Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 12

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✨ Native Land Complaints



NAME OF BLOCK. COMPLAINANTS. AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINT MADE. NATURE OF COMPLAINT.
Waipureku ... Kakiraua, Kaokaoroa, Mahanga (South), Tautitaha, Ngawhakatara, Raukawa, Te Wharau ... Waka Kawatini Henare Matua, for Puki Puki, a minor ... Purchaser ... All parties concerned ... Wants balance of payment
All leases, mortgages, and sales of complainant’s interest in these Blocks specified above are disputed. Asks enquiry into alleged present ownership of these Blocks, and that Henare Matua or other near relative may be appointed her guardian to lease her share to the best advantage
Pukahu ... Eru te Tua ... Provincial Government ... Complains that he is a Grantee in Pukahu Block, but did not agree to sell it. It was sold by Tareha, Karauria, Te Koko, and Hoani Wheremoko to the Government of Napier for £3600. This sum was not fairly divided among the Grantees and other owners, and complainant only received £15. Complainant did not sign the deed of sale. Asks investigation, and that his share of the land be returned to him, or the value of it paid to him.
Mangateretere (East) ... Otene te Meihana ... Grantees ... Complains that he understood the Grantees had mortgaged and sold this land without consulting the hapu, and that the Grantees have appropriated to their own use the rents of this land. Requests enquiry into whole circumstances of leasing and alleged alienation, and that the rights of the hapu be acknowledged.
Heretaunga ... Otene te Meihana ... Karaitiana and other grantees, and the present alleged owners of Heretaunga ... Complains that neither he nor the hapu outside the Grantees received any part of the alleged consideration paid for this Block, although he and the hapu used to receive a share of rent formerly paid for it. Requests full enquiry into the whole circumstances of the leasing and subsequent alienation of this Block, and that the Grantees and present alleged owners be required to do justice to the hapu whom they represent in the Grant.
Pakowhai ... Otene te Meihana ... Karaitiana ... Complains that Karaitiana sold the Block to M’Hardy, and has not divided the money fairly among the hapu, whose consent was not asked

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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

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

🪶 Māori Affairs
14 February 1873
Native Land, Complaints, Hawke's Bay, Land Alienation, Commission
11 names identified
  • Waka Kawatini, Complainant for Puki Puki, a minor
  • Henare Matua, Guardian request for Puki Puki
  • Puki Puki, Minor represented by Waka Kawatini
  • Eru te Tua, Complainant regarding Pukahu Block
  • Otene te Meihana, Complainant regarding Mangateretere, Heretaunga, and Pakowhai Blocks
  • Tareha, Sold Pukahu Block to Government
  • Karauria, Sold Pukahu Block to Government
  • Te Koko, Sold Pukahu Block to Government
  • Hoani Wheremoko, Sold Pukahu Block to Government
  • Karaitiana, Grantee and alleged owner of Heretaunga and Pakowhai Blocks
  • M'Hardy, Purchaser of Pakowhai Block