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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 9327, 10 October 1893, Page 4

Fhe following singular epistle has been %nt to us by King Tawhiao, showing \t he is determined to run a native h\l policy of his own in opposition tc thaGovernment, although somewhat on)jje same lines. During the last sessijb. the Maori representatives in -Parliament have strenuously opposed all tl.iWjanges sought to be made in the lft\by the Government. They do so, of «ui'se, on quite other grounds than thole taken up by Tawhiao, but the resistance is really identical. The most loya% a tj.ve in New Zealand looks to Tawhiaoas. simply the most Uncompromising tampion of the rights of the Maori ]popie." There is no real division between the sections. The theory of theQovernment native land policy now is,\o get the Maoris to hand over their lanc\ to be dealt with by the Land Boards ot'the Public Trustee, but the natives are«uspicious, and decline to do this. TayAiaO is now residing at Parawera, near lih'ikihi, and regularly communicates wish the leading natives throughout the iland. . The following contains his land Jolicy, as set forth by Kerei Kaihau andTe Rata Pura, of the Waiuku district :-4. '~ Huarau, Maioro, 2nd, 1893.This is a notice which we ae sending to the four ends of these islands, Wen' across the seas. We, the committee, uider the authority of King Tawhiao, residing at M-mukau, right up to the Waikato Hiads, notify the work our master King Tawhito gave to us at the opening of the great Coiled on the 2nd May last, to this effect thafc.ihe .Maoris who wish to lease their lands to Europeans, or Europeans wishing to lease Hid from the Maoris, may know to come to Keti Kaihau andTe Rata Pura, who are authorisd by the committee to thaw up leases and, other works of .the Maori nations, under Kng Tawhiao's mana, and their independent iaori mana. On the 2nd October a lease wasjlrawn up and signed between Kerei Kaihai and John Neil, farmer, of Maioro, JEDaraU, for 50" acres, leased under the Macd maim. . The deed was drawn up by Tejßata Pura, who is scribe for these years-to come, and if any European and Maoris Wsh to have a lease drawn, aud made goon, let them come to Kerei Kaihau and Te lata Pura, who will carry out their wishis, backed by the committee, and made binding by the mana of our Master! King Tawhiao, so that it cannot be undone by any body. This is a binding l;.w for the Maori nations for ever aud ertr. The conditions of this work are the love and kindness of Kins Tawhiao, who is the head of all his works and statutes. He levies no tax, no rates on the land, through his great love for tke whole nations. He is the only one that knows the end of his work. At the present we 4re only making leases, with no rates or tlxes attached. King Tawhiao holds all tie rates and taxes. Enough. This is a niice to Maoris who are desirous of leasiife their lands to the Europeans to come tons, who will place their wishes at rest. Enoigh. By the Committee under the mana ft King Tawhiao. 1 Tawhiao has a hit at the European Government in that sentence arfcut no rates or taxes. At the same tine, the validity of the leases will hav| to be looked to. Any native who owls land under a Crown title can give j lease, but that will have to go throjgh the routine of such documents. But a lease under the mana of King 'nwiiiao is a very different matter. It his been stated that the Premier was to usit the King Country before the elections. He will find Tawhiao at Para\vera,h convenient place for a quiet contjfoversy, and handy to the electorates of raikato and Waipa. j