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No. 168, Session II., 1879.— Petition of Homa te Hora and Others.
Petitioners appeal to the House respecting a block of land called Kaherutahi, situated near the mouth of the Whangarei River. They state that the land was taken from them either by the Government or by Mr. Henry—the latter person was the first European to live on the land. Their relations wished to eject him. He asserted that he was only living there temporarily. They went a second time to turn him away. He then stated that the Government had given him the land. A third time they attempted to get him off, but he reasserted that he had got the land from the Government. Mr. Henry has since sold the land. The land in question belonged to the petitioners' common ancestors, and descended from them to the petitioners' ancestors, and lastly to the petitioners themselves.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the Committee recommends the Government to institute an inquiry into the facts, and take such action as shall be just to the petitioners.
[Translation.]
No. 168, Session II., 1879.—Pukapuka-inoi a Homa te Hora me etahi atu.
E inoi ana nga kai-pitihana ki te Whare mo tetahi poraka whenua ko tona ingoa ko Kaherutahi e takoto ana i te awa o Whangarei. E ki ana ratou na te Kawanatanga, na Te Henare ranei i tango taua whenua i a ratou. Ko Te Henare te pakeha tuatahi i noho ki taua whenua, na i hiahia o ratou page 14
whanaunga ki te puna i a ia engari nana i ki e noho kau ana ia i reira mo te takiwa poto. No muri ka tuarua atu ano ratou ki te pana i taua tangata, ka ki taua tangata na te Kawanatanga te whenua i riro ai i a ia. I muri nei kua hokona e Te Henare taua whenua, ko taua whenua no nga kai-pitihana, no o ratou tipuna, tuku iho ki o ratou matua tae mai ki a ratou ki nga kai-pitihana.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
Ka whai kupu tohutohu atu te Komiti ki te Kawanatanga kia tirotirohia nga take nei a ka whakahaere i tetahi tikanga e tika ana ki nga kai-pitihana.