OHINEMURI.
December 2. If the reports that are floating about here as to Te Moananui's proceedings in respect to Ohinemuvi lands be correct, he must be playing a double game with both white and black. The Maoris here have it that he means to take possession of certain pieces of land against the ruling of the Court, and if he should not be allowed to do as he wishes, he intends bringing up a* crowd of diggers. What he really means to do a few days will tell, as he is to be up here immediately. His threats have, in the meantime, had the effect of stirring the natives out of their usual state of lethargy. We have them running about in every direction with fern hooks, taking possession of their piece*, as they say, the clearing of which seems, in their eyes, to be a necessary act to establish their right. It is hard to make out such a man as this great Te Moananui, but it must be evident to all who know anything of him that he is more to be feared than trusted. He is one day hobnobbing with the Government, offering terms to open the land, the next he is with the party opposed to the coining hither of the pakehn, urging them to hold on to their land.— Thames Advertiser's Correspondent.
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Auckland Star, Volume I, Issue 284, 7 December 1870, Page 2
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