t value to To.uruo.. lie is extremely n.nxiOllS to
have it included in his reserves, and the Commissioner 11M J:lromiscd him to recommend that it shollltl
be dOlle if possible. There seems no real difficulty ill doing it_ The Commissioner is so.tisfiC<l thnt
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(G.) Special Oa.ses and G-riewnccs.
There aTe not many of thes~: the evidence shows th:lt. nearly all the Natives
who came before us told the samc tale, the burden of it being that they knew not
whether they had any land, 01' where it was to be. It "ould make this Report
far too long if we were to describe the special cases sep:.1_rately. We will only
mention three.
The Ngatirahiri tribe at \Vaitara were always loyal, and fought by om' side. P.:m·c?\ikorimn,
Their land lay on the war-path of the northern N atiyes coming south, the war- ~:1,:r;$. ~t-~l'P.
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ordered to induce the KQ"atirahiri to move from 'where they'-li.ved. and form a ne\\" :::~-::l.
settlement on the coast=-line het\yeen Titirangi and Ra1.1-o.te-:8::uia. They left
their settlement, theu' .peach-gardens, and everything the~7 had, to meet the
wishes of the GoYernment. anci moyed down to the coast. :Fiye -years afterwards
the land thev hacl thus left was taken fOT the Tikorangi i\lilit.arv Settlement. They
hecame very" much excited. and declared they would~hayc theIr lives taken before
they would' give up the l;nd. They consta~tly prayed to lIa\e it restored: the
answer "as that" the Europeans had become as a large rock deeply embedded,
which there was no po'\n:1' to rerno\"c." -when' Sir Donald McLean. went into their
. ~~~.at~ . great me~tlng" at W aita.ra,J;-e_~Wnitted - they .h:a~~ !->eeIi -?fah{r treat~d:
and would have 'paId them C< a'-yery>large .sum. . of. money;"' but "they refused to
take it. Wc asked 1fr. Parris: "Then, in fact, the placing of military settlers Y:m-!:,
upon this block, which belonged to our o-w:ri. friends, was don~ in such a way that Et':.!. Q. ';'49.
we took possession. of the land of our friends without giving them any compensation ?-That was it, and after they had abandoned the land to please the Government.;' ,Ve have not yet been able to satisfy ourselves that tJ:!.e.locatiou of the
)filita.ry Settlement was ID.:1de in accor<!~ce witlltlle 'bw ; but, at any rate, we
assured. the Ngatu-ahiri that compensation would be madc to them. The Government acquired by deed of cession' a block called Waipuku-Patea,
of about 20,000 acres. A ,·cscrn.' of 700 acres was kept by them, and its position I',.!,.~ ITcke.
determined on the Upper P~ltea River. :For these 700 anes the :Katives did not ~;':·:::i·,Qi.~,_l-1'4;
receive takolw, the area being excluded from the acrea~c paid for_ Presently the I;;~";;, HG: 5~G;
Land Board wanted t.o lay
out the Town of Stratfol:Cl.
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\\'onlcl he on the reselTe, amI had the map of it before them. The Kative owners .:: ~"1'; IIt:m.
meanwhile wished to lease the land. :11aJ' or Brown told them it
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the township, and offered them 700 aeres at another place, which they rejected. ;'beby. ::"'llOrt.,
:iHajor Brown then refused to sanction the lease. There ,,,as a cheque of thc 3.)':" A. );0. 13.
proposed tena.nts to be count'2rsigned: 1Iajor Brown told them he would not
countersign if they did not submit. :c Then wc k:ri.e\'\," ::;ays Pepe Heke, "that
. wc had lost the land, and u·e said, 'Yery well, we shall havc to agree to your
proposaL' "
Some or the N atiyes submitted.
But it wa~ under cluress. "I
explained to the Natiycs," sa)'s nlajor Bro'\Yn, "that the Government did not
approve-of the reSC1Te, ::md \\Ishecl. to change it; that as it ,yas cOllnscated land,
they claimed the right to do SQ."
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1'iTe have no doubt that this transaction was unlawful. In October 1875, the ,,". Z. Gn=cflc,
\Yaipuku-Patea Block wasprocIaimed, "with the exception of 700 acres reserY(~d ~::i Od. 1:;75.
for the benefit of the :Kativc owners," as having been acquired under the Public
\Yorks Acts. It was paid for out of the £750,000 appropriation. (1'he proclamation of the block was the only authority the Land Board had to deal with the land.
