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J.—3

1877. NEW ZEALAND.

PETITION OF REHA APERAHAMA AND 47 OTHERS.

Presented Bth August, 1877, and ordered to be printed.

Xi nga Mema Honore katoa o te Runanga Nui o te Paremata o te Koroni o Niu Tireni c noho liuihui ana. Tena ra koutou. Ko TA MATOTT PITIHANA TENA KO TA NGA TANGATA E MATT AXE NEI O MATOU INGOA I EAHO I ENEI KOEEEO, HE TANGATA MATOU NO NIU TIEENI I TE TaKIWA XI HaUEAKI I TE POEOWINI o Akaeana. E WIIAKAATf ANA; He whenua to matou ko te Aroha kei Hauraki koia o koutou kai pitihana ka inoi nei ki a koutou ki nga rangatira o te Runanga Nui o Niu Tireni kia ata whakaarohia c koutou a matou Take katoa kua tuliia nei ki tenei pukapuka c inoi nei ki a koutou—ara mo to matou whenua mo te Aroha. 1. Ko taua whenua ko te Aroha i a matou anake i o matou tupuna me to matou hapu me Ngatitumutumu me matou hoki me tetahi taanga o te iwi o Ngatimaru i whakaurua nei ki nga uri o Ngatitumutumu. Aka whai take nui matou o mntou hapu c noho tuturu nei i rungai tenei whenua i te Aroha o mua iho a tae noa mai ki a matou ki o ratou uric noho nei i runga i tenei whenua i te Aroha inaiauei c mahi nei matou i nga mahi whai taketanga kite whenua i runga i nga ritenga Maori. 2. Kihai rawa etahi hapu iwi ranei c noho ana i Hauraki i whai paanga i whai take ranoi ki tenei whenua kite Aroha i runga i nga ritenga Maori whai taketanga kite whenua. 3. Kihai ano hoki tetahi iwi hapu ranei o nga iwi katoa c noho ana i Hauraki o etahi atu iwi ranei i mua iho, inaianei ranei, i pana i whakahe ranei i te noho a o matou tupuna, a o matou hapu ranei i mua iho a tae noa mai ranei ki a matou c noho tuturu nei i runga i to matou whenua i te Aroha. 4. Engari i te wa i tv ai te Kooti Whenua Maori ka timata te whakawa pokanoa a tetalii iwi noa atu ehara nei i nga iwi o Hauraki hei tango tahae mana ma Ngatihaua o te iwi o Waikato i to matou whenua i te Aroha hei utu pea mo o ratou whenua i Waikato i murua nei c te Kawanatanga i runga i te rau o tana patu ki nga iwi o Waikato. Otira i hinga ratou ite Kooti whakamutunga mo tenei whenua. 5. E whakaatu ana o koutou kai pitihana ki to koutou Runanga Nui o nga Rangatira whakatakoto ture mo nga iwi c rua c noho nei i roto i te Koroni o Nui Tireni, ara na James Maekay kai hoko whenua a te Kawanatauga nga hapu katoa o nga iwi o Hauraki i whakaeke ki runga i to matou whenua. 6. Ara, c whakaatu ana matou ko tana whakaeke i nga iwi o Hauraki ki runga i to matou whenua ara i hoatu c ia he moni ki ia tangata ki ia tangata ki ia hapu ki ia hapu o nga iwi katoa o Hauraki. 7. Kia ata marama ano hoki koutou c noho nei i roto i to koutou Runanga Rangatira, ara ko aua moni i hoatu c taua kai hoko whenua a te Kawanatanga ki aua iwi i te taone tonu o Hoterene, ehara hoki i te mea i hoatu aua moni c taua kai hoko whenua ki aua iwi i runga tonu i tenei whenua i te Aroha. 8. E kore ano hoki c taea c ia, c taua kai hoko whenua, te ata kawe atu nga tinana o aua iwi ki runga tonu i to matou whenua noho ai, ara c kore ano hoki aua iwi ake o ratou tinana ake ranei c tae a tinana atu kite Aroha ata whakaatu ai ki taua kai hoko whenua i o ratou wahi i reira hei utu mo nga moni i a ratou. Ta te mea c tino mohio tuturu ana aua iwi kaore ratou o ratou tupuna rauei ipa ki tera whenua kite Aroha. 9. Engari c whakaatu ana matou ara i koa rawa aua iwi mo te hoatutanga noatanga a taua kai hoko whenua i nga moni ma ratou mo taua whenua mo te Aroha, kaore nei o ratou paanga ki taua whenua, a c koa ana ano hoki ratou mo te hoatutanga noatanga a taua kai hoko whenua a te Kawanatanga i nga nama waipiro, paraoa, pihikete, huka, tii, me era atu mea a te pakeha ki a ratou a ko to matou whenua he utu.

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