Reply of His Excellency to the Address of the ngapuhi chiefs at waimatf.
Waimate, January 14, 1858. Chiefs of the Waimate, I greet you. Receive my thanks for the cordial welcome you have given me to your home and the home of your fathers. I thank yoo for your expressions of attachment and Confidence contained in your address, - and return you my assurance of warm interest in your "welfare and prosperity and sincere wishes to promote both'by every means in my power. I remember with pleasure that this spot has been tbe cradle of Christianity in New Zealand;—that from the 6ay of Islands the light has spread over tbe whole country. I remember also with pleasure that when clouds darkened the sky: and storms of strife and bloodshed visited the neighbourhood, the Waimate was sacred, and no evil was permitted to touch it. With reference to your request that a township should be formed, which may be be accessible to all the surrounding tribes, and also near to a commodious barbour;—ft gives me pleasure to inform you that one of the objects I have in view in visiting ibis part of the country is the selection of a proper site torsich a township;— and this I hope to effect before my return. I hope the spot chosen will meet tbe wishes of all, arid that a settlement may be established where the Maori and the Pakeba may sit down side by side,—and form one united community; where both may work together, and show to all tbe world the truth of tbe assertion that the Maories and Pakebas in Ne v Zealand are but one people,—that they acknowledge one sovereign and obey one law. As Her Majesty's representative 1 accept your assurance of loyalty and the expression of your desire to be closely united with the English as one people.—The evil that is past is forgotten; and I look with confidence to the future to show us only what is good. From your loving parent, T. G. Browne, . . " ■ Governor.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 4, 1 February 1858, Page 16
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338Reply of His Excellency to the Address of the ngapuhi chiefs at waimatf. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume V, Issue 4, 1 February 1858, Page 16
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