Report on Petition of Hoani Kerei.

Petitioner prays that confiscated land at Whakatane may be restored to his tribe, on the ground that his parent, although, in common with the rest of his tribe, engaged in fighting against the Queen, always gave intimation to the Europeans of an intended attack.

I am directed to report as follows:—

That the petitioner has shown no ground of claim, unless as a member of the Ngatiawa tribe, whose claim as a whole has been fully satisfied.

[Translation.]
Ko te kupu a te komiti mo runga i te pukapuka-inoi a Hoani kerei.

Ko te kai-inoi e inoi ana ko nga whenua i riro mo te hara o te iwi me whakahoki ki tona iwi, te take i penei ai ia ko tona matua, ahakoa i uru tahi ki te iwi whawhai kia te Kuini, i matua whakaatu ki nga pakeha i ta ratou whakaeke.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu ki te Whare:—

Kahore te kai-inoi i whakaatu take mai mo tona tono, engari ano pea mei ma runga mai i tona iwi i a Ngatiawa otira ia ko nga tono a te iwi kua rite katoa.

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