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Reports of the Native Affairs Committee, 1894.

[No. 644.—Petition of Wiremu Neera te Kanae and 50 Others.]

No. 644.—Petition of Wiremu Neera te Kanae and 50 Others.

Petitioners pray for compensation in regard to certain land in the Arataura Block, Porirua, which they allege has been wrongfully taken from them.

I am directed to report that the petitioners complain that part of the land lying south of the Native reserve at Porirua has been taken by the Crown as Crown lands, and that it by right belongs to the Porirua Native reserve. The whole question turns on the situation of a place called Arataura. On the plan signed by Sir George Grey, who was then Governor, the Natives have no claim to the land, but the description in the deed of cession says the southern boundary was Arataura, and it may be that the plan is wrong. The transaction took place in 1847, and it is impossible for the Committee, without a long inquiry, to determine the question. The Committee recommends that some competent person should be appointed to visit the ground and meet the old Natives and ascertain if a mistake has been made. If a mistake has been made some money compensation should be paid to the Natives.

17th October, 1894.

[Translation. ]
No. 644.—Pitihana a Wiremu Neera te Kanae me etahi atu e 50.

E tono ana nga kai-pitihana kia puta atu he utu ki a ratou mo tetahi whenua i roto i Arataura Poraka, Porirua, e kiia ana e ratou i tangohia hetia mai i a ratou.

Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki peuei: E ki ana nga kai-pitihana kua tangohia e te Karauna te wahi o taua whenua ki te taha ki te Tonga o te Whenua Rahui Maori i Porirua hei whenua mo te Karauna, a ko te tikanga he wahi tonu tera no te Whenua Rahui Maori i Porirua. Ko te tino taunga o te take katoa o tenei pitihana kei runga i te wahi i takoto tuturu ai te wahi e kiia nei ko Te Arataura. I runga i te mapi i hainatia e Ta Hori Kerei, ko ia nei te Kawana i taua wa, kahore he paanga o nga Maori ki te whenua; otiia i runga i te whakaaturanga e mau ana i roto i te pukapuka tuku i te whenua e ki ana ko Arataura te rohe ki te taha ki te Tonga, heoi kei te he pea te mapi. No te tau 1847 i whakahaerea ai taua tuku, a e kore te Komiti e ahei ki te whakatau i te tikanga o taua mea, engari me matua whakahaere tetahi tikanga ata uiui i tona tikanga i te tuatahi. Heoi ko te kupu a te Komiti me whakatu tetahi tangata tika tino mohio hoki kia haere ki runga ki te whenua kia tutaki atu ki reira ki nga tangata Maori kaumatua a kia ata tirohia mehemea kei te he te rohe. A mehemea ka kitea he tika i he me whakaputa he moni hei utu ki nga Maori.

17 Oketopa, 1894.