Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 17

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✨ 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, March 10, 1873.

S. LOCKE.

NAME OF BLOCK COMPLAINANTS AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINT MADE NATURE OF COMPLAINT
Waipapa Mohaka Reupena te Huri ... Grantees ... Land leased without consent of outsiders
Reupena te Huri, Ropine, and five others Grantees ... Desire to share in grant
Oero (Native Reserve) Renata Pukututu ... Government ... Present boundary does not follow Mr. Bousfield’s lines. Beg be enquired into
Heretaunga T. Tanner, J. N. Williams, J. G. Gordon, J. D. Ormond, Capt. A. H. Russell and Capt. W. Russell Arihi te Heipora and her husband, Hirika; their trustees, T. P. Russell, J. N. Wilson, and the Hon. H. R. Russell ... That the interest of Arihi and her husband was sold by them and their trustees Messrs. Wilson and T. P. Russell, to complainants for £2500; that the purchase was subject to conditions, which were repudiated by the vendors, who sold again, one of the purchasers being the Hon. H. R. Russell, the brother of one of the trustees; that before the second sale was completed, a transfer or sale was offered to complainants for £1000 (one thousand) more than the price that said purchasers were to pay to Arihi and her husband, of which fact their trustees, Messrs. Wilson and T. P. Russell, were aware and which terms complainants were compelled to accept to complete their title. The Hon. H. R. Russell receiving £500 by the transaction. Complainants ask for full enquiry into the case with a view to the first sale being enforced according to equity and good conscience, and the £1000 overcharged being returned
Hikutoto Wirihana ... Grantees ... Complaints of the conduct of the grantees and the Government in the alienation of this land, without the sanction of the hapu, who have received no part of the price, and have been deprived of a valuable block of land, without any consideration so far as they are concerned
Ngawhakatatara Pukahu Hoemi Pareihe ... F. Sutton and G. Worgan Never consented to sell for £120. Never signed deed
Hira Pirika, Rawenata Tarui, Peni Puketapu Grantees ... Sold land without their consent
Eparaima, No. 1 Hori Ropiha and seven others ... Paora Ropiha and Wi Patene Land sold without consent of outsiders
Patangata Maika te Maruhaere ... Government ... Disputes present boundary line


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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🪶 List of Complaints to Hawke’s Bay Native Lands Alienation Commission

🪶 Māori Affairs
10 March 1873
Native Land, Complaints, Hawke’s Bay, Land Disputes, Alienation Commission
25 names identified
  • Reupena te Huri, Complainant for Waipapa Mohaka block
  • Ropine, Complainant for Waipapa Mohaka block
  • Renata Pukututu, Complainant for Oero Native Reserve
  • T. Tanner, Complainant for Heretaunga block
  • J. N. Williams, Complainant for Heretaunga block
  • J. G. Gordon, Complainant for Heretaunga block
  • J. D. Ormond, Complainant for Heretaunga block
  • A. H. Russell (Captain), Complainant for Heretaunga block
  • W. Russell (Captain), Complainant for Heretaunga block
  • Arihi te Heipora, Against whom complaint is made for Heretaunga block
  • Hirika, Against whom complaint is made for Heretaunga block
  • T. P. Russell, Trustee for Heretaunga block
  • J. N. Wilson, Trustee for Heretaunga block
  • H. R. Russell (Honourable), Trustee for Heretaunga block
  • Wirihana, Complainant for Hikutoto block
  • Hoemi Pareihe, Complainant for Ngawhakatatara Pukahu block
  • F. Sutton, Against whom complaint is made for Ngawhakatatara Pukahu block
  • G. Worgan, Against whom complaint is made for Ngawhakatatara Pukahu block
  • Hira Pirika, Complainant for Ngawhakatatara Pukahu block
  • Rawenata Tarui, Complainant for Ngawhakatatara Pukahu block
  • Peni Puketapu, Complainant for Ngawhakatatara Pukahu block
  • Hori Ropiha, Complainant for Eparaima No. 1 block
  • Paora Ropiha, Against whom complaint is made for Eparaima No. 1 block
  • Wi Patene, Against whom complaint is made for Eparaima No. 1 block
  • Maika te Maruhaere, Complainant for Patangata block

  • S. Locke