O NIU TIRANI.

"KO TE TIKA, KO TE PONO, KO TE AROHA. "

VOL- 11. ]_____PO NEKE, TUREI, HEPETEMA 21, 1875. [No. 18.

HE KUPU WHAKAATU KI NGA HOA TUHI MAI. '

He moni kua tae mai: — £ s. d.

"1875. —Richard Philps, Esq., o Rakarana, Aka-

rana............ O 10 O

1875-76. —Hemi Tautari, o Taumarere, Pewhai-

rangi (Tae ki Hune, 1876)... 010 O

1875. —Eruena Maki, o Taumarere, Peiwhai-

rangi, (Nama IV)...... O 10 O

Na Rihari Wunu, Kai-whakawa o Whanganui mo—

1875. —Charles Smith, Esq...... O 10 O

„ James Stent, Esq......... O 10 O

„ Kapene Wirihana........ O 10 O

„ Ratana Te Urumingi..... O 10 O

,, Paramena, o Kai Iwi..... O 10 O

„ Mihaka Rererangi, o Kaipo, Waitotara,

(Nama l7)........ O 10 O

„ Edward Broughton, Esq...... O 10 O

£500

MATAKAOA, Wharekahika. —Ki te mea ka kawea tuaruatia

ano tenei whenua ki te aroaro o te Kooti, na ko te takiwa tika

tena me te wahi hei whakapapanga mo nga tupuna. Ko tenei

he hanga noa te mahi e korero nei i waho o te Kooti nga

tangata e tohe ana ki taua whenua.

E kore e o ki tenei putanga o te Waka nga kauwhau whaka-

papa o nga tupuna o Iharaira Te Houkamau. Engari me waiho

me i kore e taea te panui i tetahi atu Waka.

Ko HIMIONA HURIWAKA, o Te Papatupu Manganuiateao,

Whanganui, e whakapai ana ki te mahi a Waikato ki te whaka-

rere i te kai i nga wai whakahaurangi; engari ki tana whakaaro

me tahuri ratou ki nga Pakeha korero ai—te iwi nana i kawe

mai taua kai—ki te kore, ki tana whakaaro e kore e kaha nga

Maori ki te whakakore i taua mahi whakawai tangata.

HUTANA TARU, o Waipiro. —Kua tae mai au reta.

HONERUA, o Opunake. —E pai ana.

HE TANGATA MATE.

Ko RATERA KATANA MANARINGA. I mate ki Po Neke nei, i

te 6 o nga ra o Hepetema, 1875, ona tau 34. E rua e toru nga

ra i takoto ai ka hemo.

Ko ARAPATA. HORAU, o Arahura, Hokitika. I mate i te 21 o

nga ra o Akuhata, 1875. He uri ia no Tu Te Ahuka, Te

Rakituamana, Te Aohikuraki, me etahi atu rangatira whai mana

o Ngaitahu. Ko te hunga amo i taua tangata ki te poka i haere

ma roto i te taone; i waiho i ta te Maori ritenga, i pareparea

nga upoko ki te rau rakau.

Ko PORORUA TE TAEPA, he rangatira whai mana no Nga-

puhi. I mate ki Mangonui, Akarana, i te 15 o nga ra o Hurae,

1875.

NOTICES AND ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Subscriptions received: — £ s. d.

1875. —Richard Philps, Esq., of Raglan, Auck-

land (No. 17)......... O 10 O

1875-76. —Hemi Tautari, of Taumarere, Bay of

Islands (up to June, 1876)... 010 O

1875. —Eruena Maki, of Taumarere, Bay of

Islands (No. 17)......... O 10 O

From R. Woon, Esq., R. M., of Whanganui, for—

1875. —Charles Smith, Esq....... O 10 O

„ James Stent, Esq. (for year ending

October, 1875)....... o 10 O

„ Captain Wirihana....... O 10 O

„ Ratana Te Urumingi.... O 10 O

„ Paramena, of Kai Iwi.... O 10 O

„ Mihaka Rererangi, of Kaipo, Waitotara

(No. 17).......... O 10 O

„ Edward Broughton, Esq..... O 10 O

£500

MATAKAOA, Wharekahika. — If this case should again be

heard by the Court, that will be the proper time and place for

all parties to go into the question of ancestry. In the mean-

time, what is said by opposing claimants, out of Court, will

have no effect.

We have not space in this issue for the lineage of Iharaira Te

Houkamau. We shall endeavour to publish it in a future

issue.

HIMIONA HIKIWAKA, of Te Papatupu Manganuiateao, Wha-

nganui, approves of the temperance movement among the

Waikatos, but he thinks they should first labour to promote

temperance among the Pakehas—the people who introduced

drinking customs—otherwise, he fears, the Maoris will not be

able to resist the temptation.

HUTANA TARU, of Waipiro Bay. —Your letters have been

received.

HONERUA, of Opunake. —It is well.

DEATHS.

RANDLE COTTON MAINWARING, Esq., at Wellington, after a

few days' illness, on the 6th September, 1875, aged 34 years. •

ARAPATA HORAU, of Arahura, Hokitika, on the 21st of August,

1875. He was descended from Tu Te Ahuka, Te Rakituamana,

Te Aohikuraki, and other noted chiefs of Ngaitahu. The

funeral party passed through the town with wreaths of flowers

and leaves upon their heads, in accordance with the old Native

custom.

PORORUA TAEPA, an influential Ngapuhi chief, at Mango-

nui, Auckland, on the 15th day of July, 1875.