✨ Native Land Complaints
FURTHER LIST of COMPLAINTS
to be heard by the Commissioners appointed under the Hawke’s Bay Native Lands Alienation Commission, received up to this date.
Napier, February 5, 1873.
S. LOCKE.
| NAME OF BLOCK | COMPLAINANTS | AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINT MADE | NATURE OF COMPLAINT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mangateretere (West) | Karaitiana Takamoana | R. D. Maney | Complains Grantees were induced by Europeans giving grog to sell their shares; the first cause of trouble was the payment of rent being wrongly stopped. |
| Mangateretere (East) | Karaitiana Takamoana | F. Sutton | ... |
| D. Lindsay | Complains his name was wrongly excluded from Grant by Native Lands Court; that his mill, which stands on this land, has been taken by purchasers against intention of sellers; monies have not been paid for educating his children at school as promised; a sixty-acre reserve has not been marked off as required; payments have been made in grog. | ||
| Interpreters—F. E. Hamlin, M. Hamlin, G. Worgan | ... | ||
| Ohikakarewa | Karaitiana Takamoana | R. D. Maney | Complains payments made in grog; begs transaction be looked into. |
| Hikutoto | Karaitiana Takamoana | D. Lindsay | Complains two shares in this Block were fairly sold; the third share was sold for grog. |
| Interpreters—F. E. Hamlin, M. Hamlin, G. Worgan | ... | ||
| Te Ranga | Te Hapuku | Government | Complains that a reserve was promised to sellers of the Maraekakaho and other neighbouring blocks, which has not been made, but which they now claim to have set apart; Mr. M’Lean and Mr. Cooper were engaged in the purchase. |
| Raukawa | Te Hapuku | J. M’Dougall and J. G. Kinross | Complains that no settlement of rents has ever been made with Grantees for the occupation of this land for many years; the rent agreed was £360 per annum; no lease executed since land passed Court; claim for arrears estimated about £1500; complainant denies ever having signed any mortgage or conveyance of this Block, although Kinross alleges to have such deed; when taken before the Commissioner, Mr. Turton, complainant denied any knowledge of mortgage or conveyance; any papers complainant signed about Raukawa, he understood were for payments on account of rents. |
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Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1873, No 10
✨ LLM interpretation of page content
🪶 List of Complaints to Hawke’s Bay Native Lands Alienation Commission
🪶 Māori Affairs5 February 1873
Native Land, Complaints, Hawke’s Bay, Land Alienation, Land Sales, Land Court, Land Purchase
13 names identified
- Karaitiana Takamoana, Complainant regarding land sales
- R. D. Maney, Against whom complaint made
- F. Sutton, Against whom complaint made
- D. Lindsay, Against whom complaint made
- F. E. Hamlin, Interpreter
- M. Hamlin, Interpreter
- G. Worgan, Interpreter
- Te Hapuku, Complainant regarding land sales
- M’Lean, Involved in land purchase
- Cooper, Involved in land purchase
- J. M’Dougall, Against whom complaint made
- J. G. Kinross, Against whom complaint made
- Turton, Commissioner
- S. Locke