:Lt all, for at that time. a ProciamatiOli under one or othcr of certaluActs was
.nccessary to place it under their administration. There was no power' to take away
t.he reserve which had been accepted. by the Crown in the 4~ of ce~sion. r1'11e .-\Pi1cudis. D,
...::y legal position of part of Stratford at this moment cannot be'said to,.befree from ~o. 7.
doubt.
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The l~st special casewe shall mention is that of the chief Taunia. He pleaded
the punishment he had undergone, and urgea a claim to some consideration on
the gl~ound of Mr. Richmond's promise of 1867, made in the following words: cc I Hon. 2\[r.
make you a distinct promise of the land between Patea·uud W·hen.uakura (rivers J, ~;!l.ttcH~~. 2excepting the portion I h~ve told you of [for the fl'ownship of Carlyle]." 'V~
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asked Taurua, "Did you make any claim to :1.\1:1'. Sheehan when he ·was Natiye
I spoke to j\{r. Shechan and :Majol' J?rown.. As fast as one Co m. .
mlSSlOner succeeded anothel' I repeated' the same thmg to hml, and kept on ,yith
it, and shall keep on till there arc no UlOl"e Commissioners left." ,Ve replied,
"You must understand that all those enga.g-ements of Mr. Richmond, and-all
Statement of
. ~'rd,:!~~~;c~s, arrangements made before the seconcl insurl:ection, were altogether swept away ,by
that insurrection.". Bnt ,ve told him that we thought some consideration mif;ht
well be shown to him now, on account of the punishment he had suffered, and of
his good behaviour since; but chiefly bc<.:aase the extent of land reserved for him
was small compared with that given to chiefs and tribes wbo, like himself, had
been in arms against us, but had receiycci llO punishment at all.
We cannot fmcl that j\Ir. Sheehan nnde a promise to Taurua, but 1:l.C seems to
ha've int.ended to aclyise a grant to him; 101', in sending in a pt"m of the land
between Patea and ,Vhenuakul'a. rivers, tile LJnd Officer at Patea reported that the
Captain Wray,
7 August 1878
object of it was" to enable the Hon. ?Ir_ Shcch::m to select the locality for a grant
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of land t.o the chief of the Pakakohi, 'l'aunw., in consideration of services rendered
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to consider with respect to the [akolia receiycd by Taurua, before we could make
a more specific recommendat.ion to Your 1~:s:cellency.
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H,-THE
SETTLE~IE;\T
OF THE COUNTRY,
(1.) The Lan.d that -is l(!ft to us to deal with.
The first thing we have to do is to. see what land there will be left after meeting the engagemellts that ha:ve to be prO\-ided for. We lay before Your E:s:cellencya plan we have had prepared, which shows in colour the leadingpoint.s to be
remembered in connection with the confiscated land.
We may note at once that the area of good land left to us on tile coast "ill
be larger by~ 20,000 acres than we estfmatccl in our Int{!rim Report, the exploration of the country since that timc klTing proycd it to be better than was thought-.
Dividing the country south of the settled districts of New Plymouth into tw'o
gl'eat subdivisions, we said in that Repol·t that the available land in the ,Vaimate
Plain.s division (cnclosed h~~ the ,Yaiug-(mgoro ancl Oeo Rivers) was about 1:20,000
acres, and in the Parihaka di"isioll (cndl)scd by th.e Oeo and Stoney llivel's) about
125,000 acres. It "ill he convenient if "-e now give closer estimates of the whole
territo:ry bet,,'een the ,\Yhite Clius and thc ,vaitotara.
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ETid. Q. 779.
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It may he said broadly, t.hat whatcH~r good hnd is left outside the settled
districts north of ,Yaitara, will be 'ranted for the Court and Government awards
and promises made between lSGG and lSGS. ,Ye examined the Chief Surveyor as
to the -value of the blocks acquired br deeds of cession in this part of the country.
