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TO NATIVE AFFAIRS.

Piripi (principal old chief of Ngatimanoki).—Fenton, this is my word to you. Come on short-, welcome. Come, come, and look at your sheep. Come on the top of the lightness. Come into the house. Blind, blind, we fall into the water. This is why I say, Come on the top of the light. Come and teach. New born children do not understand. Welcome, my friend—come on shore. Come, and talk about the plans which cause men to dwell in goodness, in happiness, and prosperity. Let designs grow for us founded on goodness and light. Come and talk to us. We have agreed. This is our agreement:—Let us be one tree, though many branches ; one tree, and we shall bear fruit. Like a post firmly fixed in the ground, we shall not be moved. This is the end of my talk. Fenton.—The multitude have not spoken —only the chiefs. Do you all agree to what they have said? (Yes.) Well then, let us begin to work. First, tell me who amongst you is the most intelligent, the most courageous, and the best man. Tell me now, that I may mention his name to the Governor ; that the Governor may enquire into his doings, and find out whether he will do for a magistrate for you. (Describes the plan about the probationers and the division into classes.) Hetaraka.—Fenton has heard our agreement. That is right. It is not wise that we alone of all the tribes of Waikato should continue to sleep. He was right in telling us to awake from sleep. Why should we sleep in the daylight ? The plan is good. We are tired of anarchy. If a man interferes with the magistrate, the council will protect him. It will strengthen the Governor, and the Governor will strengthen it. Theft, adultery, &c, will lose their power—for how can one man contend with the many ? Mr. Maunsell and the church all agree with us. The church and the law will strengthen each other. Now choose ye, this day, whom ye will serve. (" We all stick yonder," pointing to the Resident Magistrate.) Now then, leave the bother and difficulty which was shown to us at Paetai. Let us henceforth be one, and one only. No more pakehas, and no more Maoris, but people of Queen Victoria. No. 2. SECOND MEETING ON SAME BAT. Mr. Fenton made the usual speech—explaining the system, and telling the people that it was a valuable property offered to them by the Governor, which was not forced upon their acceptance, but tendered as a privilege, &c , &c. Te Ropiha.—Your words are very true. I wrote to you desiring you to come. I enquired from Waata about these new things, and liked them. To-day we awake from sleep, for we see the truth of your words. My heart consents; my body and soul consent. See the firmness of my words. I consent to all the new plan (turning to all the people.) Do you agree to what Fenton has said (all, yes.) Don't agree with the lips only, but with the heart (all, yes.) That is the end. Te Mata (old chief). —All who sit here have entered into alliance with you. We all stick to you. We will support you, and you must be strong and without fear in rebuking and teaching us. So will the Maori grow as the pakeha grows. Tamati.—Welcome, welcome. Give roe the scheme—give me—give me. Formerly we lived in a state of Maoriism. Then Christianity came. Now the law comes. Come on shore—come to land. Welcome the new plan. Call it on shore. Invite it inland. Welcome the stranger. Welcome the young visitor. Henceforth we will remain upon law. Karaipu. —These are new things that are talked about. When Christianity came, the teachers brought it. We did not understand whether it was good or bad, but we believed the teachers, and accepted it. Now, ive know the value of it. Similarly, now the law is coming , , and the teacher comes first. My heart, my soul, my body unite in seeking for this new system, Let us learn the plan which will cause us to dwell in peace and lie down in safety ; the plan which will cause us to grow in prosperity, and become wealthy, and permanently fixed. This is what we say to Fenton. We ally ourselves with him; we stick to him. These are the things we will seek —the things that he has been talking about. You have agreed to this matter. Hold it fast. Our agreement with him is in effect —to leave off evil^—to deny evil for ever—all our evils from this time forward. For this is the consequence of our acceptance of the new things. If we persevere in evil after this acceptance, we are deceptive, and hypocrites. Te Ratutuna. —Listen to my talk about Christianity and law. The end of Christianity is salvation. The end of law is good conduct. That is all. Piripi.—Listen to me. Formerly, when Christianity came, men turned to it, though they did not know what would be the result. Oh dear !an old man does not know how to make a speech in these days. We did not know what Christianity would bring forth when we embraced it. Now the world is full of it. The Maoris turned to worship, and we have seen the result. The source is in heaven, though formerly we did not know whether it was from above or below. By the teachers we learnt. Now there is the plan of King, and the plan of the Government. Where does this plan of the Governor come from ? from the pakeha ? No ; from heaven. I say it comes from heaven, because it follows Christianity—think, think, think. All the tribes are working at some system ; we have lemained in the middle. Now work. It is from God. Therefore let the thought be clear. lam an old man, and you must do the work. I want to see you get on, as Fenton says, that you may grow. If we old men talk falsely and foolishly, what then ? The young men must undertake these new things. All that I say is, Let your compact be honest. I shall say no more. Hetaraka—When jou first spoke to me, Ropiha, I said, Go to Waata; and you went there, and learnt. Now, we have heard the consent of Ngatimanoki, but not of Ngatipo. I will ask them. Have you firmly agreed. (Yes ) When the talk is done, I shall suggest that we have prayers. (Yes; "that is the fountain.)

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