SIR GEORGE GREY AND THE KING.
'Thi following is a, 'free 'translation of a Maori 1 letter forwarded to u« from Kawhia :— " Friend the Editor, — This ii my word to you of thtmUohrevous writing of bad whiter to cause of tbe Gorernment with ithe Maoris. The nsrwspaper "OPe Wananga" is sent among us {(make dark the Maori mind Against 'MoLeat and' the ->«tive Office. fThej-e is a Terj bad letter written in Auckland printed in it, dated March 10. 'ft? is '* lying word, lit ii'full of liel. 'One <of these U :— 'The Nathre Office is io a fearful state of mind • that "Sir George jGrey >fau been specially' inrittd-by the Maori King to pay huaa " Tiiit. One of the King's soni, >it it itatod, 'will Sir Gborgea viiit. Sir George Grey present at his baptism, arid stood godfather 'to him.' 'This is not true. (The Kmg (Tawhia'j) Las nerer inrited Sir George Grey to \Tisit him. 'Sir George Grey know* this, that it was not from-Tawhiao the word came, but from Taw-hia. "T.his is the deception. ITawhia 4b an -inferior -< chief; Tawhiao is the Maori Kmg. 'The speech of "Sir George Grey! has many meanings, >but' the Maori csn see through the misfcoa' t'leihillrtop, while the pakeha loses his way in the plaias below. r This is myword. L«t it be printed. .From, your friend,— lTamioii Tkbiia. "April 7th:"
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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 610, 18 April 1876, Page 3
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229SIR GEORGE GREY AND THE KING. Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 610, 18 April 1876, Page 3
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