New Zealand Gazette – 1864 – No. 41

Page 399

✨ Governor's Proclamation of Pardon

Numb. 41.
399

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

AUCKLAND, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1864.

A PROCLAMATION

By His Excellency Sir GEORGE GREY, Knight
Commander of the Most Honorable
Order of the Bath, Governor and Com-
mander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's
Colony of New Zealand and its De-
pendencies, and Vice-Admiral of the
same, &c., &c., &c.

THE Governor having been authorised to extend,
upon certain conditions, Her Majesty's clemency
to those tribes who have engaged in the present
unhappy rebellion: Now, therefore, I, Sir George
Grey, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand,
do hereby notify and proclaim that I will, in Her
Majesty's Name, and on Her Behalf, grant a Pardon
to all such persons implicated in the Rebellion, as
may come in on or before the Tenth day of December
next, take the Oath of Allegiance, and make the
cession of such Territory as may in each instance be
fixed by the Governor and the Lieutenant General
Commanding Her Majesty's Forces in New
Zealand.

All those persons who have been engaged in the
rebellion who may desire to return within any part
of the ceded territory, or within the limits of any
European settlement, will be required to deliver up
any arms or ammunition in their possession.

The pardon promised in this Proclamation will not
be extended to any persons who may have been en-
gaged in the murders of—
Samuel Shaw
Samuel Ford
Robert Passmore
Parker
Pote
Dr. Hope, Lieut. Tragett, and Soldiers, (4th
May, 1863.)
Robert Patterson
Michael Meredith
Frederick Bichard Meredith
William O Scott
Robert Watson
Hugh McLean

PANUITANGA.

Na Ta Hori Kerei, Kawana o Nui Tirani,
&c., &c., &c.

NO TE MEA, kua tukua mai he mana kia Te
Kawana kia whakaputaina atu e ia te whakaaro
tohu o Te Kuini, i runga i etahi tikanga, ki nga iwi
kua uru nei ki roto ki tenei whawhai whakapouri
ngakau.

Na, ko ahau ko Ta Hori Kerei, Kawana o Nui
Tirani, ka whakaputa, ka panui nei, i tenei ritenga. Ka
murua katoatia e au, i runga i te ingoa o Te Kuini nga
he o nga tangata katoa kua uru ki roto ki tenei
whawhai, nga tangata e haere mai i roto i nga ra e
takoto ake nei, tae noa ki te tekau o nga ra o Tihema
1864, a ka oati i te Ki Tuturu, ka tuku mai hoki i
tetahi whenua ki a Te Kuini. Ma Te Kawana raua
ko Te Tianara e whakarite ki ia tangata, ki ia hapu,
te nui o te wahi e tukua mai e ratou.

Na, ko nga tangata katoa kua uru ki roto ki tenei
whawhai, a kua hiahia kia hoki mai ano ki roto ki
nga rohe o te wahi kua tukua mai ki a Te Kuini
noho ai, ki roto ranei ki nga rohe o nga kainga
Pakeha, me tuku mai ratou i ngà pu, i nga paura,
i nga patu katoa e mau ana i a ratou.

Na, ko te tikanga murunga he kua whakaaetia
nei i roto i, tenei Panuitanga, ekore e tau ki runga
ki nga tangata i uru ki te kohurutanga o enei
Pakeha e mau nei o ratou ingoa i roto i te pukapuka
nei.
Samuel Shaw
Samuel Ford
Robert Passmore
Parker
Pote
Dr. Hope, Lieut. Tragett, and soldiers
(4th May, 1863)
Robert Patterson
Michael Meredith
Frederick Richard Meredith
William Cory Scott
Robert Watson
Hugh McLean

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1864, No 41

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 of Pardon for Rebellion Participants

Domain🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
Dated26 October 1864
KeywordsPardon, Rebellion, Clemency, Oath of Allegiance, Territory Cession, Murder victims
👱🏽 Names

13 names identified

Samuel Shaw, Murder victim excluded from pardon
Samuel Ford, Murder victim excluded from pardon
Robert Passmore, Murder victim excluded from pardon
Parker, Murder victim excluded from pardon
Pote, Murder victim excluded from pardon
Hope (Dr.), Murder victim excluded from pardon
Tragett (Lieutenant), Murder victim excluded from pardon
Robert Patterson, Murder victim excluded from pardon
Michael Meredith, Murder victim excluded from pardon
Frederick Bichard Meredith, Murder victim excluded from pardon
William O Scott, Murder victim excluded from pardon
Robert Watson, Murder victim excluded from pardon
Hugh McLean, Murder victim excluded from pardon

👩‍💼 Officials

Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief

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