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No. 361.—Petition of Arihi te Nahu and 17 Others.
Petitioners object to the finding of the Appellate Court in regard to Poukawa Reserve, Te Hauke, Hawke's Bay District, and pray that legislation may be passed to enable a further hearing of the case.
I am directed to report that, owing to the large amount of business before the Committee, it is impossible at this late stage of the session to deal conclusively with this petition, but, in view of the difficulty in deciding questions of the nature stated therein, it is suggested that the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court should cause a case to be stated as to the Native custom in circumstances similar to those involved in the petition, and submit the same to the Native Land Court Judges under the provisions of section 43 of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895."
[Translation.]
No. 861.—Pitihana a Arihi te Nahu me etahi atu tekau ma whitu.
E whakahe ana nga kai-pitihana ki te whakatau a te Piira Kooti mo te Rahui i Poukawa, Te Hauke, Takiwa o Haaki Pei, a e inoi ana kia mahia he ture kia taea ai he whakawa ano mo taua keehi.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, i te mea he nui rawa nga mahi kei te aroaro o te Komiti hei mahi mana, a i te raea hoki kua tata rawa te mutu o tenei tuunga o te Paremete, na reira e kore e taea nga take katoa o tenei pitihana te whakaotioti rawa i naianei, engari i te me e kitea ana te uaua o te whakatautau haere i nga tu putake e whakaaturia nei i roto i te pitihana nei, na reira ka kiia i konei me whakatakoto tetahi Keehi e te Tumuaki Kai-whakawa o te Kooti Whenua Maori hei huarahi e rapua ai nga tikanga Maori e pa ana ki nga take kua uru nei ki te pitihana a ka tuku atu i taua Keehi ki nga Tiati o te Kooti Whenua Maori i raro i nga tikanga o tekiona 48 o "Te Ture Whakatikatika i nga Ture Whenua Maori, 1895."