Native Land Claims




Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

"NATIVE LAND ACT, 1873."

Notice of Claim. (Section 36.)

District of the Thames.

To the District Officer, Commissioner of Crown Lands, Inspector of Surveys, and Native Reserves Commissioner, and to all others whom it may concern,

NOTICE is hereby given, that the persons named in the first column of the Schedule hereto, on behalf of themselves or the hapus mentioned in the second column of the said Schedule, have duly given notice that they claim to be interested in the pieces of land named and described in the third column of the said Schedule respectively; and that they desire that their respective claims should be investigated by the Native Land Court, in order that Memorials of Ownership may be issued for the same. And the said claimants admit the persons or hapus mentioned in the fourth column of the said Schedule to be also interested in the said land.

Dated this 8th day of February, 1875.

A. J. DICKY,
Chief Clerk.


Names of Applicants Hapu Description and Name of Land Other Owners Admitted
Penesamene Tanui, Te Aoru Patene Ngatiwhanaunga Te Rapupo Te Aioroa Bounded on the north by the Owhangamaroro river, going on to Hopetui; then turns towards the south, to the east side of Te Pupuke; thence to Te Wharawhara, and on to the commencement
Ema Te Acuru Ngatihura Hopetui Bounded on the one side by the Wharawhara river, on another by the Pupuke river to its mouth; the inland boundary commences at the source of the Pupuke river, and goes down that river to its junction with the Waipuna river, thence to the source of the Wharawhara river, thence to the commencement
Aperahama Pokai, Hori Pokai, Meha Te Koari, Wiremu Koari, Hori Taumori, Ngatai, Te Wai Porouni Te Urikaraka Waicarawara Survey completed and plans sent in.
Ngatimaru Waihoanga No. 2 The boundaries are shown on the map
Reha Aperahama Ngatimaru Waikonga The boundaries are shown on the map
Tukua Te Rauroha, Te Kupenga Te Waero Te Urikaraka Kairito Bounded on the south by the Waitakaruru river, on the west by the confiscated boundary, on the north by Te Puia, and on the east by the Hauraki Gulf
Wiremu Te Huia Ngatimaru Tikorangi No. 2 The boundaries are shown on the map
Wiremu Te Huia Ngatimaru Te Awa Takahawai The boundaries are shown on the map


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 Notice of Claim under Native Land Act, 1873

🪶 Māori Affairs
8 February 1875
Land Claims, Native Land Court, Hapu, Thames District
15 names identified
  • Penesamene Tanui, Applicant for Te Aioroa
  • Te Aoru Patene, Applicant for Te Aioroa
  • Ema Te Acuru, Applicant for Hopetui
  • Aperahama Pokai, Applicant for Waicarawara
  • Hori Pokai, Applicant for Waicarawara
  • Meha Te Koari, Applicant for Waicarawara
  • Wiremu Koari, Applicant for Waicarawara
  • Hori Taumori, Applicant for Waicarawara
  • Ngatai, Applicant for Waicarawara
  • Te Wai Porouni, Applicant for Waicarawara
  • Reha Aperahama, Applicant for Waikonga
  • Tukua Te Rauroha, Applicant for Kairito
  • Te Kupenga Te Waero, Applicant for Kairito
  • Wiremu Te Huia, Applicant for Tikorangi No. 2
  • Wiremu Te Huia, Applicant for Te Awa Takahawai

  • A. J. Dicky, Chief Clerk