✨ Memorial regarding Native disturbances
NEW PLYMOUTH.
NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
VOL. VI.] NEW PLYMOUTH, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1858. [No. 2.
Provincial Secretary's Office,
New Plymouth, 5th February, 1858.
THE following Memorial and Correspondence having reference to the Native disturbances in this Province are published for general information.
I. N. WATT,
Provincial Secretary.
To His Excellency Colonel Thomas Gore Browne,
C. B., Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over the Colony of New Zealand, &c., &c.
The Memorial of the Superintendent and Provincial Council of the Province of New Plymouth, humbly sheweth—
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That on Saturday the 9th January, instant, a party of armed Natives headed by Tamati Tiraurau the brother of Ihaia Te Kiri Kumara took forcible possession of a blacksmith's premises on the Devon road with the object as afterwards appeared of waylaying Katatore, and refused to leave, though repeatedly desired to do so by the owner. In the afternoon of the same day this party fired upon Katatore and his companions who were returning from the town, from the ambush of which they had thus forcibly possessed themselves, and a relative of Katatore's was inhumanly slaughtered in the public road close to the dwelling house of the said premises.
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That Ihaia and Katatore have long been at variance and were looked upon as the heads of the two opposing parties.
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That since the late outrage the lives and properties of the settlers in the Bell district are constantly imperilled by the lawless proceedings of the Natives of both parties.
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That several skirmishes between the contending Natives have taken place in the immediate vicinity of the Bell district, and that notwithstanding that several settlers have been obliged to remove their families, and one tradesman to close his workshop to avoid the risk of being shot, no steps can be taken by the authorities to insist upon the neutrality of the settled districts being maintained by the Natives.
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That in order to prevent communication with the Ikamoana pa, which lies eastward of the Bell district and is occupied by Thaia, bands of armed Natives patrol the road by night and day. They lie in ambush behind the hedges and in the fields of the settlers. In one instance they took forcible possession of a dwelling house and watched for some hours the movements of their opponents, and on quitting they took away with them some spades, picks, and other tools for the purpose of fortifying the Hawetaone pa, which is situated within pistol shot of the dwelling referred to, the owner of which was informed that a fight would shortly take place between the Natives, and was jeeringly advised to secrete himself and family under the bed.
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That in consequence of their dangerous proximity to the Hawetaone pa, since the Kaipakopako Natives have taken possession of it for hostile purposes, several families have been obliged to remove from their dwellings.
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That the public thoroughfare is stopped by a fence erected across the Devon road on the boundary of the settlement, which the settlers are only
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Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1858, No 2
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🏛️ Publication of Memorial and Correspondence regarding Native disturbances
🏛️ Governance & Central Administration5 February 1858
Native disturbances, New Plymouth, Memorial, Correspondence, Provincial Secretary
- I. N. Watt, Provincial Secretary
🪶 Memorial of the Superintendent and Provincial Council regarding Native disturbances
🪶 Māori AffairsNative disturbances, New Plymouth, Settlers, Bell district, Conflict, Land dispute
- Thomas Gore Browne (Colonel), Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- Tamati Tiraurau, Led armed party of Natives
- Ihaia Te Kiri Kumara, Brother of Tamati Tiraurau
- Katatore, Target of ambush and conflict
- Ihaia, Opposing party leader