Nō te tau 1881, i whakapae a Tāwhai nō te mea i kaikaiwaiūtia e te kāwanatanga tāna mahi tiaki i te iwi Māori, ārai atu hoki i ngā momo kino e whakaweti ana i a rātou; engari koa e whakawhere kē ana te Karauna i te iwi Māori (TTR 1994:130). / In 1881 Tāwhai accused the government of betraying its duty to look after the Māori people and protect them from the evils as might threaten them; but instead, the Crown was oppressing them.

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