In the Wananga of the 14th of December instant we are told that the Poverty Bay correspondent of the Auckland Herald says that Mr. Rees is very active and vigorous; that he is doing a great deal of good for the place; that he is about to build a bridge over the Taruhera to Whataupoko; that he is laying out a township, and causing valuable reserves to be made for racing, cricket, recreation, public park, pleasure grounds, schools, churches, &c.; and lastly that the public at Giaborne have the greatest confidence in the present Government! Who is this Poverty Bay correspondent ? A creature of the Government, no doubt. It is absolutely false that the people in this district have " the greatest confidence in the present Government "—the contrary is the case. In the Maori version of the paragraph the Natives are told that these statements appeared in a Gisborne newspaper; that Mr. Rees and the Maoriee had built a town, and that it 'was an exceedingly fine one ! that the people did nothing but praise these works of. Mr, Bees! that when the town increased in size and contained plenty of Pakehas the people (i.e., the Maories) would become rich; and that the people of Gisborne had great faith in the Government of Governor Grey! For the information of Natives at a distance from this place, we say that these things only exist, in th.e the imagination of the Wananga, and the people here have *a confidence in Grey and his Government.
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Waka Maori, Volume I, Issue 13, 21 December 1878, Page 195
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