Speaking generally, he told us that the character of the large tract of land north
of the Onaero-Drenui Block (left ,,'hite on the plan) was an forest, and e:x:ce-eding}y rough, with the exception of 2,000 01'3,000 acres l)etween the Urenui and
lfimiRiycrs, and the :::\Iimi Valley itself. There is very good land in the Rimutauteka
Block of 17,000 acl,'es on the ,Vaitaru River, betw.ech. three and four miles northeast of Inglcwood; but nothinghas)-et been done with it, owing to the following.
circum.stmices explained to us by .j\Ir.P~trris: "'l'herEFwiiS"a ·special arrangement
made with ,~t1:le J!ukerangiora chieftainess Mere Poka: It was agreed that the
whole piece there south of the \Vait."l.r3. Riycl.' should remain until the Natives
were disposed to come to an arrangement for uS to take it. The block of land
belongs to the Pukerangiora, Otm'aoa, Ngatimhiri, and 11:anukorihi 'rribes. It
was.necessary-to make provision fotthel1l, and I agreed that I would not int.erfere
with that block, leaving it for the Governm.ent to. decidefinally whether they would
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SECTION SEVEN
Some
of
the
compelling
most
Whanganui MB 20
folios
1
-
evidence
is
contained
This records
25 ..
in
the hearing on
the Patea Reserves Compensation case and was presided over by
Judge J.B. Jack.
The hearing started on 13 March 1912.
Tutangi Waionui, giving evidence on oath at folio 8 said
liThe
boundaries
of
Pakakohi
were
from
Patea
to
Tangahoe"
and
further
Pakakohi
down
this
extends
from
same
folio
Tangahoe
According
11
to
Patea,
not
to
tribe
Whenuakura
Ngatitupito was a haapu within Pakakohi".
Koke Kope Tana said at folio 10
It
Some
of
Pakakohi
have
others have none.
rights
to
Pakakohi is a
this
compensation;
tribe;
haapus have rights which others have not".
foot of folio 10
to
Pakakohi:
some of its
And at the
"The old Mokoia block belonged
It
was
divided
amongst
the
several
haapus of Pakakohi".
At folio 11 Tupatea said :"The Mokoia lands were given back to Pakakohi in 1867
by
the
Mokoia
Crown,
area
about
6000
now is
4, 800
acres
only.
6,000
acres
mana
of
is
acres _
Taurua
had
the land of Ngatitakou hapu,
tribe", and on page 12
1200 acres.
mana
Pakakohi equally on both sides.
is
area
of
The balance of the
in the Otoia block
Ngawaka
The
"The
I
The
in Ngarauru and
know Ta umaha .
part of the
Otautu
It
Pakakohi
block
was
granted
to
Pakakohi
under
Taurua I s
name,
it
is
across
the
river" .
At folio 15 Ngarutahi said
"My
true
kainga
Manutahi.
is
Taurua
Pakakohi
extended
Whenuakura,
was
the
from
sometimes
chief
Tangahoe
of
to
I
live
at
Pakakohi .....
Haumataao ?
Whenuakura,/and
Rangihaeata were chiefs of Pakakohi.
Taurua was the
chief who conducted the dealings with the Government.
The mana of Taurua was
this
Patea the river,
Tauraua
the man"
and in reply to a question ....
hapu.
"Pakakohi was a tribe, not a
Ngatitupito was a sub tribe of it" . . . . and at folio 16
"The
Ngatitakou
who
got
Taumana
were
a
sub
tribe
of
Pakakohi".
Most importantly, Judge Jack in giving his decision, at Folio
21 stated :-
,".A£ter
fully
considering
the
evidence
and
also
the
evidence and decision given in the Pariroa case (MB 50
Whanganui)
Commission,
and
the
the
reports
Court
finds
of
the
that
West
Coast
the
hapus
all
claiming are sub tribes of Pakakohi tribe;
hapus
originated
husband
that
of
event
after
Hinemaweru)
Tupito
the
of
murder
Tupi to'?
separated
the
by
that their
Tuwehea
children.
remaining
(the
After
children,
Hinemaweru going with her husband to left bank Patea,
Haimona
to
right
bank
and
Tamakehu
to
Manawapou.
"
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These
three
claiming
are
the
Haimona's
several
ancestors
descendants
of
being
the
known
Ngatitupito and Tamakehu's as Ngatitakou . . . . . "
hapus
as
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SECTION
EIGHT
WAIOTURE RESERVE
This
is
an
area
of a
little over
14
acres
on
the
southern
side of the Patea River granted to Taurua as a reward for his
services in keeping his people out of the latter part of the
fighting.
The decision of the Court dated 19 February 1937 and recorded
at Taranaki Minute Book 48 folios 379 - 382 is attached.
