TE RIIHI. E kiia ana te koiero o te nupepa o Turanga. He nui noa atu te mahi a Te Riihi i Turanga, a he tangata mahi kakama a Te Riihi, a he nui te pai o ana mahi mo Turanga, i te mea kua kiia kia hangaa he waapu e whiti ai te tangata me te kaata i te awa o Taruheru e tae ai te tangata ki te whenua i Whataupoko, a kua mahia he taone e Te Riihi rana ko nga Maori ki taua wahi. He nui noa atu te pai o taua taone i te Wha- taupoko, a he whakapai kau ta te iwi ki aua mahi a Te Riihi, i te mea ka nui he taone, ka tini he Pakeha, ma reira e nui ai he taonga ma te iwi. A e kiia ana ka nui te pai o te iwi o Turanga ki te Kawanatanga a Kawana Kerei. Kia toa e Ngaiporou ki to mahi, ki» kaha, ki to mahi taone Pakeha mo koutou ko o iwi.

MR. REES. The Poverty Bay correspondent of the Auckland Herald writes :—" Mr. Rees is very active and vigor- ous, and is doing a great deal of good for the place. He is about to cause a bridge to be built over the Taruhera to Whataupoko that will cause the town to extend northward, and will open up a large extent of valuable country. Ho is laying out a township, and is causing valuable reserves to be made for racing, cricket, recreation, public park, and pleasure grounds, schools, churches, &c., &c. The public here have the greatest confidence in the present Government, and expect they will largely assist in the advancement of the place."

TE TAKO o WAIKATO. Kua tae a Tako ma ki Akarana, e haere ana ratou ko Hoteo i Kaipara ko te mahi whare karakia hauhau i reira. I noho taua iwi nei i Orakei i te wa i tae ai ratou ki Akarana. Mei raru au i te mahi potatu a te tangata, e kore ahau e pai ko ia hoi ako ano i a au, nau atu tau pai kau atu.

TE TAKO OF WAIKATO. A party of fifteen chiefs have just come down from the Upper Waikato country, under the direction of a Native priest or Tohunga named Te Tako, for the purpose of opening a Hauhau place of worship in the Hotea district at Kaipara. The party are at present guests of Chief Paul at Orakei Bay.