O NIU TIRANI

" KO TE TIKA, KO TE PONO, O TE AROHA. "

VOL. 1. ] TURANGA, WENEREI, HEPETEMA 18, 1878. [No. 3.

HE KUPU WHAKAHOKI KI NGA HOA TUHI MAI.

He moni kua tae mai: —

£ s. d.

1878. —Te Kirini, Kihipone......... 013 O

„ Hori Wiremutana, Kihipone...... 013 O

„ Himi Peti, Whareponga......... 013 O

„ John Macpherson (6 marama), Matata... O 6 6

„ Mita Karaka Ngatipare Rakarana, Akarana 066

„ He hoa aroha, Rotorua......... O 6 6

„ Tiopira, Korehe, Waerenga-a-Hika... 013 O

£3 11 6

Ko HUIRAMA RIUTOTO, o Rakarana, e korero ana ki te

nui o te haringa o tona ngakau i te Waka ka maanu ano ki te

wai—" te waka a te iwi, " e ai ki tana kupu. E ki ana ia, —

" Ka tika kia hari tahi tatou, kia koa; no te mea ko tenei wata

oku i ngaro, a kua kitea. "

Ko TUHAKARAINA, o Tamahere, Waikato, me Kiwi, o Hara-

taunga, e ki ana ka nui rawa to raua koa i te oranga ake o te

Waka—te aranga ake o Tamarereti, " te Whetu o te tau, " e ai

ki ta Kiwi tana kupu.

WIREMU WEKA, me etahi atu, o Mahinepua, Akarana. —

Kaore matou e mohio ana ki te ture i utu ai koe i tena 17s.

Otira, e kaore e tino kaha he kupu whakahe ma matou i taua

mea, no te mea kaore matou e ata mohio ana ki nga tikanga

katoa o ta koutou mahi i mahi ai koutou. Engari, kaore he

tika kia tono te tangata noa atu kia hoatu aua moni. Ko nga

moni i homai e nga tangata i mua ai mo te Waka tawhito, i

riro katoa i te Kawanatanga. Engari me tuhituhi koe ki a te

Minita mo nga Maori. Kaore he tikanga i te Kai-Tuhi o tenei

Waka hou mo aua moni.

NOTICES AND ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Subscriptions received; —

£ s. d.

1878. —Mr.. J. E. Green, Gisborne......... O 13 O

„ Mr. George Williamson, Gisborne... O 13. 0

„ Himi Peti, Whareponga......... 013 O

„ John MacPherson, Esq., Matata, Bay of

Plenty............... O 6 6

„ Mita Karaka Ngatipare, Raglan, Auckland 066

„ A Friend, Rotorua............ O 6 6

„ Tiopira Korehe, Waerenga-a-Hika... 013 O

£3 11 6

HUIRAMA RIUTOTO of Raglan, expresses his great delight at

seeing the Waka Maori afloat again—" the people's canoe, " as

he calls it. He says, —" It is meet that we should mate merry,

and be glad; for this our canoe was lost, and is found again. "

TUHAKARAINA, of Cambridge, Waikato, and Kiwi, of Hara-

taunga, assure us that the resuscitation of the Waka, " the

rising of the Star of the year, " has afforded them extreme

gratification.

WIREMU WEKA, and others, of Mahinepua, Auckland. —We

know of no law by which you could be made to pay the 17s.

But as we are not acquainted with all the circumstances, we

cannot speak positively on the subject. At all events, no

private individual had any right to demand the money from

you. The subscriptions for the old Waka were all handed

over to the Government. You should write to the Native

Minister on the subject. The editor of the present Waka has

nothing to do with the matter.

I te 27 o te marama kua taha ake nei ka whaka-

wakia a Kingi ma e Hirini Haereone i roto i te

Whare Whakawa i Kihipone nei mo nga pou puriri

e 65, he mea tapahi nana i roto i te motu rakau a

Makauri, a mauria ana e ia ki te taha o tona kainge

takoto ai hei pou taiepa inana, otira mauria ana i

Kingi ma, riro ana. Te take i tohe ai a Hirini ki

aua pou, ko ia tetahi o nga tangata o te Karaati o

Makauri. Ki ana a Kingi ma kua hokona taua motu

rakau ki a raua e Ema Poho raua ko Wi Pere, ara

taua motu i tapahia ai aua pou. Kitea ana e Kingi

ma e tapahi tonu ana a Hirini i te rakau, mana i taua

motu, kaore i panaia. Ko nga hawini hoki a Kingi

ma i kite i nga Pakeha a Hirini e tapahi ana i aua

pou, a kaore i riria. Whakataua ana e te Kooti kia

utu a Kingi ma ki a Hirini etahi moni e ahua rite

ana ki te whitu pauna, ara mo aua pou, hui ki te

whakawakanga.

Hirini Haereone, on the 27th ult, sued William

King and J. R. Hurrey, in the Resident Magistrate's

Court at Gisborne, for the value of 60 puriri posts.

cut by him in the Makauri bush, and which he had

taken and placed close to his own premises some

half a mile off, intending to use them for fencing

purposes, but the defendants took them away. The

plaintiff claimed a right to the posts as one of the

grantees of the Makauri block. The defence set up

was that Ema Poho and Wi Pere had sold to defen-

dants the bush in which the posts were cut. The

plaintiff had been in the habit of cutting posts in

that bush, with the knowledge of defendants, without

hindrance; and it was proved that the defendants'

servants had seen the posts being cut for the

plaintiff by Rogers and another man but did not

interfere. The Court gave judgment for the

plaintiff for his claim and costs amounting in the

whole to about £7.