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Ngatikahungunu then began to speak, but as they entered into long details of their own letters, and Eenata's speech, which was read at full length, I came away at one o'clock, taking a friendly hint from Karaitiana that as I had expressed my opinions, and opened the subject, they would get ou better without me. I forgot to mention that Heta Tauranga was called upon to read the Governor's letter to Matutaera, and then another, in which he said it was promised that the troops should not go to the la. I asked whether it was from Governor Browne or Governor Grey, and settled the point by referring to the date, Oct. 3rd, 1860. An old mau ingeniously said, that they had been often told, that though the Treaty at Waitangi was made by Governor Hobson, it was binding on all the Governors. I then left the meeting and came on to Tamahui. My general impressions are, 1. That the meeting was much more orderly, temperate, and friendly than heretofore. 2. That there was no perceptible abatement of tenaciousness as to the King. 3. That the most noisy and rigorous opposition came from new members from the East Coast. 4. That among all the Tribes there is an acknowledgment of the necessity of one law for both races. 5. That the difficulty- is to reconcile the Unity of Law with the Duality of Mana. 6. That it will not be impossible to bring about a compromise on the basis proposed by the Duke of Newcastle. 7. That there is absolutely ho trace of an hostility of Eace: and no unanimity even on the subject of a division of races.

No. 7. Te HOKIOI E BEBE ATU NA.. Ngaruawahia, Nowema 10, 1862. Nga korero ote hui ki Peria. Na Wiremu Tamehana Tc Waharoa. Na i haere mai hoki nga Eangatira o nga Whenua tawhiti, no te rua tekau matahi o Oketapa, 1862. Ka tnria te korero, ka whakatika a Wiremu Tamehana ka mea ; Tenei te mea i Karangatia ai koutou c ahau ki a haere mai, kaati maku ko te whakatu Kingi, ko tenei ma koutou ma nga Eangatira katoa i tenei Whakaminenga c ata whiriwhiri marire. nga kupu ka wkakapuakina nei, ko te ora raua ko te mate, ara. Ko te rori i Mangatawhiri, i Whaingaroa hoki. Kia puare ranei ki a kati ranei. Na, ma koutou enei mea c mahi, kei runga ko Hohaia ka mea. no Ngatiawa ahau no Whakatane, taku kupu na; me ata kiiiii marire. Ka kitea te mea c puare ai; me puare, ka kitea te mea c kati ai, me kati. Kei runga ko Eparaima ka mea. no Ngatiporou ahau ki Whaiapu, he reo ahau no nga mano c rima 5000, ekore ahau c pai kia puare te rori, kia whiti ranei i Mangatawhiri, i Whaingaroa, kite tuakinate puku ote tangata ka mate. Waihoki, kite puare te rori i waenganui nei ote motu nei ka mate, ko tenei me kati. Kei runga ko Hoera Te Titahaka ka mea no Ngatiporou ahau ki Wharekahika, no roto ahau i nga robe kotahi tekau ma rua 12. Kaore nei c pai kia puare he rori i waenganui ite motu nei, no te mea he mate kei roto, ko tenei me kati. Kei runga ko Hemi no Ngatimahanga i haere mai ahau ki a kite i te ra o TaVauwau, na te reta a Wiremu ahau i tiki ake kia haere mai ki a kite ite ra o Tawauwau. Mo te aha te tangata i rere ai ki runga i taku rori kati ai, naku ano taku piihi, kaore c tika tc kati i taku rori. Kei runga ko Wiremu Tamehana Te Waharoa, ka mea, naku koutou i karanga kia haere mai ; he mahara hoki noku, kei whiti kau te ra i tua o Tawauwau, he whakatauki hoki taua kupu, ko te kino kei nma ko Tawauwau kei muri, no reira ikiia ai c namata (c) whiti kau ana te ra i tua o Tawauwau. Ka ngaro nga tangata, na. Ko tenei c tuma ma kati rate tohe kia mahia te rori, mahara mai kite iwi, no te mea he Pakeha to korua hoa. Kua kite hoki ahau ite Nupepa eki ana. c rima rau pauna moni: c wha hercni mo te ra, na kona koa ahau i mahara ai he mate tenei c tohea mai nei c koutou ko o hoa Pakeha ; he tupato hoki noku kei haria mai nga pu nui i runga i taua rori, c tata ana hoki ki Ngaruawahia, na reira koa taku tupato, na' he tika hoki te tupato o Te Kawana kite puru i nga pu, i nga paura, kei hokona c nga Maori kei tahuri atu ano kei whakamate i a ia, me ahau ano hoki c tupato ana kite rori, kei tahuri mai kei whakamate ano i ahau. Kowai koia te tangata ekore nei c tohu i tona ake tiuana? Eki ana hoki te Karaipiture c Whangai ana c Whakaahuru ana i tona ake kikokiko. Ka huri. Kei rung:; ko Eereopa Te Eau, Ngatiwhakane, Eotorua, kaua c kainga mahanatia to Karaka kei rori; erangi me kawe kite wai ka kai ai ka reka, kaua ano hoki c inumia wawetia te tutu kei rori, erangi kia whaimeneti ka kai ka reka, Waihoki, kite hohoro te tangata kite whakaae kia puare te rori, he mate tena mo tatou, erangi ra c te iwi me kati nga rori. Kei runga ko Te Eeweti Manotini, no Ngaiterangi Tauranga, ka mea, he mate tenei mo tatou, eki ana ra. taku whakaaro, tera c puta mai he wai i taua awa iua whakatahea. Koia koa ahau ka mahara nei me kati.

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