THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAORI KING. [TRANSLATION.] Ngaruawahia, March 15.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIII, Issue 3025, 6 April 1867, Page 5

THE GOVERNOR AND THE MAORI KING. [TRANSLATION.] Ngaruawahia, March 15.

Thk wife of Manuka, whoso name is Te Akamorunga, of the Ngatiapakura tribe, came to Ngavuawahia to ■cc Meta Eaora, her younger sister. When * Baw that woman I asked her why she visited Ngarua\rahia, and Meta Kaora replied, "She has come hither to visit me, being my sister ; but she comes from your son [i.e., from the Maori King], being near of kin to him. She did not talk to me on that day, but she afterwards to us all about Te Paea Potatau's visit, Accompanied by herself, to Governor Grey. Governor Grey wrote a letter to/Tawhiao, Maori Kin?, to Te Paea Potatou [the Princess Sophia], to Patara, to Taate, and to Rewi Maniapoto, saying, I' " Go forward, 0 my letter of love, to my children, to my old Maori friends. Salutations to you, and to my true friend, Potatou. " Will you not consent to come hither, that I may see you, and you see me ? Bring my namesake with you. The pain of my heart on your account is great, even for the people who have been killed. If you come hither bring with you my namesake, George Grey Potatou, to be with me here as a companion, If you do not accede to this, send a messenger with a letter, and let Te Ptea and her child come hither to fetch me, that I may go hence to see you." .t. t «• • Te Paea [the Princess Sophia] said to the Maori King, "Do you reply to Governor Grey's letter in writing;" and Matutaera, the Maori Kint?, said, " I will not write a letter to that man. Was it not he who drove me into the wild woods to roam about ? And has not the home of my father been deserted by me in consequence ? But do you go on with your relative, Te Akamorunga, to Taupo j as for me, I shall meet him [i.e., the Governor] in the world of spiriti— in Bades. What benefit can arise from seeing merely with the eye, and making peace m relation merely to the person ? Bather let peace be first made with the land [i.e., let the land confiscated be restored], and then it will be well to make peace with the people." That woman went with Te Paea to Taupo, and saw Governor Grey ; and she said if Governor Grey had mentioned in his letter that the boundary line of the King should be at Maungatawhiri, then Tuta, the Maori King, would have agreed to a conference ; and before you in Auckland would have received the intelligence" the breach caused by the shedding of blood would have been healed. (Signed) Tikiba tjponga.