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Report on Petition of Petera Pukuatua and Others.
This petition contains numerous suggestions as to the mode of dealing with Native lands, principally with regard to details, and having special reference to the lands of the Arawa tribe, from some of whom the petition comes.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the Committee recommend this petition, with its numerous and important practical suggestions, to the careful consideration of the Government, in connection with any new legislation on the subject of Native lands. The Committee specially call attention to and recommend that portion of the petition which asks that all lands at Rotorua and surrounding districts (well known as the site of most of the natural wonders of the Lake country) should be made absolutely inalienable.
John Sheehan,
Chairman.
[Translation.]
Ko te Kupu a te Komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka-inoi a Petera te Pukuatua ma.
He maha nga kupu tohutohu i roto i tenei pukapuka-inoi mo te whakahaere i nga tikanga o nga hoko whenua Maori, engari ko te tino taunga o aua kupu mo nga whenua o te Arawa no etahi hoki o taua iwi te pukapuka-inoi.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu ki te Whare:—
E mea ana te Komiti ma te Kawanatauga e ata whiriwhiri nga kupu nunui kupu whaitikanga hoki o tenei pukapuka-inoi ana whakatakotoria he ture hou mo nga Whenua Maori. E mea ana te Komiti kia tino tirohia kia whakamana tera wahi o te pukapuka-inoi e tono ana kia herea mo ake tonu atu nga whenua katoa kei te takiwa o Rotorua (ara te takiwa o nga roto o era mea ataahua whakamiharo katoa).
John Sheehan,
Tumuaki.