An Historical Stone.
At the New Plymouth Police Court on Monday, E. A. Dugdale, of Waitara. was charged with stealing a Maori historical stone Te Puny a o Tainui, or the anchor of Tainui, from the Mokau River in the early part of 1894. The value placed on the stone was £2. Inspector Thompson appeared to prosecute, and Mr Hughes defended, Mr J. Freeth interpreter. After a good deal of discussion the case was adjourned for four weeks, the defendant undertaking in the meantime to deliver the stone over to the Maoris at Waitara, and pay expenses.
There are ten tribes who claim that their ancestors came over iu the Tainui canoe, the anchor stone of which was the subject of an enquiry in the Court. The tribes are as follow:—Waikato, Ngatituwharetoa, Ngatiraukawa, Ngatimaniapoto, Ngatiapakura, Ngatimaru, Ngapuhi, Ngatitoa, Ngatimahuta and Ngatiawa. The canoe Tainui came over from the place the Maoris call Hawaiki, the Captain being Hauroto.
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Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 77, 29 March 1895, Page 2
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157An Historical Stone. Opunake Times, Volume II, Issue 77, 29 March 1895, Page 2
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