No. 30 of 1881.—Petition of Henare Potae.
Petitioner speaks for himself and others, and says that by the Native Land Court, sitting at Turanga, they had been excluded from the list of owners of Waingaromia No. 2 Block; he complains that at the second Court held at Turanga, on the 5th March, 1880, the Europeans were allowed to employ lawyers; that "persons who had a claim to the land were not allowed to speak; "and that the sitting Judge had decided in favour of the original award. The petitioner asks Parliament to devise some way by which he and his tribe may be reinstated in their rights.
I am directed to report as follows:—
That this case has been twice before the Courts, the second upholding the decision of the first, and there seems to be no legal power in the Government to grant a rehearing.