New Zealand Gazette – 1860 – No. 10A

Page 66

✨ Proclamation, Murder Reward

Numb. 10A. 66A

The New Zealand Gazette.

Published by Authority.

MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1860.

PROCLAMATION.

By His Excellency Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Companion of
the Most Honorable Order of the
Bath, Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its
Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral
of the same, &c., &c., &c.

WHEREAS, on or about the forenoon of
Tuesday the 27th day of March instant,
certain aboriginal natives named Haneti
Rihari, Manahi, Minarapa, Mautaranui, Te
Karira, Rangirunga, Pene, Tahuna, Ihaka
te Aka, and certain others them aiding and
abetting therein, did foully, wantonly, and with
malice aforethought, murder, or cause to be
murdered, Harry Passmore, Samuel Shaw,
Samuel Ford, James Pote, and William
Parker,

Now therefore I, the Governor, do hereby
proclaim and declare that the sum of One Hundred Pounds will be paid to any person or
persons who will deliver up to Colonel Gold
any one of the above-mentioned murderers or
their accessories: Provided also, that if the
person or persons, or any of them, so delivering
up any of the above-mentioned murderers shall
have himself or themselves been concerned in
the said murders or any of them, or in any way
accessory thereto, then and in that case he or
they shall also receive a free pardon.

Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand at
New Plymouth, this thirty-
first day of March in the
year of our Lord One thou-
sand eight hundred and sixty.

T. GORE BROWNE.

By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Printed and Published by W. C. WILSON, for the New Zealand Government, at the Printing Office,
Shortland Crescent.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1860, No 10A

Parliament sat at General Assembly House (nicknamed the 'Shedifice') in Auckland from 1854-1864, sharing the building with the Auckland Provincial Council.

Ironically the Upper House met on the lower story, and the Lower House on the upper story.

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

⚖️ Proclamation offering reward for murderers of settlers near New Plymouth

Domain⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Dated31 March 1860
KeywordsProclamation, Murder, Reward, Pardon, New Plymouth, Aboriginal Natives
👱🏽 Names

14 names identified

Haneti Rihari, Wanted for murder
Manahi, Wanted for murder
Minarapa, Wanted for murder
Mautaranui, Wanted for murder
Te Karira, Wanted for murder
Rangirunga, Wanted for murder
Pene, Wanted for murder
Tahuna, Wanted for murder
Ihaka te Aka, Wanted for murder
Harry Passmore, Murder victim
Samuel Shaw, Murder victim
Samuel Ford, Murder victim
James Pote, Murder victim
William Parker, Murder victim

👩‍💼 Officials

Colonel Thomas Gore Browne, Companion of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
E. W. Stafford

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