This
decision
on
a
number
of
occasions,
refers
to
"Pakakohe Tribe" as does the Order resulting therefrom.
the
Waioture.
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Thi S is a small pi ec e of land containing about
~-"\
14 acres situated near the mouth of the Patea River.
"P';: ,(t>
claim ed by th e
~
~;j1i:aJii>ji~Xtrtb',F as
It is
b ei n g th e lo cat i on of th e
!
Spring of' their great ancestor, Turi, and the place where he
first settled on this Coast~
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At
th~
time of the rebellion
it was confiscated by the Crovm·but was returned with severaJ.
other pieces of land solely to Taurua, who was at the time
t'~:f:?tlte·,,:piikB:k6her as
f~r
a reward
i
:.~
his services in
keeping his people out of the fiehting.
A Crovm Grant was issued to him for the land wi th
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the following restrivtion:
"Inalienable by sale gif~ Or mortgage.
Alienable by exchange or lease for twenty-one
yeaI·s wi th the consent of the Gover.nor. ~
Vfuen Taurua died his two nieces, viz:
Irihapeti'Raukura and
lhipera Roria
were appointed his successors in equal shares.
On the 21st" April,
1915 the Nati.ve Land Court
under the provisions of the West Coast Settlement Amendment
Act, 1913 and 1914 made what it termed a I1Freehold order"
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vesting the WaiotuI'e Block in the two successors equally.
1
This order contained no reference to the restrictions in the
~
Crown Grant and has been treated as if i thad nullified them.
I
Ihipera Koria died on .the 18th March 1931 and her
r.
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next-of-kin
I
Wiremu
~
~<i
acco~'ding
to Native custom, V:lZ, Tahupotiki
ten others were appointed her successors • .
Irihapeti Raukura. di ed on the 20th November 1928
l
leaving a wi,ll in which she devised her inte:r:ests in Native
~
land ·to her hUSband, Ngarangi Kati tia alias George Broughton.
In the Case of Waioture .a succession order was made in tenns of
the will a:ppointin€f the. beneficiary as S1J.ccessor • .
George Broughton, in '!:-urn, died on the 22nd
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Februa...--y, i934 alsoJ,eaving a will.
In. this .will he
specifically devised theWaioture interest to his. grand child)
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Te Rauamoa te Ngoo,
Katitia.
t::e daughter of his son, Te ]fgoo lTga::-angi
' Probate of the will has been granted but no
succession order has been made/in pursuance of 'it/for this
interest and there tee matter"-stands.
:By direction of the Chi ef Judge an enquiry -•..-as
held by the Court into a, peti tion _to Parliament by Maui Rangihaeata and- oth},:rs
TJ:lic~:';~all~'~~~2:;~hat
Taurua held the land in
Pakakoh-~f:;·ib't~~ti~~;~-;-~·~o;t'on.t~e
trust for the
petition
: • -.:;-"! t--:.:.: ,-
wc~s
made to the Chief Judge.and
as·~a':result,of his recommendation
,
.
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to Parliament Section 5.'of:-th~~Native Purposes Act 1936 was
.
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passed authorising the Court:~o de'termine whether ot not t1'!e
~~
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land or any part of i t ;,~~oui~~,!?~.,.~,e~_apart for the use and
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:<:/ ~f~Tt;l-j:~; ::';'-:,'.; >.... ' :".
benefi t of the 7~?_1feJt~~~~~15.:.
:-:~. \ ':l':'~i:':r::"":~
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and by order to
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't~,~~;:;:-?r:.a~y.. ,section OI- Nati ",es
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vest-;th~:;:~s~~,1J:t}lh~;tb,~~~persons
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found beneficially
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enti tled' or in the aJ:t,~r,n.8:t.?:~,~},to~~v;.e~,t>theland in trustees .
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In pursuance of the ::9ro'Vi'sioJ;i8~~'of;:~he~~Section the Court sat
.
. :".:: ":.-'.: ~{:~~~.:~:~:;..:>.>, .. '.::~:'. :;... ~:- .' '. .. ' . '
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here at Patea on the l?,th' instant"to ,deaLwith the matter.
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.
