G.—No. 11.
PETITION OF HENERE TE HEREKAU AND OTHER NATIVES.
PRESENTED TO HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 30th AUGUST, 1865. (Mr. Fitz Gerald.) WELLINGTON. 1865.
G.—No. 11
Xi te Ruxanua nui o Pokkke Nru Tireni. Otaki, Akuhata IG, 1865. E HOA MA TENA KcjUTOU,— Ko nga kupu i whakaritea mama c koutou kia mahia c niatou, kua rite Ko te tuatahi kaua c ma te Kawanatanga te whakaritenga mai i nga tangata Maori kia uru kite Eunanga nui, engari tukua mai ma nga iwi Maori c whakarite te torutekau tangata kia uru ki roto ki to Runanga o te Komiti: ko te tuarua ko te Poti, ka waiho marie nei tera ano c rite ai i a koulou, ma te Komiti a te Kawana tena kupu c tuku mai kia maliia atu c matou, ara c te iwi katoa. Henere te Herekav. MOROATI KniAROA. Parakaia te Pottepa. [translation.] To the General Assembly of New Zealand, Wellington. Otaki, 16th August, 1865. Frjends, Salutations, — Those matters which you arranged that we should decide have been decided. 1. That the Government do not appoint any Maori men to sit in the House of Assembly, but rather that it be left for the Maori Tribes to select the thirty men who shall go into the Bunanga of the Committee. 2. The power to vote, let that be left alone until that is finally arranged amongst yourselves; let that word be sent by the Council of the Governor to us, for us to perform, that is to say, for the whole people to perform or decide. Henere te Hekekau, MOROATI KIHAUOA. Parakaia te Pouepa.
PETITION OF HENERE TE HEREKAU AND OTHER NATIVES.
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PETITION OF HENERE TE HEREKAU AND OTHER NATIVES., Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1865 Session I, G-11
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