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Nos. 274 and 275.—Petitions of Tamati Ru and 46 Others, and Erueti Tiketikeirangi and 19 Others.
Petitioners pray for rehearing in connection with Te Awanui Haparapara Block.
I am directed to report that the Committee is unable to recommend that a rehearing should be granted in connection with this case; but, in consequence of the contradictory decisions given by the various Courts which have considered the same, it is recommended that the Chief Judge of the Native Land Court be asked to exercise his powers under section 43 of "The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1895," in order to determine whether the last judgment is in accordance with what may be settled upon as Maori custom and law.
[Translation.]
Nos. 274 me 275.—Pitihana a Tamati Ru me etahi atu e wha tekau ma ono, me Erueti Tiketikeirangi me etahi atu tekau ma iwa.
E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana kia whakaaetia he whakawa tuarua mo Te Awanui Haparapara Poraka.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei, kaore e taea e te Komiti te whakaae kia whakawakia tuaruatia tenei keehi, engari i te mea kei te taupatupatu nga whakatau a nga Kooti nana i whakawa tenei keehi, na reira ki te whakaaro o te Komiti me tono te Tumuaki Kai-whakawa o te Kooti Whenua Maori kia whakahaere i nga mana kua tukuna atu nei ki a ia e tekiona 43 o "Te Ture Whakatikatika i nga Ture Whenua Maori, 1895," kia ai ai he huarahi e taea ai te whiriwhiri, i haere ranei te whakataunga whakamutunga a te Kooti i runga i te tikanga Maori kaore ranei.