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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 10

Page 15, Note 2

Page 15, Note 2.

The assertion here referred to is made on the authority of the following; statement made by Mr. Forsaith, (formerly of the Native Department,) in his place in the House of Representatives, on the 9th August, 1860:—"Now it was a well-known fact, that W. King and that section of the Ngatiawa tribe whom he represented were never dispossessed by the Waikatos. As a proof of this, he would mention a fact which his honourable friend the Member for the Wallace County would confirm. About the year 1842, Te Pakaru, a Wai kato Chief who had taken part in the invasion of Taranaki, proceeded to the Waitara for the purpose of taking possession, and had actually commenced felling timber for the purpose of preparing ground for cultivation. William King, who had page 9 not then returned from Waikanae to thie home of his fathers, sent a deputation to pana Te Pakard, i. e. to warn him off. Te Pakaru, conscious that his position was not tenable, gave up the attempt, and returned to Waikato."—(New Zealander, August 15, 1860.)