Ko tēnei te whiti whakamutunga o te kawetanga atu i te petihana ki a Kuini Wikitōria e Kīngi Tāwhiao, te kīngi Māori tuarua me ētahi atu rangatira i te tau 1884. Ko te kaupapa o te petihana ko te whakatū i te pāremata Māori me tētahi kōmihana ki te tirotiro ki ngā murunga whenua Māori. Heoi ka whakahokia mā te kāwanatanga anō e whakatau, ā, ka whiua e rātou. Koinei tētahi o ngā petihana maha i horaina ki te Karauna kia areare mai ia ki ngā nawe i raro i te Tiriti o Waitangi. Engari auare ake.
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Reference: Pererika H. Peneha, He kupu whakaatu. London: Gilbert and Rivington, 1884 (BIM 1101-14)
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