,:Mr .;. Roberts:?'appe
~;'
'on:;''QehalfAof _the peti t,ioners
,:f~;!,'_, ,an~', oth~~~~;t~t.tf~:~~~~f~r_~..fJ~.~:t::r~:t:·:I'
-::~~~;::i~":,_Te;;N g~ckJ;1:gE+:s~g~% •
"
i;t~_a.~;:ac-t_ed for hi s daughter,
.:.. :~~~;'g~~;<~:. :: ;~ '~: ..~:~ :·.;-.;::.:$.t9p.~~~;~~ . ·:'~Yi·"'"·~·i ~~;:.';"~~.::'.
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~ ::~~~;~:i~_the,~beneficia:ry_~under~,:the:-will,
. .~::~.~. ':- .... _: .. -;".:~;~'f:;~~.:·~ ::M:';l'h~~1t~h}:~;~'"~'f::'::'''
'. . .
.
of 'N garangi Ka titi a •
Mr. Roberts stated'that-"it waS generally recognised
. \~.
that Wai-oture was a :place, of~:h:(storicaJ. interest and that it was
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'held in-~l;1i'gh regard-__bYrtJi,e;~:rr?;:ti'Ves,: ,on account of Turi's associ.~.';
'~.:~~:'-";<~".
ation "wi;thi t.
. ~.;:~:. .:';:~~~~:-:':, '". ...
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EeC-c-ontendedt,~:"that
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it 'was granted to Taurua as
_trus tee;~t:or~ ~ii:?f~£~!!.~i~~~~~@@faKo:he. and ' that there is
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nothingfto show thatT,,+urua ever regarded himself as anything
but a -trustee.
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Court,to·~:,the
mi:c:utes i'egarding the succession to Taurua in
P~tak~~~:'taken
I.
In support of this contention he reIerredthe
at
p~'tea
'on the 29th January 1915 CBook 21.
Potaka.tak,a is a small :Block near the \\'henuakura Ri yeI'.
Taurua
'~t
the same 'time, and on .±k;e, exactly the same terms as
Waiotul'e.
minu tes above
successors
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that Irihapeti stated that:
.tl'E..ur:..la was the trustee of this land.
It belonged to
Re}:ete.
I ask that it be given to hin."
Ihipe:::-a agreed and ~akete said. that he wished to add some nameD
to share the 2.and. -;..-i th him.
The names of ten o::11er persons
were added. a."1d it ",,,as ordered· that a ti tle ShC1.:.1d issue to them.
M..r. Roberts asserted that if Taurua .:ere a trustee
in the one case there was a much stronger reaSO!l why he should
be regarded as a trus tee in the other.
He also stated that
provided the wills could be .set aside Taurua t S S":.lccessors
accordi!lg to Native custom ·whom he represented and who we:t'e the
present",:.,owners of half the land were pr:epared to hand the whole
over to tce .:Pakakohe·trib~:as a reserve.
In addition he
argued that owing to the form of the restrictio!ls in ·the Crown
Grant the land was inali enable by will and that therefore the
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successi on orders ma,de in pursuance of the m.lls were nulli ti es.
He contend.ed that it was only on' a parti tion. of land under the
prov~sions of Section 15 of the West Coast Settlement Reserves
Amendment Act 1913 that the Court had pOYler t.o =ake what it
termed "freehold orders ll whioh were really .parti tion orders.·
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l~ 0 parti tion of Wai oture was made therefore the freehold order
issued removing the restriction was without jurisdiction and
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was therefore of no effect.
Te JJgoo Ngarangi Kati tia relied on t.he Crovm Grant
and on the sl4bsequent orders made and alleged that Taurua VIas
not a trustee.
reserve.
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He ·asserted tha l.and was too ·large to be a
lie had no objection to a port~on of it being set
aside as such. 'After a careful consideration of all the facts
the vourt has arrived at the conclusion that the intention in
making the Grant was that Taurua was ·to hold this land as a
trustee for his tribe.
was held. in hi gb. regard by the tribe on ac'count of its
association wi th Turi. was a place of historical inte-rest to all.
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t1;l~' members and there wa.s nothtng to show
r:- 0r ·'i".ras
it ever
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. asserted that Taurua had an exclus'i ve right·1<o i t according to
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hold it in higc'1.er.regard a.Tldtl;1ere'if3 much greater reason to say
t{lat Waioture was held in trust than than Potakataka was.
it was admi tted wi thout
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ection that Taurua held ::?otakataka
in trust.
