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PETITION OE PAORA TUHAERE.

Kerei me whakaae mai koe kite kotahi mano ;ka ki atu au ka pu ta tonu mai ranei tena mano aianei; ka ki mai a Kerei ac kia korero atu au ki taku Bunanga hei apopo koe ka hoki mai, hoki anamaua ao ake te ra ka hoki atu maua ka tae atu maua kia Kerei. Ka korero mai a Kerei c Paora tenei taku whakaaro mo ta taua whenua, me rapu koe i te tahi tangata mau kia tokorua, me rapu hoki au i tetahi maku kia tokorua, hei whakawa ita taua whenua. Ka ki atu^au he tikanga ke ano tena au, iki mai ra koe kia au i nanahi ka puta tonu mai te mano pauna i tenei ra ; ka ki mai a Kerei he whakaaro ano ra tenei naku kia whakawakia kia kitea te tikanga, ka ki atu au c pai ana. Ka tv ta maua whakawa ite tau, 1862. Ko aku kai whakawa ko te Hemara Tauhia ko Aihepene Kaihau, ko a Kerei ko Kapene Haimona ko Meiha Whiwhi, ko aku korero me a te Keene mea Apihai te Kawau c tika ana kite whakarongo aku kai whakawa, ko te wahi i totohe ai nga kai whakawa. a te Kawana me aku, ko te kupu kotahi c ki ana i te pukapuka hokonga o te whenua c ki ana, ko te Eohe kei te koru i Orakei, ko taua Eohe tango whenua nei tenei, ko te tikanga ia kei te koru i Taurarua, i kaha atu aku kai whakawa ia Kerei, ka mutu ta maua whakawa ka tuhituhia atu te pukapuka ki atu kia-Kerei whakakaha i ta matou nei taha, kahore a Kerei i utu mai i taua Eeta a aku kai whakawa. Ka mutu to Kerei Kawanatanga ko Kawana Poene, ka tuhituhia atu taku pukapuka whakaatu kia Poene mo to matou whenua mo Taurarua, kia rongo kia mohio na matou taua whenua, kahore taku Eeta i utua mai c Kawana Poene. Ka whakaaro ano ahaukua tv ate Makarini hei Minita mo te taha Maori, ka tukua atu ano taku reta me aku whakaaro katoa kia mohiotia ai c te Makarini, kahore i utua mai taku reta. Katahi au ka whakaaro he aha ra tenei ritenga ate Kawanatanga kahore nei c utua mai aku Eeta, ta te mea c mohio ana ratou ki taku mahi he main tawhito no mua noa atu, ka oti katoa ia au era ritenga hei tirotiro ma te Kawanatanga, ka whakaaro ano ahau me panui kite Kahiti kia whakawakia kite ritenga ote ture whakawa whenua Maori, kua mea te Kooti c kore c taea cte Kooti te whakawa i tena whenua, he whenua kua oti kite Karauna Karati, ka mea taku whakaaro me pehea ra he ritenga c puta ai aku whakaaro mo taku whenua, ta te mea ko te Karauna Karati ki taku mahara o taua whenua no muri nei ko te korero whakaatu a matou mo taua whenua no mua, he mea hanga noa taua Karauna Karati i runga i nga tautohetohe mo taua whenua mo Taurarua, i runga i te kupu a te Kooti ka ki atu au ki taku Eoia me pehea he tikanga, ka ki mai taku hoa mana c korero kia te Makarini kia rapua he tikanga, ko tana naerenga atu katae ka korero raua ko te kianga mai a Makarini ma te Eunanga Nui i Poneke c mahi tena whenua, tae mai taku Eoia ka korerotia mai kia au ta raua tikanga, whakaae tonu au, muri iho ka tonoa mai a te Karaka c te Makarini hei korero mai i ana kupu kia au ka ki mai a te Karaka c Pao, c ki ana mai a te Makarini metuku to whenua ma te Eunanga i Poneke c mahi a Taurarua, mea atu ana au ki a ia c pai ana ahau ma te Eunanga c mahi taku whenua ta te mea he ngakau mamae kaha rawa noku ki to matou whenua, kei ki koutou c ngaro tena whenua i o matou whakaaro, aha koa mate matou kaora ko a matou tamariki c kore c utua tena whenua, ka mau tonu ta ratou kupu he mea tango noa a Taurarua, kia rongo koutou ki taku whakaaro c hara i te mea taku c tohe nei mo to matau whenua kia whakahokia mai kia matou, c rangi kia utua mai c te Kawanatanga kia matou, me whai whakaaro hoki to Kawana ki taku pai i te tuatahi, i tukua noatia to matou whenua kia ia i te nohoanga o te pakeha ki Akarana, kahore nei i utua tikatia Akarana, ko nga utu ho paraikete, he hate, he tarau, he kohua, he matau, he tupeka, he paipa, kahore he moni, ko te ritenga tena o te hoko whenua a nga Mihinaro i mua, kotahi paraikete riro katoa te whenua nui, c riro te whenua mo te toki, mo te kohua, mo te matau, ko te iwi hoki tenei na ratou i whakaako nga tangata Maori kia kuare, ko nga Mihinare, na ratou hoki enei whenua i tango me etahi atu, ko ta ratou kupu me wliakapono nga tangata kite Atua, tukua atu kia titiro nga tangata Maori ki runga, c hokoa ana nga whenua, hoki rawa iho nga kanohi ki raro kua pau nga whenua, waiho ka mohio nga Maori, whakamutua ana ta nga Mihinare hoko whenua, ko tenei c aku hoa, ata whakaaroa mariretia taku whenua, to whenua tupu ake o matou tupuna o matou matua, ki taku whakaaro hoki me whakaora taku ngakau c pouri nei. Eki na hoki te pukapuka a Paora kite Hunga o Eoma, ite 7 o nga upoko ite24 o nga rarangi, ■" Aue te mate ia ahau mawai ahau c whakaora i te tinana o tenei mate." Heoi ano c aku Hoa nga kupu, tena ra koutou. Na to koutou Hoa, Na Paoka Tuhaere. [Tbanslatioic] Unto the House of Representatives of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, The Petition of Paora Tuhaere, of Orakei, near the City of Auckland, in the Colony of Neiv Zealand, an Aboriginal Native Chief, of New Zealand aforesaid: Humbly Showeth, —■ That the subject of this petition presented to your .honorable Assembly is the claim of your petitioner to compensation for a piece of land situated near the City of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand, containing by admeasurement two hundred and fifty-two acres one rood (more or less), and called or known by the name of Taurarua, shown on the plan hereto annexed. That your petitioner and the chiefs of his tribe know how the boundaries of the lands that were sold to the parties acting on behalf of the Government of this Colony were denned. The pieces of land first sold to the same Government are all on the south-westerly side of the road extending from Auckland to Onehunga, and the first piece of land occupied by the Europeans was called Horotiu. That at the time the Europeans lived on the lands called Waiariki (Official Bay) and Waipapa (Mechanics Bay), they did not own those lands, as they had not then been purchased by the said Government; but it was agreed by the chiefs, the owners of the lands, that the Europeans should occupy the lands.