Te Wananga 1874-1878: Volume 5, Number 51: Abstract
Intro to Abstracts

p.633 Advertisement from Rēneti and Co., listing the clothing items available from their store.
Notice from T.Piritika, advertising the merchandise he has for sale in his clothing store.
p.634 Notice from Raraka and Parahi, advising the saddles and related accessories they have for sale.
Cost [of subscription]
Subscription details for Te Wananga.
[English translation included.]
Public notice
From the Editor
Refuting the statements made in a letter published in Te Wananga, Vol.5, No.27:342, which was from `all Te Arawa'.
To Te Wananga subscribers
From the Te Wananga committee
Reminder to send subscriptions.
My notice to all Maori
From Mr Rees informing Maori of his office hours.
Notice to all people of New Zealand, Wairarapa, Taranaki, Napier and Gisborne
From Mr. Rees, lawyer of Napier, advising that land leases should be registered.
pp.634-636 [Editorial]
Discusses the advantages of roads and railways and how their existence increases land values.
[English translation included.]
p.636 The news
Second judgements for Maori land
Reports that a second judgement will be considered for lands at Hauraki.
Quality clothing made from New Zealand wool
Reports that buyers are in New Zealand to obtain supplies of wool for the weaving industry. States that the cloth will be made into quality clothing.
pp.636-637 Government leasehold land grantees
Lists the people who have been granted leasehold grants and the names of the land areas.
p.637 [News items]
Wī Pere of Ngāti Porou
Reports the Ārai election results giving Wī Pere the majority.
[English translation included.]
To the electors of the Ārai riding
Letter of thanks from Wī Pere to the voters expressing his desire to look after the welfare of both Maori and Pakeha.
[English translation included.]
Scholars and schools
Report containing educational statistics for attendance, teachers and schools.
[English translation included.]
Future Governor of New Zealand
Reports that Sir Hercules Robinson will be the next Governor of New Zealand.
[English translation included.]
p.638 [News items]
Sand-lyme grass
Report from the Melbourne Leader describing how sand-lyme grass has been used to help prevent coastal erosion.
[English translation included.]
Sir W.Fitzherbert to be speaker
Report from the Wellington Chronicle announcing Sir William's appointment.
[English translation included.]
Collision between a steamer and an enormous ray fish
Report from the Times of India detailing the collision between a steamer and a fish in the Tong islands.
[English translation included.]
Death of the speaker of the Legislative Council
Announces the death of Sir John Richardson.
[English translation included.]
pp.638-639 [News items]
The Governor of New Zealand
Reports that the Marquis of Normanby has accepted the position of Governor of Victoria.
[English translation included.]
p.639 [News items]
New Zealand census
Reports the land area now enclosed by fencing. Distinguished between wire fences and non-wire.
[English translation included.]
Lake Anaau gold discovery
Report from the Southland Daily News of a gold discovery at Lake Te Anaau.
[English translation included.]
Rewi eulogised
Reports that Sheehan has praised the actions of Rewi Maniapoto when he was a `fighting chief' during the land wars.
[English translation included.]
pp.639-640 [News items]
Relics of Cyrus the Great
Reports describing the artifacts found in Galicia believed to have belonged to Cyrus the Great.
[English translation included.]
p.640 [Letters to the Editor]
From Hēnare Te Rangiwaiata
Obituary for Eru and Te Hēnare. Contains genealogy of the two children and a waiata tangi [lament].
From Pāteriki Pahure and other signatories
Supports the decree of Te Hāpuku and the committee to ban alcohol from marae [tribal meeting ground] in their area.
From Taituha Te Wharetaua, Pāhou, Māhia
Contains comments on several issues including: the manager of the animal pound at Māhia; land issues; alcohol and wastelands. States that the legislation governing these matters is not the ancestral Maori law and therefore is of no benefit to Maori.
p.641 [Letters to the Editor]
From Hāmi Te Hau, Nūhaka
Reports a meeting held at Māhia and states that the people who attended were not pleased with a suggestion made concerning Te Māhia.
From Hoani Māka, Pakipaki, Tongariro
Provides genealogy to substantiate his claim that the Tūwharetoa committee were not authorised to make a judgment on the ownership of Papakai.
From Harawira Te Tātere and Te Orihau, Waimārama
Advertising their services in shaping greenstone into ornaments.
From Utiku Marumaru, Pārewanui
Suggests that Rees has falsely advertised that Grey and his new government appointed him. Lists whereabouts of his own legal offices. States which lands he represents.
From Hirini Takamoana and two others [named], Ngātārawa, Korongatā
States that they have a boundary dispute with Te Ōtene Toatoa at Te Awa-a-te-atua and that it is not clear to them where the lands were divided.
pp.642-643 [Letter to the Editor]
From Ānaru Tāruke and Hoani Matiaha
Describes efforts to help three shipwrecked sailors who staggered up to his house. States that they would have died from exposure if Maori had not helped them.
p.643 [Letter to the Editor]
From Waiheke Puha, Maruhou
Describes the kaihautū [leader, Editor?] of Te Waka Maori going to Gisborne to entice subscribers to his new paper. Contains two short songs.
Notice
Timetable for the Napier railway between Napier and Te Kōpua and returning to Te Takapau
Lists the travelling times and regulations for taking dogs, horses and other luggage on trains.
pp.643-644 Notice from Te Hāpuku instructing that Lake Poukawa not be drained after he has died.
From Te Harawira Te Tātere and other signatories, Te Hauke
Repeat of Vol.5, No.22:282.
p.644 General notice from the Native Land Court providing the lists of people who have applied for succession to land, the name of the deceased and the name of the land in question.
Notice from Māta Heipora, Pōrangahau, advising access rights to his lands at Kakewahine Block.
pp.644-645 From Ngāmare Hākaraia, describing a horse he has found at Horohoro.
[English translation included.]
p.645 The Pakipaki races
Notice from Hēnare Hira detailing the race results.
Notice of horses lost
From Te Rōre Rangiheuea, describing missing horses with a drawing of the owner's brand mark.
[English translation included.]
Notice to all the people
From Tereina and Kahitana, advertising their new clothing store in Hastings Street. States that they also have a tailor available.
[Napier, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand]
Te Wananga is printed by Henry Hill and published by Hēnare Tōmoana.
[English translation included.]