TARANAKI.
[Abridged from the Taranaki Herald, January 4.] Testekuay three Waikato natives, emissaries from the king, arrived in town. They stated that the object of their mission was to induce the Tara-, naki natives to allow free communication with Tataraimaka, but we believe this to be merely a cloak, and that their object was to ascertain the feelings of Taranaki and Ngatimanui on the general question. They said that the Governor had returned to Auckland without seeing Matutaera. He saw William Thompson, but the king himself was invisible. They also tell us that W. Thompson reiterated the old demands—that the road should not cross the Maungatawbiri, i.e. into Maori land, and that the steamer should not come into his calabash (taha, meaning the river Waikato), but keep to the sea. When the Governor asked “What about Tataraimaka ?” (Me pehea Tataraimaka) Thompson answered—“ What about Waitara ? If you give up my land (Waitara) for my orphans and widows, then your orphans and widows may return to Tataraimaka.” The natives also told us that they expected to find Sir George Grey here when they came, and think he will be here shortly. Perhaps the more sanguine of our readers will join them in this belief.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 89, 13 February 1863, Page 4
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203TARANAKI. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 89, 13 February 1863, Page 4
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