LETTER FROM RANAPIA TO CAPTAIN FRASER.

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 21, 23 November 1867, Page 2

LETTER FROM RANAPIA TO CAPTAIN FRASER.

PiANAriA .

(Traxslatiox.) Hairini, Nov. 18G7. To Gaptain Fraser, Friend, tbese are tbe words listen to them the saying of tbe Haubaus Stop the goitigs of the vhit'j man itthxnd. It is possible those who 1 ndeavor to go may be killed, wliat I say is true. You had better send word to stop al! the white men going on lands to prevent trouhle to us ail. For ail you who cause all these expeditions from Tauranga. Friend tlie justtce of tliese writmcS whicli have arrived from the Ilauhaus for me to tell you and Mr. C'lark. Kestraia tliese white men and do not allo»- them togoinland or to any part whatever belonging to the ilauhaus in the busb or on the coast. '1 hey are sure to be killed, in consequence of their going, under any circunistances or the sorrow would fallupanus al!, but to you who have made this tlmfg lawfnl — friend — - say to tliem a'l, stay all of you ! Tliere is a consideration in conneetion with tlie words vbicli allowcd you to go, ror this reason, the Ilauhaus allowed those saying but reconsider,— White men, rest satisfied ! Go not out* side or inland. Stay, or the consequences will be had for tliem all, as us all. 1 his is all from your trutlitul friend,

YTno is Katiapia ? Aie we to recognise hiui as an autbol'ity for the foregoing letter ? Hanapia is a man of no principle and devoid of eveiything that could reconunend hini to tlie public as an autliority for Ihe trutli of his iettcr. If' Ifanapia can instruct Captain Fraser as to the danger of going to the place of his f'crmer visit, let ifanapia show a letter

from tliese prohihiting the same. We defy him to do so. He writes to carry out a certain policy given to Iiitn by authoritiep here, aud in doing so he is evidently, and openly recognized as an instruct ed liar. aud the dupe of those who do not wish us to speak even (o the Maoris in the interior. But tlie oT'cials, or whatever else they may be, know tliat tlieir conipromise with Hanapia is a. perfect scheme, an iuipositi'in 011 tlie pakelia and will form a subjecfc of future criticism. We condemn our Government autliorities iu Tauranga for -tlie act pcrpetra'ed by tbow^»- utiworthy Hanapia ngaimf our interests aud say further that tlie Government antborities who are fiiends of Hanapia should take up tlieir abode with him at Hairini, instead ofoccupying a valuable huilding and reserve of the General Governmeut at Te l'apa, and join the interests of the 1 lauhaus iinniediately, AVhen Captain Fraser, ctc, went to the 1 lauhaus to a' k perniission to scek gold wliat was tlie answer ? Come, couic. The ]iakehas have wronged us, they have destroyed our plautaiions, and cndeavored with every might to kill 11s also. ^Vhy have the pakehas doue so ? 'i'iie pakeh.a must explain ; for tl)ey infringe lights which did iiof**bel)iig to lliein. 'I heir boundary was drawn by tbe Goveruor, we agreed to tliat boundary, a: d if tlie pakehas wisbed to infringe on our riglits after our concession, they were wrong. Yet we are vrong iu the disSrict of Tauranga. T/ic • offici.ils will not sanction this. They are wrong also, a.td they are still mere wrong iu forbidding our race to prospect 011 tlie autliority of an infamous vagabond who is a perfect dupe of Co'lonial diplotnacy. This state of things cannot exist in Tau ranga. We see tlie evil and it is our duty to piublish it to the comuiunity tliat tlioy may use tneasures to defy the ni'erogative of sn"ch officiaK wpen the wdfare of the district is at stake and the lying tongne of a Hanapia sujiported . Oh, sliatne 011 such officials. J.(t the jieojile of Tauranga be firm aud lvject tlie autliority of such fellow beings.