WAIKATO.
The intelligence from Waikato is calculated to depress the minds of all who are interested in the well being of the Native race. It was supposed that Matutaera, the principal chief of the Waikato, possessed sufficient influence and authority, to suppress anarchy and outrage - y but it would seem,- that he has no power to deter his people from committing open violence, nor power to punish them. In vain has Matutaera issued a declaration commanding that all offenders shall be brought to justice in vain has he stereotyped the motto of his late father Potatau Te Wherowhero, <f Religion, Law, Love," —the people regard him not, nor do they give heed to the voice of the Runangas summoned at Ngaruawhia to devise plans for the peaceful solution of Maori difficulties. These remarks have been elicited, in consequence of certain ill advised acts committed by the Ngatimaniapoto, the Ngatimahuta, the Ngaungau and . other tribes of Waikato.; The following is a brief account of the riotous doings to which reference has been made. On the 10th of March, an armed party of two hundred men assembled at Te Kohekohe, a settlement on the right bank of the Waikato river, the residence of Wiremu Te Wheoro, an
intelligent andpromising young chief of the Ngatinano tribe. Te Wheoro was about fa-form, an industrial arid establishment, under the supervision of the Civil Commissidner Mr. Goist. The hostile party, after tyvo days altercation and personal encounter with Wiremu Te Wheoro and his people, rafted* the timber which had. been prepared for the erection of the-required buildings, and toqk. it to Te la, where it no w lies, scattered in various directions. On the :24th of March, another armed force numbering eighty men, headed by Re w i Maniapoto, forcibly entered the premises of Mr. .Gorst at Te Awamutu> seized the printing press, type, and other material, the mail box and stamps, some personal effects, and a sum o£ money, all of which were carried by the lawless band, to the settlement of Kihikihi.
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Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume III, Issue 3, 20 April 1863, Page 3
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338WAIKATO. Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume III, Issue 3, 20 April 1863, Page 3
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