Pukapuka 7, Nama 1  whārangi 1  (16 ngā whārangi) 2titiro ki te
whārangi o muri  Tirohia ngā kupu whakataki o tēnei niupepa  THE
MAORI MESSENGER. TE KARERE MAORI VOL. VII.] AUCKLAND, JANUARY,
I860.AKARANA, HANUERE, 1860. [Nos. 1 & 2. MAORI MEETING AT PORT
COOPER. A short time since, 11 .M.S.S. "Niger" ar- rived at Port
Cooper, with his Excellency the Governor on board. H.M.S. Iris,"
which bad on a former occasion conveyed His Ex- cellency to the
Bay of Islands, had arrived there before her; on her entrance
therefore into the port, which occurred in the evening, she was
saluted by the guns. of the " Iris," and the announcement of the
Governor's ar- rival was thus communicated to the shore. On the
morning of the following day His Excellency landed, and
proceeded at once with his suite to Christchurch. As soon as the
news of the Governor's ar- rival became generally known, the
Maories of the various settlements began to assemble at Rapaki,
a small village near to Port Lyt- telton, resolving to await
there His E