Herbert S. Wardell.

In June 1858 were received in Hawke's Bay accounts that were not favourable concerning Poverty Bay. The Natives were not working well with the Europeans, but, on the contrary, some were still disposed to resist British authority.

A private letter stated:—

“There is a movement among the Natives here the wrong way. They object to the prayers offered for the Queen. They have, in several instances, taken the law into their own hands in defiance of the Resident Magistrate.

“You will perceive that we have retrograded to the old times when we had to apply to the one tribe to obtain protection against the others.