A BIRD SANCTUARY.
.TUio suggestion that tlio Government should aoquiro..tho Native areas on Ivapiti island, which threaton danger to tho sanctuary u'om firp, is not a new one. No steps can be taken to acquire these iands, however, until special legislation lias been passed, as tlio Kapiti Island Act of 1897, under which the reserve was made, exempts from its provisions areas belonging to tho original Native owners, and their (heirs or successors according to Native custom. The Maori lands occupy two areas of 1040 acres and 496 acres respectively. Tlio importance of acquiring the whole island lias heeu represented to tlio Government -.by various persons dn the past, and the “Dominion” states that the iState lias made overtures to tlio Natives on more than one occasion to induce them to part with, their possessions. The late Wi Para.ta had a predominating interest in the land, and, true to tlio old Maori 'belief that his mail a, was identified math the soil, ho consistently refused to part with any -portion of his heritage. It os thought that, with his death, the old order may havo changed sufficiently for the Government to renew its ovorturcs with more prospect of success.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2143, 19 March 1908, Page 1
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199A BIRD SANCTUARY. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2143, 19 March 1908, Page 1
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