No. 483, Sess. II., 1887.—Petition of Aporo Tipitipi.
Petitioner prays that a rehearing of the Awhiturua Ngapuna Block may take place, as it has been wrongly awarded to a section of the Ngatiwhakaue Tribe.
I am directed to report as follows: That the petitioner shows a great hardship has occurred to a large section of Natives suffering from the Tarawera Eruption, in consequence of the Native Land Court not giving effect to a gift of land made by one tribe to another. The Committee therefore recommends that the Government make inquiries with a view of providing relief.
[Translation.]
No. 483, Sess. II., 1887.—Pukapuka-inoi a Aporo Tipitipi
E Inoi ana te kai-pitihana kia whakawakia tuaruatia te Awhiturua Ngapuna Poraka no te mea i he te whakataunga ki tetahi Hapu o Ngatiwhakaue.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei: E whakamarama mai ana te kai-pitihana i te nui o te mate kua pa ki etahi hapu i te huunga o Tarawera, i te kore hoki kahore i whakamana e te Kooti Whenua Maori te homai noatanga o tetahi whenua e tetahi iwi mo tetahi, na e tono ana te Komiti i te Kawanatanga kia whiriwhiria e ratou tenei take me kore e taea te whakaputa i tetahi ora.