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As regards lir. Roberts' objection to. the
~~reehold
order" this Court cannot find any a.uthority for the making of
it.
Section 15 of the West Coast Settlement Heserves Amendment
Act 1913 gave the Court· pOYl,er to partition Reserves and to
issue :parti tion orders which were termed "freehold l1 orders but
h ;1#('~...c:;-
there is no
:provi.sion~ t:!:at
this Court can. discover for the
issue of a freehold orde::- without a partition with tne object of
superceding a Crown
Gr~t
as was done in this case.
The Court ml.:st .therefore determine that the
Waioture Elockvtas helc. in trul?t by the Grantee, Tauru.a, for
the
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that thefreeh01d order of the 21st April
1915 was made without jurisdiction and is therefore a nUllity.
that the restricti'ons in the Crown· G:r:ant precluded. the alien.
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IN Th"E 1,:A,'l."1'ER of' t.he land Y...1lown as part"
Sect.ion 84 Block VII Carlyle
Survey District. (rlaioture'
Reserve).
At .a sit.ti~ of' ·t.he Court held at. liaV/era on the 4th ,day;::of' .''-
Il'lay, 1937, before James WaJ:::elin 'Brovme.1 . .EsQ.uire,-Judge:--:::____'~'·::.
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::Distric-t. (Waioture Reserve) should be. set apart :for ,....:the :,::'/.J,,:-,~,~
llse.'.and benefit of"the ?akak6n~ Hat.ive'?ribe ·or "eny': :~t~,,::'-"':~:':-'~,:
sec'tionof' Ifatives, and upon the Court f'indlne; that·.ti~e,'·'
said lar-dshGuld be so dealt with, to set apart the ,sa~e
accordingly 'and "by ordeI' vest t.he SR1!1e in the persons
f'Oill1d by i t to be entit.led "beneficially thereto f'or ,an
estate in fee siJJTDle in the relative interests defined
by it..
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:evidence.;dec"ided::'that .:the Cro'.m :Grant "and;existin!l' .1!'reel101.d.. ~':'j.~ [H'
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'.Order' f'or ,part"cSec,ti6n'~84 ::r;l.ock 'VII Carlyle ;:SUl'v~y,1):j:f:itr.·~c~.:·:r~,
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instrument of' title to ~~e Part Section 84 Block VII Carlyle
Survey District (Waioture Reserve) be and t.he same is hereby
canc elled.
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'13lock'VII :Carlyle. Survey :D.istrict (Waiot-ure Reserve)' ..Block', :
contai~ne :,an area of'· .14 acres l:-rood 00 perches mor~" :or' ~
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. less as deJ..ineated on the plan .attached hereto and. edged red '.
- .;:.shall -vest. in the TIersons v/hose names anDear in t.he· schedule <
':'i" hereto end m.lInbered therein from J. to ill inclusive 'in. ~he,' ;,
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relative proportion set out opposite the name of' each'
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AS i7I'l'IZSS the hand of' t.11e Judge and the Seal of' the Court.
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SECTION
NINE
In
of
many
the
records
to
which
I
have
already
referred,
there is mention of the Pakakohi men in Dunedin.
This refers to the imprisonment of approximately 74 Pakakohi
men (including the chief, Taurua) in the Dunedin gaol.
Again, I refer to this only in passing as it is the intention
of the Pakakohi people to raise the question at a later date.
I
have a sUbstantial document of some 80 pages which is,
believe,
a
thesis
by
Jane
Reeves.
imprisonment of Taranaki Maoris,
This
deals
and Chapter One
with
is
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the
headed
"Pakakohi Men in Dunedin."
Chronologically the Pakakohi men were arrested in June 1869,
sent
to
Wellington
November, 1869.
for
trial
and
arrived
They were freed in March 1872.
in
Dunedin
in
Ti\BLE OF
C:ON'I'J::N'I'~;
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER ONE
Pakakohe men in Dunedin
page 6,
CHAPTER T1tJO
Legislative Creativity 1879- 80
page 19
Political Background to Legislative
Developments
page 20
The Legislation
page 23
Conclusion
page 37
CHAPTER THREE:
Hard Labour
page 39
CHAPTER FOUR:
Di:f:fering Truths
page 52
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APPENDICES
page 78
BIBLIOGR.z\PHY
page 80
SECTION
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TEN
would also
like
to
1991 by Les Hoerara.,
refer
to an essay dated
This is headed
11
20
September
PAKAKOHI - TARANAKI".
