Proclamation calling submission




Numb. 11.
67

THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1865.

A PROCLAMATION
Calling on Native Tribes to come in and give
themselves up.

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

WHEREAS, by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Settlements Act, 1863," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor, by Proclamation to be pub-
lished in the Maori as well as the English language,
to call upon any Native Tribes, or individuals thereof,
who shall have been engaged in any of the offences
specified in section 5 of the said Act, to come in and
submit to trial according to law, on or before a cer-
tain day to be therein named; and all who shall
refuse or neglect to come in and submit themselves
accordingly, shall not be entitled to compensation
under the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, Sir George Grey, the Governor
as aforesaid of the said Colony, in pursuance of the
said power and authority in me vested, do hereby call
upon the Native Tribes, and upon the individuals of
the Native Tribes, named in the Schedule hereto,
who have been engaged in the offences in the said Act
specified, that is to say:-

  1. Who shall, since the 1st January, 1863, have
    been engaged in levying or making war or
    carrying arms against Her Majesty the Queen,
    or Her Majesty's Forces in New Zealand; or,
  2. Who shall have adhered to, aided, assisted, or
    comforted any such persons as aforesaid; or,
  3. Who shall have counselled, advised, induced,
    enticed, persuaded, or conspired with any
    other person to make or levy war against Her
    Majesty, or to carry arms against Her
    Majesty's Forces in New Zealand, or to join
    with or assist any such persons as are before-
    mentioned in Sub-sections 1 and 2; or,

PANUITANGA.
NA TA HORI KEREI KAWANA O NIU TIRENI,
&c., &c., &c.

NOTEMEA kua whakaritea i roto i tetahi o nga
Ture a Te Runanga Nui o Niu Tireni i huaina
("The New Zealand Settlements Act, 1863,") "Ko
Te Ture mo te whakanoho i te hunga marie," Ka tika
ma Te Kawana i roto i te Panuitanga, me ta
ngatahi ki te reo Maori me te reo Pakeha, e karanga
atu ki nga Iwi Maori, tangata ranei o aua Iwi i uru
ki etahi o nga hara kua whakahuatia i te rima o nga
rarangi o taua ture, a tetahi ra me whakarite ki te
Panuitanga, a ko nga tangata katoa e pakeke e turi
ki te haere mai, ki te tuku i a ratou kia whakawakia
i runga i te ritenga o te ture a te ra e whakaritea ki
te Panuitanga, kahore e uru ki te tikanga whakarite
i runga i taua ture.

Na ko ahau, Ko Ta Hori Kerei, Kawana o te
Koroni (o Nui Tireni) i taku whakahaerenga i te
mana kua tukua mai ki ahau e karanga atu ana ki
nga Iwi Maori, tangata ranei o nga Iwi, e mau nei o
ratou ingoa ki tenei panuitanga kua uru ki nga hara
whakahuatia i raro nei, ara :—

  1. Kua whawhai ki Te Kuini i muri mai o te 10 o
    nga ra o Hanuere, 1863; kua mau patu ranei
    ki Te Kuini, ki nga hoia ranei o Te Kuini,
    i muri mai o taua ra.
  2. Kua piri atu, kua whakahoa atu ki taua iwi, kua
    uru ranei ki te whakakaha i a ratou.
  3. Kua tono, kua whakahau, kua whakawai, kua
    korero atu, kua whai kupu atu ranei ki
    tetahi atu tangata, he mea kia whawhai ai ki
    Te Kuini ki nga hoia ranei o Te Kuini i Niu
    Tireni, kua whakahoa ranei ki nga tangata
    kua korerotia i runga ake nei, kua whakakaha
    ranei i a ratou.


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7 April 1865
Proclamation, Native Tribes, New Zealand Settlements Act 1863, submission to trial, war offenses, Maori language
  • Sir George Grey, Knight Commander of the Most Honorable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief