within 4 miles of Manawatu, to a small stream named Kuputara, which has a bush near it that designates the spot from the beach. I am told that Kaipara-te-hau of the Rangitane tribe, is now living up the Rangitikei river with several followers, but does not advance a claim to the land. This chief says those confirm the impression of the Ngatiapas that their lands will be occupied by natives having no claims, but who fall back here from the south when they dispose of their own possessions, or when they quarrel with the tribes they live among. At Manawatu, which appears from the entrance of the river, a very sandy place