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Tauranga Argus and Opotiki Reporter, Volume 1, Issue 1, 24 November 1866, Page 3

f -f On Sundav the 1 lth of Novcmber a native who pZbfesses to he loyal, asked permission of tlie Sergeant of the guard stationed at the fording- place on tlie Wairoa to pruceed to the front, but instead . f doing so he wenl to a rebel pa, callcd the I. inanga, and requested his brother and family to come within the bounds of the loyal natives ; but'lo! two oi his o.Vn people threatened ro shoot him if he advanced beyond a certain point. He therefore rvturned* to the W' .tiroa. The next day ' Colonel Hamilton sent but oqQ meo of the 1 2th. crossed the Wairoa aud proeeeded some say five miles, but I sa\ eight mtles, and took np a statiou w.thin t.ne

mileof the pa belongiug to tlie natives w.io ">"k iU j "st rilHS2i "I -'..-dX* the survevors. The native 1 aupe then wished to reiuru and co-.npei h.s brother to return; but upoti crossing the tivcr for tliis purpose he was. detained a prisoner, aud kept in charge until tlie arrival ot Mr. Ilackuy, who after inyestigating. HberiUcd hi.n, the policy oi which I doubt, he lo Taupe being tl.e liead mau (far nbove the far famed Tetie Taka) in the Ngatirangi Tribe. His onlv lovalty being iu the'land vested to Pene Taka by Mr. Whitaker, on account of tne Ngatirangi,'l ribe ; but which ihe said Tene Taka l.as by writte.i authority to Mr. Ciarke confieeded over to Taupe l.as being the principle person in tl.e tribe. Pene taka having no claim only through his two wives who belong tro the Ngatirangi Tribe. — dommuuicated.