β¨ Proclamation regarding Taranaki conflict
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Republished from the New Zealand Gazette
12th February, 1858.
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 Vice
Admiral of the same, &c., &c.
WHEREAS conflicts between armed
parties of Aboriginal Natives have
recently taken place at New Plymouth, to
the danger and alarm of Her Majesty's sub-
jects who are engaged in their lawful occu-
pations.
Now, therefore, I, the Governor of New
Zealand, do hereby proclaim and declare
that all persons whosoever who shall unlaw-
fully assemble with Arms within the boun-
daries of the District described in the Sche-
dule to this Proclamation, will, without
further notice, be treated as persons in
Arms against the Queen's Authority, and
active measures will be forthwith taken
against them by Her Majesty's Civil Au-
thorities and Military Forces.
Given under my hand, and issued
under the Public Seal of the
Colony of New Zealand, at
Government House, at Auck-
land, this twelfth day of
February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight
hundred and fifty-eight.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE.
By His Excellency's command,
E. W. STAFFORD.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
SCHEDULE.
Boundaries of the District above referred to.
Commencing on the Sea-coast between
the Waitaha and Puketapu Streams, at the
Northern termination of the eastern boun-
dary of the Bell block; thence along the
said Eastern boundary to Otuwetaweta, the
the Devon road, which it crosses; thence fol-
lowing the said boundary to Wakapirikaka,
Te Pui o te Rangi, Te Matai, and Rorongia;
thence along the Southern boundary of the
said Block to Te Putatutonga, on the East-
ern boundary of the Hua Block; thence
along the Eastern boundary line of that
Block until it meets the Mangoraka River;
thence along the left bank of that River to
its source; thence to the South West cor-
ner of the Omata Block; thence along the
Western boundary of the Omata Block un-
til it reaches the sea at Okurukuru; thence
along Low Water mark to where the East-
ern boundary line commences between the
Waitaha and Puketapu Streams.
HE PANUITANGA.
Na Te Kawana, Colonel THOMAS
GORE BROWNE, Tino Ranga-
tira, aha, aha, na te Kawana
o tenei Koroni o te Kuini o
Nui Tireni tenei panuitanga.
KO te mea kua whawhai kua mau patu
etahi Iwi Maori i Taranaki i naia tata
ake nei a mataku iho ora noa hoki nga ta-
ngata o te Kuini e ata noho ana i runga i a
ratou mahi Maori mahi tika hoki.
Na ko ahau tenei ko te Kawana o Nui
Tireni te panui nei te whakapuaki nui nei i
tenei kupu ko nga tangata katoa ahakoa
ko wai ranei ko wai ranei ka kape i ta te
ture a ka mau patu hoki i roto nga rohe
kua whakahuatia nei ki te pukapuka e piri
ana ki tenei Panuitanga ko aua tangata ka
meinga e mau patu ana hei whawhai ki te
Te Kuini mana, Heoi whakapatupatoranga ki
a ratou ko tenei anake, na, ka kitea e pera
ana ka tahuritia tonutia atu e nga kai wha-
kawa me nga Hoia a Te Kuini.
I tukua e taku ringa i whakapua-
taia i raro iho i te Hiri Nui o
nga Motu o Nui Tireni i Aka-
rana i aua Motu kua oti nei te
whakahua i tenei tekau ma rua
o nga ra o Pepuere i te tau o
to tatou Ariki Kotahi mano
ewaru rau e rima tekau ma waru.
THOMAS GORE BROWNE,
Kawana.
Na te Kawana i mea,
E. W. STAFFORD,
Kai Tuhituhi o te Koroni.
TOHUNGIA, e TE ATUA, te KUINI!
Nga rohe o te wahi kua korerotia i ru-
nga ake nei.
Ka timata ki te tahataha moana ki wae-
nganui o nga awa of Waitaha o Puketapu i
te pito whakararo o te rohe whaka te ma-
rangai o te Pere Poraka (Bell Block) ka
haere atu i taua rohe whaka-te-marangai ki
Otuwetaweta i te Tewene Rori (Devon
Road) ka whakawhiti i taua rori ka haere
tonu i taua rohe ki Wakapirikaka, Te Pui
o-te-rangi, Te Matai, a Rorongia; ka haere
atu i runga i te rohe ki te tonga o taua
Poraka (Block) ki te Putatutonga, kei te
rohe whaka-te-marangai o te Hua Poraka
(Block); ka haere atu i reira i runga i te
rohe whaka-te-marangai o taua Poraka
(Block) tutuki noa ki te awa o Mangoraka;
ka haere tonu i te taha-taha maui o taua
awa ki tana kauru; ka haere atu i reira ki
te pikonga i te Hau-auru-ma-tonga o O-
mata Poraka (Block); ka haere i runga i
te rohe ki te hauauru o Omata Poraka
(Block), makere noa ki te moana i Okuru-
kuru; ka haere atu i te mutunga o te tai
pakoa ki te timatatanga o te rohe whaka-
te-marangai ki waenga nui o nga awa o
Waitaha o Puketapu.
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β¨ LLM interpretation of page content
ποΈ Proclamation prohibiting armed assembly in the Taranaki district
ποΈ Governance & Central Administration12 February 1858
Proclamation, Taranaki, Armed assembly, New Plymouth, Boundaries, MΔori, Civil authorities, Military forces
- Thomas Gore Browne, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
- E. W. Stafford, Colonial Secretary
Taranaki Provincial Gazette 1858, No 3