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No. 200, Session II., 1879.—Petition of Tikini Pahau.
Petitioner states that the Shag Point Railway runs through the burial-ground of his deceased friends, and that in making the excavations for the line of railway the remains of friends are exposed. The place where his dead are buried is called Whataparaerae. He prays for compensation for the desecration of his burial-ground for the railway.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That the Government be requested to inquire into the facts stated in the petition, and, if the remains in the graveyard be exposed, that steps should be taken immediately to have them decently interred in any neighbouring burial-ground satisfactory to the Natives interested; or, if the Maoris prefer that a new burial-ground should be set apart, that this should be done.
Translation.
No. 200, Session II., 1879.—Pukapuka-inoi a Tikini Pahau.
E ki ana te kai-pitihana ko te raina o te Shag Point Rerewe e tapahi ana i te urupa o ona tupapaku, a i te keringa i taua raina rerewe rukerukea ana nga tupapaku i tanumia ra ki reira. Ko te wahi i takoto ai ona tupapaku ko Whataparaerae. E tono ana ia kia utua ia mo te taka kinotanga a te rerewe i tona urupa.
Kua whakahaua ahau kia ki penei:—
Kia tonoa te Kawanatanga kia rapua nga take o roto i tenei pitihana, a ki te kitea kua rukerukea nga tupapaku o roto i taua urupa me anga tonu i naianei ki te tanu pai ano i aua tupapaku ki roto ki tetahi urupa tata e pai ana ki nga Maori o roto i tenei korero, a ki te hiahia ke nga Maori kia whakaritea ano tetahi atu urupa heoi me pera.