THE NGATIMANIAPOTO AND THE WAIKATOS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6570, 7 December 1882, Page 5

THE NGATIMANIAPOTO AND THE WAIKATOS.

| « | KI TE ETfTA. Tkxa Koe,—He raea atu teni ki a koe, kia taia e koe te pukapuka NgatimaniapotO kua tukua tahitia atu name tenei.—He oi, Na Rkwi Makiapoto. Pernio, Kihikihi, 29 Noema, ISS2. KI TE ETITA O TK HERARA SUPEFA. Ten-a Koe,-I nga ra kua pahemo ake nei i kite matou i tetahi korero i/oto o te nupepa e meaana kua whakaae a Ngatimaniapoto kite lioatu whenua mo Waikato. Ko ta matou kupu tenei ko to. NgatimaniapotO, kiore matou e whakaae ki to lioatu whenua mo Waikato, ko tent- whakaaro kua oti te whiriwhiri o NgatimaniapotO a e kore e rcrc kc—Heoi, Na Xoatim\mapoto Katoa. Mangaorongo, 29 Noema, ISB2. [TBI NSHTIO S. ] TO THE EDITOIE. Salutations! Thin is a request to you, that you should publish the letter of NgatimaniapotO, sent herewith, and tills also. That is all, from Rkwi NgatimaniapotO. Piuiiu, Kihikihi, November 29, ISS2. TO Till: KDITOFt OF TFIH HERALD. Salutations ! :>ome time since we saw a itatcment in your newspaper to the effect that tin; NaUminiapoto had consented to give land to the Waikatos. This is our word, that of NgatimaniapotO, that we will net consent to give land to the Waikatos. This decis-ion has been settled by us, and is unalterable. !<>.'■ m tiik Whole of Noatimasiapoto. Mangaorongo, Nov. 29, ISS2.

Wo do not think that any such statement has ever 1 ecu made in our columns, and for this reason, that no one could say what the NgatimaniapotO would do. The matter was one entirely of speculation. The above letter must show the Waikatis their position, and what they have to expect from NgatimaniapotO. It ought to make them more axious than ever to embrace the offers made by Mr. Kenton, ami to secure land for themselves, which they can live upon with easy minds, as it is the land ol their ancestors.