Native News.

Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2502, 1 April 1878, Page 3

Native News.

REWI DESIRES TO MEET THE

GOVERNOR

The great Ngatimaniapoto chief Rewi, has had a disappointment, inasmuch as he travelled with some haste to Kihikihi on hearing of His Excellency the Governor's visit to the Waikato, arriving the day after the Marquis of Normanby returned to Auckland. Rewi, in expressing his regret at not seeing His Excellency, remarked that he desired especially to see the Governor, as he considered the latter to have come from the Queen, thus indirectly expressing a sentiment of loyalty or" respect which deserves to be encouraged.

We understand that a great Ngatimaniapoto chief has written to His Excellency expressing a hope that if the Governor should ever visit Waikato again, he will come to Orakau, where the last fight took place in the Waikato, and where it would be fitting that the two races should shake hands. The letter was accompanied by an important insignia of the late King Potatau, which is understood to be very significant. The Ngatimaniapoto are said to be very indignant at the undue prominence which the Ngatihaua are taking in the negotiations with the Government. They object to Te Ngakau, a mere potato scraper, and a man of no real rank or mana, taking upon himself to lead the Kingites and to dictate their course of action. To Wahanui, who stands next in rank to Rewi, has gone so far as to say that should Te Ngakau speak at the forthcoming meeting, he (Te Wahanui) will remain away with bis people. The date for the native meeting at Hikurangi has not yet been fixed, and there are some matters that remain to be arranged before any definite time can be decided upon.