Vu..W
The
author is
careful not
to be specific as
to whether the
Pakakohi are a tribe or a haapu but the essay does show that
the Pakakohi were a substantive people who were decimated by
the confiscation of their lands and the imprisonment of their
menfolk.
LES HOERARA. 20-9-1991
MAAORI 407
In
light of the
Tribunal Hearings
ESSAY ONE, PAKAKOHI / TARANAKI.
due
hearings concerning
Taranaki
lwi
(Waitangi
,Muru Me Te Raupatu Land Claims, Monday 14 October -
Friday 18 October 1991 ) , my main concern at present is still trying to
obtain information which will lead me to substantiate whether or not the
Pakakohi people (
mention
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people " because at present there are those
who claim Pakakohi to be an autonomous iwi , also there are those people
who claim Pakakohi as a hapuu of Ngaati Ruanui , and a hapuu only, J.P.S.
Vol. IXX p. 69 ), are either a iwi or a hapuu . It would be suffice to say that
just as a matter of convenience that I not use the terms
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iwi and hapuu ..
as not to form any uneasiness amongst the people who will use what
information that I will be collecting
At present each iwi has been asked to submit evidence before the
Tribunal , to show them precisely who the people are , and who the
Pakakohi people are , where they come from , and where they lived . This
does pose a major problem , because under the evidence of where the
Pakakohi come from , they are encompassed under the umbrella of the
Ngaati Ruanui tribe
East Coast
.
, although Pakakohi may lay claims to coming from the
Also where they lived,
in the same vicinity , again
un~er
the
Ngaati Ruanui . That is to say that known to me at present the Pakakohi
people's land is situated as in the area or boundaries of the Ngaati Ruanui .
Although the aim of each hearing is to show what taonga was lost due
to the confiscations , again there seems to be a problem . During all the
confiscations of Taranaki
land and the fighting that took place , the
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Pakakohi people lost alot more than land , they also lost their male-folk .
The Pakakohi people lost their men and boys , who were taken down to
the South Island , down into Otakou
working on roads
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and exploited in manual labour ,
under prepostuous conditions.
also worked for indefinitely long hours
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These male-folk were
this adding to the task that these
poor people were experiencing . This work seemed only to subject these
people to the status of nothing short of slaves
The main concern however was that due to this action , most of the
people working down in the South
Island at Otakou died . So
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in
conjunction with the Pakakohi people's loss of mana over their affairs
with the land , they also lost a very substantial amount of loved ones . In
effect these people have a double battle with the Waitangi Tribunal in that
their wish is to forward a double complaint over these two losses
Moreover , as a result of the confiscations and the deaths of Pakakohi
males , it seems that these people got a real hammering , so bad I would
say would constitute a very large amount of compensation
At this level concerning death , there is no real act of compensation
left that could replace what was lost . Also , in this way other Taranaki
people may view this loss of life of these people , may have sparked off
the notion of the Pakakohi people as not being their own autonomous
people because of the Jact that they were almost'; totally annialated .
This would stand to reason why other Taranaki people do not see
Pakakohi as a tribe , rather that they are encompassed under another tripe
, Ngaati Ruanui .
However , if it is Taranaki tribes that are at a loss why don't all the
other Taranaki tribes stand by the Pakakohi people ? Here I see the
differences in those of the Taranaki tribes who are firmly based and
known widely as an autonomous tribes , as oppossed to the Pakakohi .
The eight known
tribes of Taranaki are as
mentioned afore' are
significantly known as the eight Taranaki tribes , not nine with Pakakohi
included . However , it is known to me that after the date set down for the
other tribal
hearings that there are other -hearings set down for the
Pakakohi , and those other factions who wish to forward any grievances .
Although not under the same emphasis or hype that the other earlier
hearings are getting .
An emphasis that may prove it's worth is that all tribes ( Pakakohi ? )
must define what it's taonga were before the raupatu in 1863 , and that
the people of not only Taranaki , but those iwi who still await their own
hearings of how life prior to the 1863 raupatu use to be .
It is commonly known that most iwi of Aotearoa were affected by the
confiscations
confiscations,
and
was
that
life
that
the
Maaori
knew
prior
to
the
what they perceived life to be .
