Native Land Complaints




NAME OF BLOCK. COMPLAINANTS. AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINT MADE. NATURE OF COMPLAINT.
Kopuaroa (part of Omaranui No. 2) Paora Kaiwhata ... Mortgagees ... Begs the forty acres reserved for all, and included in Paora Torotoro, Te Awapuni, Hare, and Waka’s mortgage, be returned.
Waipiropiro Tamihana ... R. D. Maney ... Complains signed name to deed, believing it to be a lease; afterwards was told it was a sale of the land.
Heretaunga Manaena Tinikirunga ... Purchasers ... Complains never received payment for his share; other Grantees kept the money.
Tunanui Te Muera ... R. D. Maney ... Mortgaged without his knowledge; begs land be returned to himself and Renata.
Petane Hamahona Taingaehe ... R. D. Maney ... Complains £400 still due; begs rent be divided in future in £100 for purchases, and £100 for those Grantees who have not yet sold their shares.
Pahon Raihania Kahui ... R. D. Maney ... Complains land taken without payment.
Mangateretere Mita Ngapu ... R. D. Maney ... Mortgage, begs transaction be looked into.
Ohikakarewa Raihania Kahui ... R. D. Maney ... Sale, begs transaction be looked into.
Petane Mita Ngapu ... R. D. Maney ... Mortgage, begs transaction be looked into.
Petane Hirini, Henare Pae, Werahiko, and others ... Grantees ... Land sold without consulting them.
Tuhirangi Pititi ... Grantee ... Considers he should have been in Grant.
Tutu o te Kaha (Wairoa) Watene Toromata and four others ... Grantees ... Complains great trouble reference to relative claims.
Tahoraiti Hanita te Maero ... Lessee ... Complains has not received his share of rent for four years.
Kuta Wata Tamahi and four others ... Mortgagees ... Complains land mortgaged by those to whom it does not belong.
Rangaika (Native reserve) Erueti Ngamu ... Karauria ... Complains land intended for public reserve sold without consent of others.
Awanga (Native reserve) Erueti Ngamu ... Karauria ... Complains land intended for public reserve sold without consent of others.
Tutaekuri (Wairoa) Hami te Kuru ... Grantees ... Grantees do not divide money with those not in Crown Grant.
Huramua No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 (Wairoa) Horemia te Popo and Tiopira Tapahi ... J. Carroll ... Mortgages were paid in flour, sugar, grog, goods, and money; begs Wairoa questions be tried at Wairoa.
Ngatarawa Tangata Ware and Horiana ... Grantees ... Desires to share in Grant.
Mangahaka Mita Karaka and Karewa Taniwha ... Grantees ... Desires to share in Grant.


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1873, No 10





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🪶 List of Complaints to Hawke’s Bay Native Lands Alienation Commission (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
5 February 1873
Native Land, Complaints, Hawke’s Bay, Land Alienation, Land Sales, Land Court, Land Purchase
30 names identified
  • Paora Kaiwhata, Complains about mortgage of land
  • Paora Torotoro, Complains about mortgage of land
  • Te Awapuni, Complains about mortgage of land
  • Hare, Complains about mortgage of land
  • Waka, Complains about mortgage of land
  • Tamihana, Complains about land sale
  • R. D. Maney, Complained against for land sale
  • Manaena Tinikirunga, Complains about unpaid share
  • Te Muera, Complains about unauthorized mortgage
  • Renata, Complains about unauthorized mortgage
  • Hamahona Taingaehe, Complains about unpaid debt
  • Raihania Kahui, Complains about land taken without payment
  • Mita Ngapu, Complains about mortgage transaction
  • Hirini, Complains about land sold without consultation
  • Henare Pae, Complains about land sold without consultation
  • Werahiko, Complains about land sold without consultation
  • Pititi, Complains about exclusion from grant
  • Watene Toromata, Complains about relative claims
  • Hanita te Maero, Complains about unpaid rent
  • Wata Tamahi, Complains about unauthorized mortgage
  • Erueti Ngamu, Complains about unauthorized sale of reserve land
  • Karauria, Complained against for unauthorized sale of reserve land
  • Hami te Kuru, Complains about undivided money
  • Horemia te Popo, Complains about mortgage payments
  • Tiopira Tapahi, Complains about mortgage payments
  • J. Carroll, Complained against for mortgage payments
  • Tangata Ware, Desires to share in grant
  • Horiana, Desires to share in grant
  • Mita Karaka, Desires to share in grant
  • Karewa Taniwha, Desires to share in grant