a nga hoia o te Pakanga Tuatahi, i utua te £5,000 ki te Ngarimu V.C. and 28th Maori Battalion Scholarship Fund. I tenei tau i mahue ake nei, i raro ano i te tautoko a nga hoia ka paahitia e te Paremata te ture whakamana i te Kai-Tiaki Maori kia whakamahia tetahi waahi o taua moni hei whakatu i tetahi atu putea karahipi. Ko tenei putea moni no te paamu o Here-Neretau e 3,700 eka te rahi, he paamu hipi, 17 maero te mamao atu i Te Wairoa. Ko te korero a te kaiwhakahaere o taua paamu a Mr L. F. Greaves ki a Te Ao Hou ka mutu te whenua ngawari ki te mahi. E 3,000 eka o taua whenua kua oti te whakapai, te hiko kei roto i te whare a kua oti te pohatu te huarahi. Ko te wariu o Hereheretau £47,000, e 2300 nga hipi uha, e 700 nga weta, 1,600 nga reme a e 600 nga kau kei runga o taua whenua. Kei te ata haere nga mahi o te whenua ina hoki e 50 ki te 100 eka e oti ana te rui ki te maniua mai i te rererangi i ia tau. Ko te whakaaro nui o te kai whakahaere he mahi kia pai te tipu a te kai kia taea ai te whakapiki ake te nui o nga hipi katua a ka whakaheke iho i te nui o nga weta. Kaore i mate rawa taua whenua i te tauraki ka taha ake nei. He whenua nui te wai he awa kei nga wahi katoa. Ka mutu te taonga i tenei e ako ano ka totopu Te Tahua Moni a nga Hoia. Ko te wariu o nga taonga o te Putea moni nei kua neke atu i te £72,000, a ko te piki haere atu ia tau £6,700. He tino Wikitoria te pueatanga ake i nga tau tino uaua mai i te timatanga i te tau 1917, no taua tau i timatatia ai e Ta Apirana Ngata i te hui i whakawahia ai te whare-hui i Waiomatatini. No muri mai i tenei ka timata te kohi moni. E £58,600 nga moni i kohia e te iwi Maori ki te paunga o te tau 1919 hei awhina i nga hoia Maori e ahua he ana te noho. I whakamahia nga moni o taua Putea hei hoko mai i te Hoata Station (Tikitiki) i te Hoia Station (Hicks Bay) me te Hereheretau Station (e tata ana ki Wairoa). I tino pangia kinotia aua teihana i nga tau i muri tata mai o te Pakanga Tuatahi i te hokinga o te utu o nga mahi paamu, a i te tau 1925 i te tino nui o nga ruihi, ka whakarerea te Hoata Station. No taua wa ka paahitia he ture kia riro ma te Kai-Tiaki Maori hei whakahaere nga taonga i toe o taua Putea ko te wariu i taua wa kua heke ki te £12,000. I nga tau i muri mai i heke ano ai nga moni utu paamu, ka kore rawa atu te wariu o aua taonga engari i runga i te whakaaro nui o te Kai-Tiaki Maori ki te ahua i kohia ai nga moni mo taua Putea, kaore rawa i whakarerea engari i whakamahia tonutia ki nga moni ake a te Tari a te Kai-Tiaki Maori, a tae noa mai ki te tau 1941 e noho nama ana held in the Maori Soldiers' Fund to establish a scholarship fund. Income from the fund is mainly derived from Hereheretau Station, a 3,700 acre sheep property 17 miles from Wairoa now owned by the fund. Te Ao Hou had an opportunity to interview Mr L. F. Greaves, present manager of the station who considered it very easy country to farm. Reached by a good metal road to the house, and with power just installed, the larger part of the latter (3,000 acres) has now been fully developed. Hereheretau is valued at £47,000, and carries 2,300 ewes, 700 wethers, 1,600 lambs and 600 Hereford cattle. Although topdressing has proceeded steadily, at between 50 to 100 acres a year, Mr Greaves said, “We don't want to rush the development”. His first aims were to improve pasture, reduce wethers and increase the breeding flock. The property was not badly affected by last season's drought. It is one of the best watered places in the district, with a natural water supply in every paddock and no need for troughs. For the Maori Soldiers' Fund it is an admirable asset. With total assets valued at over £72,000, and an anual income of £6,700, the fund has come victoriously out of a long and difficult struggle which started in 1917, when Sir Apirana Ngata

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