MR WOON'S VISIT TO TAMATI WAKA'S TRIBE.
. ♦— Mr K. W. Woon has just returned from his judicial tour up the Wanganui river. A principal object was to have a talk with the people of Tamati Waka, and, if possible, bring them over to the side of the Government, when the whole of the tribes of this river might be said to be alienated from the cause of the King. Mr "Woon met these people by appointment at Te Aomarama meeting house, called the " House of Light," which the name imports. Tamati Waka's tribe have always been strong supporters of the King, and as they are the most warlike people on the river, their action always affected ths other tribes. They have come to see the power and protective character of the Pakeha laws, for upon Mr Woon answering various questions, and explaining the relation they wou^ stand in to the Government, they gave in their submission and then made a number of demands, all of the most satisfactory nature. They expressed a wish that the law should be upheld in the district, and assessors and police appointed, &c. Hauhauism has from the commencement taken strong hold of this tribe, but they now abjure it, and the King movement at the same lime. Their secession from the Waikato King party at the present juncture will tend greatly to weaken the movement. And this is not an isolated gain to the colony, for the example of these people is likely to be followed' by the great body of the natives located on the Wanganui river from Pipiriki to its source, and including some of the most important and influential chiefs in the island. Tamati Waka presented Mr Woon with a quantity of preserved birds, which had been carefully stored in two boxes, ornamented with feathers, &c, called by the natives Papa Huahua. One of these boxes is now on view at the native office, Rutland Hill. No later news than we have received has reached Aomarama from the Waikato. Mr Woon purposes visiting the natives at Manganuioteao on his next visit to Topine and his people, towards the cud of March. The whole of the head river natives will assemble at Maraeko whai next month to welcome Mr Woon on the occasion of his first visit to that locality. — " Wanganui Herald," February 25.
MR WOON'S VISIT TO TAMATI WAKA'S TRIBE.
Wellington Independent, Issue 3137, 2 March 1871, Page 3
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