THE NATIVE MEETING AT MAUN GATAUTARI.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 664, 23 September 1876, Page 2

THE NATIVE MEETING AT MAUN GATAUTARI.

Our raider* are aw»ro that for spfcrjl dayi pn-'t a con«idei'ible number of rativoi have been ussombled at M<uingitint an in tinlicip'tion o reciving u t sit trom J'hwluuo, who, it was said, was domroiH ot m rting tln>m thoro upon his way home from A t aron, hut in comequeoco of receipt of intelligence of th<i.lnc*3 "I Ma"uhiri, ho do nru»l hurriedly wi h the Waikuto s'O'ion of his following f>rTe Knit i, lending on Te Ngiku to me' tba mnembla^o, and make eJ£querjf for hUnon-itt^ndiiice. I he pi incip.il object of (he moling was to diicusi ill* udn-abi ttv of cjncenrtt i'ig tho wholo oF tho Ni;nt'hiH* tribo nt Manng-ttuufctri instead of 'heir living in thi'ir present s^atter^d stato. This movement has been in cont rmplat ion for tho last twelve months. Te -NKakau was th only spraker on the ITnuh >u s do, and ii'irxatpd tliis conc-ntr.iiion of tho tribo, telling tlicin tliat th y attributed a portion of the r pait trouble* to tio diri -.Mn. ai d con.'i lerrd tint » reunion would enable 'hem to oomo to a- Kttticf ict irj >o tlcni'-nt q'i'cker thin tho present Bepiira'ton ; ha hoppd thorefore th' friendly fection of tho tribo w>uld a«reo t tho • rq.pst. He compare! them to the lo^t e)i op, and told thrru it w a with 'h»i^w of imtpiti 'q a bettor aUto of things ihui tho n union wus oolicitcrl, nn 1 that JuapiO'f he would toll t'\fta Tawhmi drtind.that they ah'>u'd iv-t erL-n, though f <utid in a dencitcd Kur>peaii dvs-olliug, cany away a bmkou pipo or hutton To Ha hi icplied ro the effect that if tte reunion was to he the prccu sor of » now era, and a ces'a'i n of tht-.r formor «j\il d«-ed^ t lie »aw nu »>bj ctiitn, luij, at tie tiee nas a new one, lie would like t" B.e t' « fun ripen hofore he piokrd it '!■© Ngiikwuxoplied totlus, siyi'g t >at thformo ov 1 «yti (rare to bo di c at ' uod. 'I hero were many othtr ltitr-f rib.^l •ul>ji'Utßdix<uesed, bur, t'^yonlyd fo>r>*d t > wiißt escli section of th" triho was to coutriliuts towards the flour mill. Our informant r. -presents ihn failing of the nalivii aa most frieudly, and stated that the io was only ono ennipl.mit hoHi'd, vis tno tV-'spass of a coiiAi ler^tble mm b-r* of c ittle belonging to Si r, W.itker to which th natives ol'j»ot, JiH^giDg that th- y are Hiazing on ooitions of land never 1 a«ed l>y them, wli re they hid boon for some time, although frequent attention has been drawn to their presence, Tvapipn.,l a chief from P»iko, and Msihi To Ngaru from WaoUi wore tho only strangers, the remainder were a I of the Ngatiraukawa tribe. T«"»wljiio is repr-seuto 1 aa fc"l!ing tho Ngatiraukawa'a, whilat he was at Aot»aroa, that h» sole desire was to proiuoto peaco I he tnocttng broke up yo-t-rday, and the visitors! r 'urn d to their tomes.