THE HAUHAUS AT WELLINGTON AND WITAKO.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXI, Issue 2463, 12 June 1865, Page 5

THE HAUHAUS AT WELLINGTON AND WI TAKO.

TmnAdiertiscr of the 30th ultimo gives the following as the latest from Wairarapa :-t" We stated in our last issue that Wi Tako aud his friends had arrived in the "Wairarapa on their return from their East Coast mission.^. We have now the latisfactiou to report that that able chief, accompanied by Matene To Whiwhi, Karanama— a fine young chief and native assessor, from the West Coast— by oilier members of their party, and Mr. Wardell, had an interview with Ngairo at his pa on Thursday last. Whey they arrived the King aud Hauliau flags wore flying, but both were immediately afterwards hauled down. Ngaira accused Wi Tako of having deserted the King, and told him that he did not want his preaching there, that he had embraced his new religion, because he had a mind to, and that it did not follow that he intended to attack the Europeans. Wi Tako replied iv a speech remarkable alike for its eloquence aud power. Ho explained the reasons why ho had favoured the King movement, much in the same straiu as he adopted at his interview with Mr. Fox at Ofcaki, and gave his reasons for abandoning it in a most able manner, uiing arguments which ought to bo circulated far and wide amongst the natives, to prove how injurious it must be to his race if it should bo longer persisted in. Other speeches followed which, deserve no particular mention except that of Karinam*. He told them he had a great mind to cut down the flagstaff before their eyes, and in the midst of great excitement he appeared to be about to carry his threat into execution. He denounced Eangihiroa, the leader of the Hawke's Bay party, for having said that food, mixed with the blood of missionaries, was good, and called Eopiha, a prominent King chief at Masterton, and an old cannibal, a slave, much to the disgust of the latter, but to the infinite amusement of the bystanders. Karauama's speech was well received, aud the Hauhau doctrines — which by the way Wi Tako most forcibly and successfully ridiculed — are at a discount in the Wairarapa. A large meeting of the native 3 of the district is to be held this day (Tuesday), at Ngaumutawa, about a mile west of the Masterton Post office, which will be attended by Wi Tako and Matene, and other influential natives, to discuss the Hauhau question.