THE WAIMATE DISTURBANCE.
The party of natives who interfered with the survey on the Waimate Plains was headed by Te Manu, the native who was some time ago rescued from custody while on his way to Taranaki in the coach. The natives have carried away the instruments of the surveyors to the nearest township, and ordered the surveyors off the ground. The Government believe that the Maories intend to do the same with other survey parties. No violence whatever was offered to the surveyors, in fact, the Maories acted in the most good-humoured manner, and made no threats of any kind. It is thought this act of Te Manu and company is a sort of formal protest against the occupation of Waimate Plains on behalf of natives who have been cultivating the ground. It is also thought the natives have acted under instructions from Parihaki, at the instigation, most probably, of Europeans who have some sort of interest in the land ; but it is believed the natives would not have acted in so high-handed a manner without having received instructions from ! TeWhiti.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 663, 29 March 1879, Page 2
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182THE WAIMATE DISTURBANCE. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume VI, Issue 663, 29 March 1879, Page 2
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