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Report on Petition of Aperahama Tahunuiarangi. (Presented in 1876.)
The petitioner, a chief of the Ngatiapa tribe, complains that the reserves made for him and his tribe in certain old land purchases in the Wanganui and Rangitikei Districts are insufficient, and that his right even to them is only a right held in common with other members of his tribe.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That, in the opinion of the Committee, the matters referred to in the petition ought to receive the consideration of the Government.
John Bryce,
Chairman.
[Translation.]
Ko te Kupu a te Komiti mo runga i te Pukapuka-inoi a. Aperahama tahunuiarangi. (No te tau 1876 i tukua mai ai.)
Ko te kai-inoi he rangatira no te iwi Ngatiapa e ki ana ia e pouri ana ia notemea kahore ratou ko tona iwi e ora i nga porowhita i whakaritea mo ratou i roto i etahi hokonga whenua o mua i nga Takiwa o Whanganui o Rangitikei, a ko tona tikanga ki reira he tikanga kau no ratou tahi ko etahi atu tangata o tona iwi.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei atu ki te Whare:—
Ki te whakaaro o te Whare ma te Kawanatanga e whiriwhiri te tikanga o te mea e whakahuatia ana i roto i te Pukapuka-inoi.
John Bryce,
Tumuaki.