Native Lands Complaints




NAME OF BLOCK. COMPLAINANTS. AGAINST WHOM COMPLAINT MADE. NATURE OF COMPLAINT.

Wharerangi | Waka Kawatini | J. G. Kinross | Have received no rent for six years.

Heretunga | Waka Kawatini | H. Parker
| T. Tanner
| J. N. Williams
| J. N. Wilson
| G. E. Lee
| J. Cuff | Taken my land from me. Beg matter be looked into.

Ohikakarewa | Waka Kawatini | R. D. Maney
| J. Heslop | Mortgage to be looked into.

Waikahu
Upoko-o-ponto
Omarunui
Kopuaroa | Waka Kawatini | R. P. Giffard | Begs matter looked into.
| Waka Kawatini | Government | Should have part of land as reserve by agreement of sale.
| Waka Kawatini | Neal and Close | The question of mortgage to be looked into.
| Waka Kawatini | Neal and Close | This land taken without any payment being made.

Mangateretere West and Pakiaka Bush | Waka Kawatini | P. Sutton
| R. Cashmore
| R. D. Maney
| H. S. Peacock
| H. M. Hamlin
| J. N. Wilson
| G. E. Lee
| G. B. Worgan | Complainant states:—I was drunk when I signed Deed; did not receive £500. Have only received 50 gallons grog and £7 in money, 3 bags sugar, 6 blankets, 2 bags flour, 2 boxes candles, 200 sticks tobacco, 4 pieces print, and 5 scarfs. Beg the matter be looked into.

Tumatai
Orangitihoria (Wairea)
Te Ahua-o-turanga, Maherhersha
and Umutaoroa | Weata Tamahai and 30 others
| Ahipene Tamaitemate
| Hamana Tiakiwai | Toha and Pahira
| Dr. Ormond
| Grantees | Land sold without consulting others.
| In agreement for sale 5 acres to be reserved; not been complied with.
| Grantees sold 3 blocks of land, of which I am a claimant, as registered by Judge Native Lands Court. I have received no money. Want my claim examined into and explained, so that I may get payment for my land.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Hawke's Bay Provincial Gazette 1873, No 2





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

🪶 Māori Affairs
15 January 1873
Complaints, Native Lands, Alienation Commission, Hawke’s Bay
22 names identified
  • Waka Kawatini, Complainant
  • J. G. Kinross, Against whom complaint made
  • H. Parker, Against whom complaint made
  • T. Tanner, Against whom complaint made
  • J. N. Williams, Against whom complaint made
  • J. N. Wilson, Against whom complaint made
  • G. E. Lee, Against whom complaint made
  • J. Cuff, Against whom complaint made
  • R. D. Maney, Against whom complaint made
  • J. Heslop, Against whom complaint made
  • R. P. Giffard, Against whom complaint made
  • P. Sutton, Against whom complaint made
  • R. Cashmore, Against whom complaint made
  • H. S. Peacock, Against whom complaint made
  • H. M. Hamlin, Against whom complaint made
  • G. B. Worgan, Against whom complaint made
  • Weata Tamahai, Complainant
  • Ahipene Tamaitemate, Complainant
  • Hamana Tiakiwai, Complainant
  • Toha, Against whom complaint made
  • Pahira, Against whom complaint made
  • Ormond (Dr.), Against whom complaint made