NATIVE INTELLIGENCE.
(by telegraph from christchurch.) Hawera, August 21. It is reported that Rana, one of thp Opunake natives, went to the Parihaka meeting. Te Whiti, hearing that he had knocked down fences on his journey up, ordered him to go down and put them up again. Rana refused, telling Te Whiti he did not care about being sent to Dunedin gaol, and that he preferred living with his wife. Te Whiti asked where his wife was. Rana replied, "In Hawera selling land." This made Te Whiti angry, and he said, "Do you not know your wife is doing wrong ? Tell her to come to Parihaka." Rana declined to put up fences, and declined to sen.4 bjs wjfe to Parir haka.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1319, 25 August 1880, Page 2
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