VOL. 1 ] NEPIA, HATAREI; HEPETEMA 6, 1879. [No: 40.

HE KUPU WHAKAHOKI KI NGA HOA TUHI MAI.

Kua tae mai te reta i tuhia mai i Taranaki mo nga mahi kei

Parihaka, me etahi atu reta maha hoki; otira e kore e taea te

panui i aua reta i tenei putanga o te Waka.

He kia atu nei ki nga Maori o Whareponga, o Otuauri, o

Oruru, o Popoti, o Makarika, o etahi atu kainga hoki o reira,

me homai e ratou a ratou moni mo te Waka Maori ki a

Tuta Nihoniho, mana e tuku mai ki a matou. Kua kore a

Teone Hatingi e mahi i taua mahi inaianei

Ko Hata te Kani kua rite hei tangata tango moni mo te

" Waka, " i nga Maori o Petane, o Tangoio, a Aropaoanui, o

Moeangiangi,

Ko Teone Tatarana o Mohaka, kua waiho hei tangata tango

moni mo te WAKA MAORI.

Te Waka Maori. ______

NEPIA, HATAREI, HEPETEMA 6, 1879.

KUA oti e matou te ki atu ki o matou hoa Maori ko

te ra Pootitanga mema Pakeha mo te takiwa i te

taha ki Ngaruroro hei te Wenerei, te 10 o nga ra o

Hepetema nei.

Ko tenei e hiahia ana matou kia ata whakaaro

marire nga Maori o konei ki a matou korero

e korero ai matou akuanei ki a ratou mo

taua mahi. No te Manei kua taha nei i

karangatia ai te ingoa o te Hihana hei mema

mo te takiwa ki Waihou, a kaore he tangata i tu ki

te tauwhainga ki a ia; no kona ka kiia e te kai-wha-

kahaere, o te pootitanga kua tu rawa ia hei mema mo

taua wahi. Na, ahakoa, kua tu ia mo taua wahi e '

NOTICES AND ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

The letter from Taranaki re the Parihaka business, and a

number of others, have been received, but we cannot publish

them in this issue.

The Natives of Whareponga, Otuauri, Oruru, Popoti, Ma-

karika, and other settlements adjacent thereto, are informed

that Tuta Nihoniho will receive their subscriptions to the

Waka and forward them to us. Mr. John Harding is not now

acting for us...

Hata te Kani will receive subscriptions for the Waka from

the Natives of Petane, Tangoio, Aropaoanui, and Moeangiangi.

John Sutherland, Esq, of Mohaka, is authorised to receive

subscriptions on account of the WAKA MAORI.

Te Waka Maori.

NAPIER, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1879.

As we have already informed our Native readers, the

Polling day for a Pakeha member to represent the

Clive district will take place on Wednesday next, the

10th day of September instant.

Now, we desire the Maories of Hawke's Bay to

consider calmly and dispassionately what we are

about to say to them, on this subject. Mr. Sheehan

was nominated on Monday last for the Thames

district, and, as no candidate came forward to oppose

him, he was of course declared duly elected for that

district. Notwithstanding this, he now comes forward

to contest the Clive seat against Mr. Ormond; not

that he has any intention of representing the Clive