THE ROM BETWEEN ROTORUA AND WAIKATO.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume VIII, Issue 686, 1 February 1879, Page 2

THE ROM BETWEEN ROTORUA AND WAIKATO.

'„.... ..... „ „., , ~ \Y'. ■ „_.> Marsh Tb BiAmtKA^s^E^^ar penetrated thrpugh-the Kaharoa forest, between. Rotorua and Waikato, with Mr 1 Moss, M.H.R., has written to the BXerald a statement on "the subject as follows :—

,Qn the* 30th of December we commenced 'our jon'rney through the forest of Kaharoa, onrs being an- exploring expedition for a railway line, On the 2ndof January we arrived at'Tapapa, the pa ef Ngatitukorehe. There are two hapus who- have olaims to this road — Ngatiransfi\vowehe and; Ngatit*akprehe, to iis (the first 'nam id) belongs the eastern end, to the -Tukorehe the western. The Tukorahe is a sub-tribe of Ngatiraukawa-, and tliey are Hauhaus-. That hapu reluctantly cousen' ei that that road should be under the restrict. oa •imposed by. their .chief, Tawhiao. but my desire was fixed should be surveyed ahdoutandT'eyelle.dior.the- convenience pf both peoples^be Pakehas and the Maoris. I will-not, however, participate in . the short-sighted doings of the Hauhaus, who still continue to obatruot the works of the Government, which are intended alike for the benefit of the twb races in thia colony, and of; those many visitors who- may come from other parts of the world . to- see New Zealand, andyto. those especially who desire to come to theArawa district, to the waters which are said to cure diseases. What I say is this,— that in view of s tb_ good to be done, should Tawhiao. offer m$ the aunt of £18,976, to be put in my pocket, as a. bribe to stop the opening of this road, I would in. nowise consent to take it* The result of his policy is this— that it would render both, the courhy arid people barren of>thafc which is good. M/ own earnest wish is : — l. That all lam's ii ' this ialSnU rthduld be byroad throughout. 2. That --especially the roads in the Arawa countiy should be opened. 3. That roads should be opened through my own private land. I moan tlie land of my. particular tribe, tan Ngatiransriwewohe. . Since 1840 1 havo continued, to further the interssts of the Church of England, 1 that-is to say, tho laws which put down the old evil native customs. In 1645 1 entered into the service of the Queen's Government in New Zealand. In 1864-5 I lifted the sword iri "defence', of jtho Queen's lftwsi- t ;I joUicd'^e^Quoe'n'Sf Forces, and fought" against the turbulent' Maoris, and -thence became^ a --permanent T offioor of the "Queen hi theTslaMv; aiid "hence it is that my heart overflows .with adesiro to see roadia T opehdd*_vel^W6rdV 5; 'Hy work in this in-stanco-haa . b-^en -approvecUby the Native Minister, Mr Sheehan., . l shall shortly re? turtrto* Wail- atb with a* irveyor, to. make & secend; oxamiua;tion *gf tho prprosod line of road'," When this' is done a Survey, will be made, and when Hhat is finished the road „%iltbe ina<fe<ri.Ttii3'Thußhcß my^address ta you, and I am your Obodieat servant^