NATIVE TROUBLES.
THE WAIPIRO BLOCK
A correspondent writing from Waipiro says : —■“ To-day we again visited Tuta Nihoniho. He and his people are greatly excited. Pie claims a big share in the Waipiro Block, but the Court gave it all to Pene Ha mine and his people. Whereupon Tuta and his people left the Court and encamped at Waipiro, on the site of one of the old pahs of Tula’s ancestors, and there began to rebuild the pah. They also sent notice to Pene's Kiangr, to shift on or before the Ist of August. After which they would come down and forcibly drive them away. Tuta himself is allright, but a lot of the old warriors, who of course have a voice in matters of this kind, are very fightable, and declare that nothing but the immediate removal of Pene and his people will prevent the shedding of blood. They say “ We are sore because of the decision of the Court. We have now no Chief but death. If we cannot live upon our land at Waipiro—the land of our ancestors, obtained by them by their prowess in battle, —we can at least die upon it, so that the land which was our fathers will contain our bodies.”
In consequence of the serious aspect of affairs, the authorities are taking steps to preserve the peace, and the Native Agent has taken action to, if possible, prevent any disturbance.
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Poverty Bay Independent, Volume I, Issue 24, 18 July 1885, Page 2
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