Claim of Henare Pereita.

Mr. Williams said that this was a claim for nearly half of the land between Christchurch and the Selwyn. The land had been Crown granted.

The claimant, in reply to the Court, said he wished to drive the Europeans off the land.

The claim was dismissed, as was also that of Hapakuku Kairua to Taitapu, Christchurch, on the ground that the land had been Crown granted.