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| THE MAORI MESSENGER. TE KARERE MAORI. VOL. IV.] AUCKLAND, OCT. 31, 1857.AKARANA, OKETOPA 31, 1857. [No. 11. WE have much pleasure in publishing in the present number of the Messenger, several speeches made by Ngapuhi Chiefs at a meet-ing held at Mongonui, Mr. Commissioner i Bell and the Resident Magistrate, Mr. White, | being present. It is gratifying to observe that the Nga- i puhi, who were the first tribes in the Island to welcome the Europeans to their shores, still continue to manifest the best feelings towards them. Some of them have quarrel-ed with the English, and they have not failed to regret having done so. Both, however, are forgiving nations, and all angry feelings in connection with what is past, are now dead and forgotten ; and the desire of both is to reciprocate offices of friendship and good will. We cannot speak too highly of the honesty of the Ngapuhi in all their land transactions with the Europeans. Having sold a piece of land they never at-tempted to ask for second and third pay-E HARI ana matou ki te ta ki te Karere nei i nga Korero a nga Rangatira Maori o Nga-puhi, i te huihui i whakaturia ki Mangonui. I reira a Te Pere, kai whakarite whenua, raua ko Te Waiti, kai whakawa tuturu o Mangonui. E tino whakapai ana matou ki te tikanga o Ngapuhi, o te iwi nana i whakau mai te Pakeha ki tenei motu i te tuatahi. Whaka-nohoia ana hoki ki runga ki tona whenua; a, e mau tonu nei te aroha me te ata whai ki nga Pakeha. He pono ano ia, i whawhai ano etahi o ratou ki le Pakeha, heoi, kua pouri, kua kete-kete ratou ki taua mahi, kua whakahengia hoki e ratou. Ehara ra enei iwi erua, te In-garihi me te Maori, i te iwi mauahara, a, kua ngaro katoa tenei te riri me te ngakau kino, kua male ke, kahore e maharatia. Inaianei, he hiahia to tetahi to tetahi kia mau tonu te atawhai me te whakakotahitanga. He whakapai ano hoki ta matou ki le Uka o to Ngapuhi mahi mo le whenua i riro i te Pakeha te hoko. Kua hokona am e ratou tetahi wahi whenua, kahore rawa e hoki mai ki le tono hoki i le utu, kia rua, kia toru nga homaitanga utu, a, kahore hoki i wha-kanekehia nga rohe tawhito i whakatako-toria e o ratou matua. Ta matou ka mea |