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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

our return to Waiapu was delayed until Sunday last,
as our march was necessarily slow and tedious, and
that yesterday (Monday) Mr. Deighton made the
Hau Haus salute our flag, took several of them
prisoners, who were pointed out to him by the chiefs,
and gave the oath of allegiance to the others, which
they all took eagerly. They seem thoroughly dis-
heartened and dispirited, and deplore their folly in
ever taking up arms in such a cause. I do not think
the Government need apprehend any disturbance or
trouble at Waiapu for a long time to come.

I beg to conclude this report by mentioning in
the strongest manner possible, my sense of what is
owing to Lieutenant Biggs for his gallantry and good
.conduct, and I trust the Government will regard his
services with the most favourable consideration.
Cornet Tuke also I beg to recommend to the notice
of the Government.

The conduct of all the officers and men under my
command during the whole of these operations has
been excellent, and worthy of all praise.

In the attack on the pa, when the flanking angle
was entered, Lance-Corporal Watts, Hawke's Bay
Volunteers, was the first man in the pa, and displayed
great courage, holding a difficult position under a
heavy fire for some time.

Mr. Deighton has been of the greatest assistance
to me, in getting the Natives to accede to my plans,
and has helped me very much.

The Tuporoa Natives fought extremely well, espe-
cially their chiefs Robert and Te Hotine.

Te Mokena's counsel and advice has been of great
service to me, and he has merited on this as on
former occasions the good opinion held of him by the
Government.

I have now the honor to conclude this report, and
while volunteering my services for any part of New
Zealand where the Government may wish to send me,
would, with deference, request that the force at
present under my command may be allowed to accom-
pany me.

I have, &c.,

JAMES FRASER,
Brevet-Major, Commanding Local
Forces, Waiapu.

To Captain J. Holt, &c., &c.,
Wellington.

Return of wounded at Hunga Hunga, Teroa, on
11th October, 1865.

Hawke's Bay Volunteers—Sergeant Dearlove, se-
verely wounded in left arm and left fore arm.

Friendly Natives (Tuporoa)—P. Arabeta, severely
wounded in left thigh, ball lodged in hip.

Hau Hau.—Thary, gunshot wound of hand, com-
mencing mortification; Eme, gunshot wound in
head, wound of left hand and left shoulder;
Rapera Harake, gunshot wound of jaw and neck;
Pouha, gunshot wounds in groin; Harukureha,
wound of left hand and fore arm—mortification;
Margareta, gunshot wounds of left arm, close
to the shoulder-joint; Penehamone, gun-shot
wounds in neck; Meta, wounds in left arm and
through neck.

(Signed) T. F. BAKER,
Assistant Surgeon N. M.
F. J. ORMOND,
Assistant Surgeon M. S.

Hunga Hunga, Teroa,
11th October, 1865.

SIR,—I have the honor to inform you that after
leaving the camp, Hatepe, as previously arranged,
for the purpose of following up the Hau Haus who had
vacated Pukemaire, we were joined by ninety Tuporoa

Maoris under the chiefs Ropata and Te Hotene,
which, with the ten Natives from Hatepe and thirty
Volunteers, made the force one hundred and thirty.

We proceeded at once through the bush in the direc-
tion of Kawa Kawa, a native village on the coast at
the mouth of the Awatere river. There were tracks
of the Hau Haus the whole of the way. About fifteens
miles from Hatepe we found a wounded Hau Hau,
who gave us such information as led us to suppose
that we should find a portion of the rebels at Kawa
Kawa, we therefore pushed on as quickly as possible.

The road was extremely bad, being for many miles
through bush, some very steep hills to get up, and
down, and up the beds of creeks, so that the men
were never dry from the time they started. The dis-
tance from Hatepe to Kawa Kawa is at least twenty-
eight miles. When within about a mile of Kawa
Kawa, five horsemen were seen to cross the river from
Howera, and we could also see smoke. Upon our
arrival near the kainga we found that a considerable
body of the Hau Haus were there. We got within
about one hundred yards of them, when they saw us:—
the instant they did so, off they ran as hard as they
could without hesitating a second, in the direction of
this place. They being fresh and ourselves tired
from a severe march, we had but little chance of catch-
ing them; the men tried their best and followed for
about a mile when I saw the uselessness of pursuit,
so ordered them back to the kainga, where we re-
mained for the night. We were all up at two
this morning, and started as soon as we could, for
this place. Just after daylight as we were coming
up the river, and about two miles from the pa, we
were met by a party of the Hau Haus who fired upon
us, and disputed every crossing of the river, but they
could not hold their own for long, and we succeeded
in driving them back to the pa very speedily, follow-
ing them up closely. On our arrival to within about
one hundred and fifty-yards of the pa, we commenced
firing into the pa and kept it up for some time from
the front, after which by going up what might really
be called a precipice, for it was impossible to get up
but by climbing, and one false step or slip would have
cost a man his life:—Cornet Tuke with some half
a dozen Volunteers and a few friendly Maoris, suc-
ceeded in taking up a position at about two hundred
yards in distance from, and in rear of the pa, from
which a plunging fire could be poured into it. A
good fire was kept up from this position for some
time until about twelve o'clock, when I received your
instructions directing me to spare all who were wil-
ling to give themselves and their arms up; after
about an hour's negotiating, the Ngatiporou consented
to do so. We have taken one hundred and twenty
guns, two hundred men, and about three hundred
women and children prisoners, altogether five hundred.
The black man, Robert, is one; as we had no handcuffs
I was obliged to have his hands tied behind him.
The Ngatitohea escaped out of the pa, three of them
were killed in doing so. The number killed on the
Hau Hau side is about twenty, several wounded.

Only three of our men have been wounded—Lance
Sergeant Dearlove, in the arm and shoulder, not
dangerous; Private Hazell, on the cheek, a mere
scratch; Arapeta, a Tuporoa Native, in the thigh,
dangerous. I cannot speak too highly of the behaviour
of the men under my command, both Europeans and
Natives. During the march, which was very severe,
their pluck carried them through. In the skirmish
up the river they displayed great coolness and courage,
and had it not been for the brave way in which they
pushed on and forced the enemy from one position to
another, it might have been a more serious affair.

Cornet Tuke I must beg to recommend to your
notice as he was of great assistance to me throughout
the whole of the operations. Great credit is due to