✨ 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.
S. LOCKE.
Napier, February 14, 1873.
(SUPPLEMENT.)
| NAME OF BLOCK | COMPLAINANTS | AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINT MADE | NATURE OF COMPLAINT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Te Wharau | Rawanata, for himself and other grantees | T. K. Newton, Douglas and Hill | Dispute mortgage to Newton. Require lease to be proved. Have received no rent for several years. Ask enquiry into case. Call for production of all documents and papers referring to the case. Demand a settlement of rents, and that the land should be returned to them. |
| Kaukauroa | Moata te Aro | F. Sutton, Douglas and Hill | Complainant disputes all alleged mortgages and other alienation. Requests enquiry, demands settlement of rents, and calls for production of all documents and particulars of alleged consideration paid. |
| Tarere | Henare Matua for Hohepa to Ri-nganohu | F. M. Chapman, Hugh Campbell, and F. Sutton | Complainant disputes alleged mortgage and sale. Requests settlement of all arrears of rents and that the lease be set aside for non-payment of rents in terms of lease. Calls for production of all documents and accounts referring to this case. |
| Te Mahanga (South) | Henare Matua for Paraone Haki Haki, for himself and other grantees of the block | F. Sutton, Douglas and Hill | Complainants dispute alleged mortgages or sales of this Block. Request enquiry into such. Call for production of all documents and accounts. Demand a settlement of rents, and that the land be restored to them. |
| Te Mahanga, No. 2 | Henare Matua for Ngawai, widow of Enoka | Douglas and Hill, and F. Sutton | Disputes alleged leases, mortgages, or sales. Asks enquiry into same. Calls for production of all accounts and documents referring to such alleged alienations. Requires re-settlement of rents, and that the land be restored to her for her subsistence. |
| Mahanga, No. 2 | Henare Matua for Hemi te Perei | Douglas and Hill, and F. Sutton | Disputes alleged leases, mortgages, and sales. Asks enquiry into same. Calls for production of all accounts and documents referring to such alleged alienations. Requires a settlement of rents, and that the land be returned to him. |
| Mahanga, No. 2 | Henare Matua for Wera | Douglas and Hill, and F. Sutton | Disputes alleged mortgages and sales. Asks enquiry into same. Calls for production of all accounts and documents referring to such alienation. Requires a settlement of rents, and that the land be returned to him. |
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Complaints regarding Hawke's Bay Native Lands Alienation
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🪶 Māori Affairs14 February 1873
Native Lands, Complaints, Hawke’s Bay, Land Alienation, Commissioners, Mortgage, Sale, Lease, Rent Arrears
9 names identified
- S. Locke, Submitted further list of complaints
- Rawanata, Complainant regarding Te Wharau block
- Moata te Aro, Complainant regarding Kaukauroa block
- Henare Matua, Complainant regarding Tarere, Te Mahanga (South), Te Mahanga No. 2, Mahanga No. 2 blocks
- Paraone Haki Haki, Complainant regarding Te Mahanga (South) block
- Enoka, Deceased, widow Ngawai is complainant regarding Te Mahanga No. 2 block
- Ngawai, Complainant regarding Te Mahanga No. 2 block
- Hemi te Perei, Complainant regarding Mahanga No. 2 block
- Wera, Complainant regarding Mahanga No. 2 block
- S. Locke
Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1873, No 13