Life for the M aao ri was as good as they may have known , but I c;an say
with
some
confidence
that .life
didn't
get
any
better
after
the
confiscations , actually it got worse
1. Who are the Pakakohi people ?
The Pakakohi people are descendants of
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Maru-iwi
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At present they
may claim to be the one and only true tangata whenua of the Pakakohi
basin . They also claim descent back over towards the East Coast of New
Zealand , at Waipiro Bay .
Commonly known to many scholars is the story of the Maru-iwi , and
the Pakakohi people's links tie back to these people . So , in effect the
Pakakohi people don't fall under the umbrella of Ngaati Ruanui , rather as
the story goes , the Ngaati Ruanui were accredited by the then government
as custodians of the area. The area was known as "The Coastal Block or
The Ngaati 'Ruanui District ."
But the Pakakohi are a tribe in this way that they can claim back to an
ancestor, via this whakapapa ;
1. MARU-IWI
= PAEWHENUA
2. PAEATA
3. AWATERE
4. HORO-IORO
5. AKANUI
6. MAKAWEROA
7. TE IKA TU WHENUA
8. TE PAKAKOHI
= HORAHIA
= WAI-MATUA
9. TE HOKA 0 TE RANGI
Maru-iwi . marries
~aewhenua
, then down to "Te Hopuata , who weds
Komakokiri . Following this the descent is made via the first males of
eaqh generation arriving at Te Ika Tu Whenua , then down to Te Pakakohi .
·
This is briefly who the Pakakohi are .
2. Where are they ?
The Pakakohi people boundaries at present are unavailable to me as
their are still discrepancies over area's and boundaries . Although a pepeha
that I have received makes claims to what the majority of Taranaki claim
as the mountain of the people ;
1. KO T ARANAKI TE MAUNGA, .
2.
KO PATEA TE AWA ,
3.
KO PAKAKOHI TE lW' .
What is some-what fascinating about this pepeha is it's claim to
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Patea as being their awa , in such a way that I'm not totally convinced that
the Pakakohi people are the only people who claim Patea as their own.
Also, mentioning that they are a tribe, which is backed up under the
first question heading . What is also not available to me now is the
physical boundaries , i.e. Pa Sites , Urupa , Maara kai etc.
3. What did they have before the confiscations and what did they lose
after it ?
According to what , have been able to collect , the Pakakohi people
lost what land they had and also what was actually tuturu Pakakohi land .
In that way the land that was lost, Ngaati Ruanui claim as land that they
lost . That is to say that Pakakohi lost their mana over their land when the
block was called " The _Ngaati Ruanui District ."
, am not sure of how their land and sea were tenured . But, also that
information , have not been able to obtain .
Finally , in respect of an exodus of the Pakakohi people to Taranaki
,~
from wherever they did migrate from , the main points I shall include as a
conclusion _to this paper ;
a.) My informant told me of a man called" Te Rongoteataikarihi " who
married a woman from Te Pakakohi , Hineata . Her father was Te Hoka
Rangi ( J.P.S . 24 P.49 ) . Now Te Hoka
0
0
te
te Rangi is the first male
descendant of the union of Te Pakakohi and his wife Wai-matua . According
to
the same whakapapa , it substantiates the claim that Te Pakakohi
people are descendants of a Ngaati Porou personage ( " Broughton ; 1979;56
Genealogy 12
n )
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b.) The Pakakohi people migrated from the east , and so forth down to
Taranaki , where they settled . From these settlements they could clearly
pronounce being the tangata whenua because they were here before anyone
else.
c.) The Pakakohi also at the time came under the umbrella of Ngaati
Ruanui at the announcement that Ngaati Ruanui became custodians of the
whole area.
d.) Finally , the Pakakohi people lost as mentioned earlier , lives and
also their lands
However , within all of this information that I have collected I am
sure that I have left out pieces and also included material that may seem
abit forsaken at the _point that I can't really "substantiate alat that I
havewritten . Clarification is still needed at some points which in due
time will be available and as near the truth as possible .
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ELEVEN
TRIBAL REGISTER
So
far
there
have
been
about
200
registrations
handed
This figure does not include the issue of claimants.
Further investigation is required into hapu \vhich include
NGATITUPITO
NGATI TAKOU
NGATIHINE
NGATIRINGI
PUKORO KORO
TE TAKERE
This list is by no means meant to be exhaustive.
in.